Leg Drag Pass

Gordon Ryan explains his no-gi passing system to Bernardo Faria: stuff the leg, step to the hip, camp past the jeopardy point and let the guard player exhaust themselves.

Brian Glick's favourite leg drag entries and finishes for no-gi passing.

Stephan Kesting on the leg drag pass: theory and practice, including why dragging the leg across the hip kills their recovery.

Keenan Cornelius on the modern leg drag: how it has changed since the early 2010s and the control that makes the finish easy.

Keenan's lapel slayer: one grip that slices through lapel guards and gets you back to a regular pass.

Keenan Cornelius' kick-spin to kill K-guard and get back to passing.

Rafael Mendes turns the X-guard escape into a leg drag by dropping his weight onto the hooked leg and dragging it across as he clears.

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

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.

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

A systematic approach to passing single-leg X from Energia Martial Arts, covering the common reactions and the pass that answers each.

A long class treating the leg drag as the first guard pass you should learn: control, finish to side control, back take when they turn.

A full toreando passing class with chapters: grips and the basic pass, crescent step and leapfrog, one-arm drag, double leg drag and the duck-under sit-through.

Jackson Sousa finds his base against the RDLR hook, controls the knee and breaks the ankle grip by driving it across, then finishes with a leg drag.

Taking the back off a completed pass instead of settling for side control when they turn away.

Jon Thomas on the four ways to finish a toreando so you are not stuck circling forever.

Pressure passing with the leg drag: pinning the dragged leg so they cannot invert or recover.

Class footage from Escapology BJJ on leg dragging against RDLR: stay low so the hook cannot be reset, then choose back take or side control based on where their elbow is.

Frame-by-frame study of Gordon Ryan passing a seated guard in competition: X-pass footwork, punishing the posting elbow and slipping the underhook. Analysis rather than instruction.

JT Torres passes single-leg X by freeing the leg and moving to a leg drag, with the grips that stop the re-entry.

JT Torres on passing the X-guard: pin the bottom leg, kill the far hook and step around to pass.

Two ways to pass worm guard after the lapel is dealt with.

Written overview of the leg-drag passing position.