4 Easy Ways to Destroy Any X-Guard (and Never get stuck Again) Big Oss
BIG OSS Jiu-Jitsu Channel YouTube
Four ways to neutralise X-guard from the top, covering base, killing the hooks and turning the escape into a pass.
Defence
Base and Escapes
Weight distribution, the knee drop and leg extraction to survive and escape X-guard.
X-Guard Top · X-Guard
The other side: X-Guard Bottom
Techniques in this topic
Resources
4 resources
YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
No-gi Intermediate
Kaynan Duarte shows how he clears the hooks and passes when caught in X-guard, prioritising base and weight placement before freeing the leg.
X Guard Escapes
Tarik BJJ YouTube
A longer lesson on escaping X-guard, working through the common positions the bottom player gets to and how to base and free the leg from each.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Aaron Benzrihem passes X-guard by floating the weight off the hooks and backstepping, with the details on why pulling the leg out directly gets you swept.