The Ruotolo brothers' leg pin, a no-gi way to staple a leg to the mat before you knee cut or toreando.
Passes
Passes
Leg pin, toreando and knee cut passes once the feet are off the biceps.
Spider Guard Top · Spider Guard
The other side: Spider Guard Bottom
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Resources
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YouTube videos
Chewjitsu's three counters to spider guard, including the slick third option once they have both feet on the biceps.
Spider Guard Pass
Chewjitsu YouTube
A short Chewjitsu spider-guard pass: pin a leg, clear the second foot and go.
Gabi Garcia's pass against a spider/DLR mix: hand inside the leg, knee across the thigh to kill the foot on the bicep, high collar grip and pressure through. Spoken in Portuguese, one minute long.
Jiu-Jitsu Leg Pin Guard Pass Variations & Transitions by BJJ world champ Andre Galvao
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Andre Galvao's leg-pin passing variations and transitions against spider and lasso, pinning a leg so the hooks die.
Three rules for the passer in spider guard (make grips, move back, never keep the arm bent), then a pant-grip break that leads straight into a leg drag or side control.