Lesson 36: Double Underhook Guard Pass

In point-based jiu-jitsu tournaments, passing the guard is of the utmost importance. But as you know, preparing for a street fight and preparing for a tournament are two entirely different things. In a street fight, there is a 99% chance that your opponent will know nothing about jiu-jitsu and, as a result, they will not know how to use the closed guard to their advantage. As a result, you will be able to pass their guard by simply trapping their hips and stepping over their legs as you learned in lesson 1. In the rare instance that you do find yourself in your opponent’s closed guard during a street fight you should have a plan, and for this reason we have chosen to include Double Underhook Guard Pass. First you will learn the Modified Side Mount where you will end up, and then you will learn the actual guard pass as you would use it in a real fight.