Gi Advanced
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.
Passes
Escaping X-Guard
Base, knee drop and leg extraction to survive and exit X-guard, turning it into a pass.
Also called x guard escape, x guard defence, getting out of x guard.
Where it shows up
Related techniques
Resources
7 resources
YouTube videos
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.
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.
Gi Intermediate
JT Torres on passing the X-guard: pin the bottom leg, kill the far hook and step around to pass.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Three options for passing X-guard depending on which hook the bottom player has and where their weight is.