Cage Pressure Guard Passing Drills

Keep dominant top pressure while passing guard, using strikes and cage awareness to control transitions. Focuses on shutting down submissions from closed guard and establishing ground-and-pound positions from half guard. Timing beats strength

Flow outline

  1. Top Closed Guard

    • You're in top closed guard—posture up, keep your base heavy, and watch for strikes. Control the head and hips, ready to pass or defend submissions

  2. Top Half Guard

    • From here, You've passed to top half guard—drive pressure through the chest, control the underhook, and work toward mount or side control. Stay heavy to prevent sweeps

  3. Guard Passing

    • You're actively passing guard—use knee-on-belly pressure, control the legs, and transition to dominant positions. Keep your weight forward to shut down escapes

  4. Guard Passing

    • From here, from here, you're actively passing guard—use knee-on-belly pressure, control the legs, and transition to dominant positions. keep your weight forward to shut down escapes

  5. Guard Passing

    • you're actively passing guard—use knee-on-belly pressure, control the legs, and transition to dominant positions. keep your weight forward to shut down escapes

  6. Guard Passing

    • If they frame, you're actively passing guard—use knee-on-belly pressure, control the legs, and transition to dominant positions. keep your weight forward to shut down escapes

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