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Originally Posted by codemonkey76
how bout some comments on the techniques, guys.
Did you get anything out of the videos? do you do it that way? any other details you would add?
Discuss.
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I noticed the spider-guard pass was very different than the pass I was taught (well, I was taught a few, but one in particular stuck with me and I've drilled it to moderate accuracy). When I'm in somebody's guard, aside from first shutting down their hips, I transition between 3-4 diff guard passes (depending on how my opponent changes his grips/guard). These are the double under pass, the torreando pass, the saulo ribeiro's x-pass, and the spider-guard pass.
In the spider guard pass I do (like every other pass I do), I never ever bend over/arch my upper body towards my opponent. I always try to stand up and base out diagonally (usually keeping one knee in between the legs). @ 1:40 in the video the instructor's posture was similar to that of a wrestler in a clinch (looked susceptible to triangle). Also, the instructor moved around to the side of his partner as if there would be no threat of sweep; I don't see how you could pull that off without controlling your opponents hips. Look @ his stance at 2:26; it looks as if only his leg is keeping him up. His partner can simply reposition his legs (one on the hip region to push) and pull the guy's last with his hand and tiiiimber. Then at 2:32 there is a point when he actually just "shrugs" the opponent's leg off to pass...IDK I guess I'm more of a pin/pressure on the hips/legs kinda passer.
Not to say this isnt or wouldnt be an effective pass, as I'm sure it is, I just know for somebody with my style of grappling that I would have to drill this 2138746182374618235341 times to pull it off. The reason I stick to the guard passes I mentioned above is that I only needed to drill them a couple of times and they STUCK like glue.
I enjoyed the other videos though, good stuff keep it up!