Smooth as Silk Guard & Half Guard Passing by Matt D'Aquino

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Judo Olympian Matt D’Aquino Reveals A Step by Step Guide to Systemizing Your Guard Passing Game To Help You Organize Your Efforts and Pass With Greater Ease!

4th Degree Judo Black Belt and Olympian Matt D'Aquino is a grappling specialist that will help you revolutionize your closed guard and half guard passing game.
Explore high level concepts, strategies, and techniques for passing closed guard and the half guard, systemized so that you can have reliable plans of attack when passing.
Learn the incredible benefits of keeping your opponent flat so you can dominate the passing exchange, leading to more, pins, submissions, and ultimately more wins.
Develop a better plan for passing that uses multiple passes in combination, instead of just hoping the next pass will work.

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Volume 1

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Intro	0
Guard Passing Basics	1:07
Posture in Guard	3:40
Controlling Angle in Guard	6:24
Toe Position in Guard	8:15
Danger On the Leg Side	9:11
Basic Guard Pass	10:43
Basic Guard Pass 2	15:06
Basic Pass 3 (Clearing The Arm)	19:20
Guard Pass 4	21:10
Cutting Knee Through Guard Pass	24:19
Half Wrestler Pass	26:45
Wrestler Pass	28:58
Back Flip Pass	31:13
Side Step Pass	33:11
Thrust Pass	34:41

Volume 2

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Standing Knee Through Guard Pass	0
Truck Pass	2:18
Standing Choke Pass	4:08
Standing Up In Guard	6:55
Standing Pry Open Guard Pass	9:59
Half Guard Passes and Attacks	11:28
Pass Number 1	15:16
Pass Number 2	22:12
Passing The Lockdown	26:38
Ude Gatame from on Top	31:13
Ude Gatame	34:44

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PART 1

INTRO

GUARD PASSING BASICS

POSTURE IN GUARD

CONTROLLING ANGLE IN GUARD

TOE POSITION IN GUARD

DANGER ON THE LEG SIDE

BASIC GUARD PASS

BASIC GUARD PASS 2

BASIC PASS 3 (CLEARING THE ARM)

GUARD PASS 4

CUTTING KNEE THROUGH GUARD PASS

HALF WRESTLER PASS

WRESTLER PAS

BACK FLIP PASS

SIDE STEP PASS

THRUST PASS

PART 2

STANDING KNEE THROUGH GUARD PASS

TRUCK PASS

STANDING CHOKE PASS

STANDING UP IN GUARD

STANDING PRY OPEN GUARD PASS

HALF GUARD PASSES AND ATTACKS

PASS NUMBER 1

PASS NUMBER 2

PASSING THE LOCKDOWN

UDE GATAME FROM ON TOP

UDE GATAME

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