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Butterfly Guard Up Posture Folding Pressure Pass by Greg Hamilton BJJ
New from Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu DFW. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jifxUeTblPE Embed: https://www.youtube.com/embed/jifxUeTblPE What did you take from this? Drop your notes below.
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Over Under Pressure Pass to Counter Knee Shield by Greg Hamilton BJJ - Knee Bar Dog Bar Option
New from Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu DFW. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8yV__s0aY Embed: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ua8yV__s0aY What did you take from this? Drop your notes below.
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Phillip Details on the Over Under and Tripod Over Under Pass and Knee Bar
New from Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu DFW. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCXtZfMFkKY Embed: https://www.youtube.com/embed/yCXtZfMFkKY What did you take from this? Drop your notes below.
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Leg Drag De La Riva DLR Guard Pass by Greg Hamilton BJJ - To The Left and Right Side CTRL or Mount
New from Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu DFW. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58wO2GclXPE Embed: https://www.youtube.com/embed/58wO2GclXPE What did you take from this? Drop your notes below.
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Leg Drag Drill to Pass De La Riva by Greg Hamilton BJJ 1/2/3 Drag the Leg and Pass
New from Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu DFW. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sROhppjsExg Embed: https://www.youtube.com/embed/sROhppjsExg What did you take from this? Drop your notes below.
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Is the 50/50 a real position or a defensive crutch by people who can't pass open guard?
The 50/50 stalemate killed several IBJJF finals. Lachlan Giles called it the "tax position." Most coaches teach it now as a defensive recovery. Is it a legitimate position with a finishing offense, or is it a stall pattern dressed up as technique? Honest takes from purple+.
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How are you defending the wrestle-up at brown/black?
Everyone and their mother is hitting wrestle-up out of butterfly now. The Mikey Musumeci–style underhook stand-up is destroying my open guard. What are you doing — kimura grip threat? Hip switch to overhook? Dropping back to leg drag? Genuinely asking, getting smashed in training.
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Is Roger Gracie's mount-to-cross-collar pipeline solved, or are people just not committing?
Roger submitted black belts with the same exact mount-to-cross-collar he'd show at a seminar. We all know the steps. Yet at every IBJJF black belt division now, that finish is rare. Is the position now defended at the elite level, or have grapplers just gotten worse at committing to a pin? Black belts who've drilled both sides — what's the truth?
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Best escape from mounted triangle when they crank
Specifically when they've got the figure-four locked AND they're pulling your head down. Posture is gone, can't stack, can't roll because they have your far arm. What's the move? My answer has been "tap" but that's embarrassing.
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Old-school pressure passing is dead at the top level. Agree or cope?
When was the last time a top-3 finisher at Worlds black belt division relied on classic Lloyd Irvin / Bernardo Faria pressure passing as their A-game? Leg drag, knee cut, body lock. Pressure as a *modifier*, sure. Pressure as the primary strategy? Maybe the answer is "Felipe Pena." Maybe nobody. Make the case.
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Berimbolo at white belt — teach it or wait?
I coach kids and adult fundamentals. New question every week: "when do we learn berimbolo?" My take: never until you can pass open guard cleanly. Otherwise you're building a one-trick offense that gets dismantled at every higher level. Do you teach it earlier? Where's the line?
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Berimbolo at white belt — teach it or wait?
I coach kids and adult fundamentals. New question every week: "when do we learn berimbolo?" My take: never until you can pass open guard cleanly. Otherwise you're building a one-trick offense that gets dismantled at every higher level. Do you teach it earlier? Where's the line?