Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Danaher on setting the crossface as the first job of half-guard passing, before any knee extraction.
Control
Crossface
Driving your shoulder or forearm across the opponent's jaw to turn their head away and flatten them, from side control, half guard top and passing.
Also called cross face, shoulder pressure, shoulder of justice.
Where it shows up
Related techniques
Resources
7 resources
YouTube videos
How To Do The Perfect Jiu Jitsu Half Guard Passing by John Danaher
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
Danaher passing half guard: crossface, flattening and freeing the trapped knee without giving up the underhook.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
One essential side-control detail for white belts: where the weight sits so they cannot shrimp.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Stephan Kesting on making the crossface genuinely uncomfortable: using the shoulder and hips rather than arm strength, and where to anchor the hand.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Jon Thomas on the core idea behind a strong side control - pinning the shoulder blades with chest weight - then how to counter the neck frame, hip frame and underhook, and when to move to mount.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Lachlan Giles flattens the half guard with crossface and underhook, frees the knee to mount and finishes with an arm triangle. A complete top half guard sequence.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Redirecting butterfly hooks as pressure-passing 101: you cannot pass until the hooks are dead.