There’s a relatively new, somewhat unorthodox guard pass that’s become popular in the last year or so. Depending on who you talk to, it’s called the “Sao Paulo Pass”, the “Wilson Reis Pass”, or the “Roberto Tozi pass”.

The bad news is that I’m NOT an expert at this guard pass (yet). This means that I’m not the best person to break it down for you.

Heres’s part 1 of the Chimpass (www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfKdjf0A2g)

and here’s part 2 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQxCVjyVjlQ)

The funny thing is that I actually came across a complaint on the internet about the two videos I recommended above. Specifically, the person was complaining that it took Justin 17 and a half minutes to explain a single technique.

I hope that the complainant is a beginner, because that’d be a pretty silly statement if he or she had more than a couple of months of actual training…

To master a technique you have to rip it apart. You’ve got to understand all the little steps, adjustments and details that makes the technique work. Then you have to be able to verbalize and articulate what you do and why you do it.

From that perspective, taking 17 and a half minutes to teach a single technique is a GREAT thing. I wish that every technique I learned was shown to me with that level of detail.

P.S. If you want a different perspective on the same guard pass, check out this post on the dutchassasinbjj blog.