Pressure

Bernardo Faria on creating pressure in side control: killing the near-side frame with the hip and knee so the bottom player has nothing to push against.

Roger Gracie on pressure passing and the collar chokes that appear once the pass lands, a Fix My Game session.

Ethan Crelinsten's relentless pressure passing for lighter grapplers, from the B-Team. Proof that pressure is not only a heavyweight game.

Roger Gracie shows how he holds side control and how the pressure sets up his attacks, with Bernardo Faria. Weight placement on the arms and torso and the opening of the elbows.

Henry Akins on making side control as heavy as possible through connection and weight distribution rather than muscular effort. Long-form lesson with Bernardo Faria.

How to make scarf hold genuinely uncomfortable: hip position, the head and killing the near-side frame.

Chewjitsu on the concepts for holding side control: controlling the hips, shoulders and neck, and how to shift between them as the bottom player moves.

Chewjitsu on creating heavy pressure in side control when you are the smaller person, focused on where the weight sits and keeping the knees off the mat.

Keenan Cornelius' introduction to pressure passing: the philosophy before the individual passes.

A Roger Gracie class on the mount: weight placement, riding the bridge and staying glued when they try to elbow-escape.

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.

Andre Galvao on the best concepts for pressure passing: chest-to-chest connection, head position and being heavy without stalling.

Jean Jacques Machado's short class on pressure-passing principles: weight, connection and not giving up your own base.

Jean Jacques Machado on how pressure is created in side control through angles and connection rather than weight alone.

Roger Gracie explains his side control pressure on his own channel: hip position, keeping the weight on the opponent rather than the mat and staying below the elbow line.

Details for crushing pressure from north-south: hip position, chest connection and stopping the spin-out.

Matt Thornton on base, posture, connection and pressure: the SBG conceptual stack.