Knee Cut Pass

The simplest thing to do once the guard opens: slide the knee over one leg to reach half guard and start controlling the torso.

Lucas Lepri's variations for shutting down single-leg X and passing, from his guard passing instructional.

Ffion Davies knee-cutting against the lasso, clearing the wrapped leg instead of stepping into the hook.

Glick's outside knee cut that still wins inside position, useful when a standard headquarters knee cut is being framed off.

A plain tutorial on passing the reverse De La Riva hook for people meeting the guard for the first time.

Danaher passing half guard: crossface, flattening and freeing the trapped knee without giving up the underhook.

Davies passing a bigger opponent with a knee cut when they elevate you, keeping the hips heavy.

Knight Jiu-Jitsu's simplified no-gi headquarters passing: knee cut, smash and backstep from one control position.

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.

Pablo Lavaselli (AOJ) on hip and knee position that stops the DLR player elevating you, the grips that make the hook useless, and two ways out: sliding behind the hamstring or the shin slice.

Gui Mendes' knee slide from the AOJ passing system, keeping the collar grip and using leg work to clear reverse De La Riva frames.

JT Torres' knee cut from headquarters into a step-around back take, a common way the leg drag and HQ passing meet.

Jon Thomas's long-form guide to the knee cut pass including the half guard entry, grips and the common defences. Best for gi players who want to build a passing system.

Jon Thomas on correctly setting up the knee cut so you are not just dropping a knee into a frame.

Lachlan Giles on the knee cut as a pressure pass from a kneeling start.

Lachlan Giles on passing with headquarters, including the near-side knee through and the smash.

Giles again: near-side knee through and smash pass from headquarters against a framing opponent.

Lachlan Giles on passing RDLR: clear the foot on the hip, bring your hips in so it cannot return, block the leg with the hand and then hunt the cross face.

Lachlan Giles's knee slice against RDLR, including how to deal with the frame and foot on the hip that keep your weight back.

Four ways to pass from headquarters, so you have an answer when the knee cut is framed off.

Fundamental half guard pass: underhook and crossface, walk the trapped knee free, then knee cut or back step, with a rolling back take option when they turn away.

The knee cut from headquarters, taught as the default pass from the position.

Davies' knee slice in full detail: headquarters, the far-side control and clearing the bottom player's frames.

The knee-cut detail Morgan sees people miss: the far hip and the head position that stop the reverse half.

Knee-cutting when the opponent has a lasso, the detail that stops you stepping into the wrapped arm.

Headquarters to a knee cut or a hip-switch pass, Davies' fork when the first pass is framed off.

Bruno Frazatto beats the knee shield with the knee cut, uses the lapel to flatten the opponent and finishes with a brabo choke as they turn in.

Class footage linking the kneeling guard break straight into a knee slice: knuckles on the chest, hip grip, use the lower back to open, then underhook and slide through.

A class-style lesson on passing collar-sleeve and the shallow lasso, treating the two positions as a pair the passer meets in sequence.

Study of passing the knee shield: anchor the hand on the hip, parry the knee and slip the elbow inside, then slice. Explains when to swim inside versus collapse the shield.

Passing collar-sleeve by clearing the collar tie and the bicep foot before the toreando or knee cut.

Ffion Davies drills knee cut and stack passing in a training session format. Good for seeing how the two passes combine once a guard opens.

A direct walkthrough of passing collar-and-sleeve guard: dealing with the feet on hip and bicep, breaking the grips and moving into the pass.

Written overview of the knee-cut pass from headquarters.