Knee Slide Passing
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Grapplers Collective, Knee Slide Passing. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Inside passing mechanics through hook guard structures using hip pressure.
Tell the room
Top passes inside the hook without pulling the lead leg out. Bottom steers with the de la Riva or reverse hook. Pins and sweeps hold for 3 seconds.
Setup
Start inside the lead-leg hook. Top kneeling, lead knee between the legs, rear foot posted. Bottom holds a de la Riva or reverse hook plus the lead ankle.
Score
Three seconds to score.
- Top — inside pass to side control, mount, or north-south
- Bottom — sweeps to top
- Bottom — recovers full guard with a controlling grip
Rules
- Keep the lead leg inside. It stays between their legs until the pass completes.
- No submissions. Score by passing, sweeping, or recovering guard only.
- No closed guard. Bottom plays hooks, not a locked-down position.
- Bottom stays down. No standing up out of the exchange.
Adjust
Easier
Give the top player a crossface or underhook already established, so they solve one problem at a time.
Harder
Drop the inside-only rule so the top player may withdraw and pass laterally. Add leg lock entries for either player.
If it stalls
If the top player keeps pulling the hooked leg back, let them get swept, then ask: “Where was your weight?”
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Top kneeling, lead knee between the legs, rear foot posted. Bottom holds a de la Riva or reverse hook plus the lead ankle.
OBJECTIVE
Top passes inside the hook without pulling the lead leg out. Bottom steers with the de la Riva or reverse hook. Pins and sweeps hold for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep the lead leg inside. It stays between their legs until the pass completes. No submissions. Score by passing, sweeping, or recovering guard only. No closed guard. Bottom plays hooks, not a locked-down position. Bottom stays down. No standing up out of the exchange.
WIN CONDITION
inside pass to side control, mount, or north-south
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Top kneeling, lead knee between the legs, rear foot posted. Bottom holds a de la Riva or reverse hook plus the lead ankle.
OBJECTIVE
Top passes inside the hook without pulling the lead leg out. Bottom steers with the de la Riva or reverse hook. Pins and sweeps hold for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep the lead leg inside. It stays between their legs until the pass completes. No submissions. Score by passing, sweeping, or recovering guard only. No closed guard. Bottom plays hooks, not a locked-down position. Bottom stays down. No standing up out of the exchange.
WIN CONDITION
sweeps to top; recovers full guard with a controlling grip