HQ Passing (Legs)

Words I Like - “Split, smash, extension, and retraction. Impose these on your opponent to compromise their structure.”

Outlier Mat Minute: HQ Passing (Legs)

When playing HQ, the guard player generally wants their knee in the center of our chest so they can efficiently carry our weight. We want to compromise this posture. Here are some ways to go about it:

1. Split Legs: We can get our body in between their knees. This often results in a body lock passing situation.

   1. See Example

   2. You can set this up using a cross grip

2. Smash Legs: We can push their knees together so they now carry weight on the outside of their leg.

   1. See Kaynan discussing this in terms of inside camping

   2. When doing this with the goal of getting to the smash pass, focus on control of their hips

3. Extension: If they extend their leg, we can try to step over their knee.

   1. See Kaynan in action

4. Retraction: As they bring their knee to their chest, this gives us the ability to create angle.

   1. Watch out for the buggy choke when you pass

These are the 4 major directions we can move the guard player’s leg. Often, as they are trying to resist one, it will lead to the other.

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P.S. The next newsletter will be on what to do at the upper body. Stay tuned!