Body Lock Pass

Locking your arms around the opponent's waist from inside their guard and walking round their legs. The dominant modern no-gi pressure pass.

• Control

  Getting the Body Lock

  Entering from half guard, butterfly and open guard, and the grips that make the lock unbreakable.

  4 resources

• Passes

  Finishing the Pass

  Walking round the knees, hip switching and finishing into side control, mount or the back.

  5 resources

• Defence

  Defending the Body Lock

  For the bottom player: frames, hip movement and wrestling up to stop the body lock pass.

  3 resources