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No-Gi Guard Passing: The One Concept You Need To Pass Any Guard by Professor Henry Akins

If you’ve ever struggled with passing the guard in no-gi, this instructional is about to transform your game forever.

  • Professor Henry Akins — a long-time best-selling instructor and one of Rickson Gracie’s most accomplished black belts — is renowned for unveiling the hidden principles behind truly effortless Jiu Jitsu.
  • In No-Gi Guard Passing, he distills decades of elite-level experience into a single, powerful concept that can be applied to every guard pass in the no-gi game.
  • This isn’t a collection of flashy techniques or scattered strategies. It’s a masterclass in how to think about guard passing.
  • Whether you’re facing the knee shield, De La Riva, reverse De La Riva, seated guards, or the dreaded inverted styles, this one concept becomes your roadmap — giving you a clear path to pass with precision and control.



Course Content

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Volume 1

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Intro0
Getting Posture From Closed Guard2:41
Maintaining Posture With The Hips9:17
Posturing In Guard How To Use Your Arms20:25
Maintaining Posture When They’re Pulling Your Arm24:45 - (28:12)

Volume 2

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Opening The Legs From The Knees0
Bonus Footage - The Importance Of Having Sensitivity8:35
Opening The Legs From The Knees Pt 214:32
Opening The Legs By Putting The Knee Behind The Butt20:10
Standing To Open The Legs26:31 - (37:03)

Volume 3

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

The Concept Of How To Pass The Guard0
How To Collapse Frames25:01 - (46:17)

Volume 4

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Passing Immediately When You Open From The Knees0
Approaching The Open Guard When Your Opponent Is On Their Back7:52
Approaching The Seated Guard24:41 - (48:49)

Volume 5

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Knee Bar With The Legs0
Different Knee Bar Entries10:21
Passing The Knee Shield19:59 - (41:37)

Volume 6

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Passing Half Guard Knee Shield0
Bonus Footage10:40
Troubleshooting The Half Guard16:40
Bonus Footage21:37
Passing The Butterfly Guard When They’re Flat On Their Back22:44
Another Option Of Passing The Butterfly When They’re Flat On Their Back33:34
Bonus Footage38:09
Passing The Seated Butterfly Guard When They Have Over Under Grips40:10 - (46:12)

Volume 7

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Countering And Passing When They Try To Use The Hook Sweep0
Bonus Footage7:19
Bonus Footage11:48
Breaking The Grips And Passing The Seated Butterfly Guard When They Have Double Unders13:37
Countering And Passing The Butterfly Guard When They Sit Back And Elevate17:38
Passing The De La Riva21:18
Bonus Footage28:32
X Guard Q & A30:49
Outro34:53 - (36:49)

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What will You Learn?

If you’ve ever struggled with passing the guard in no-gi, this instructional is about to transform your game forever.

Professor Henry Akins — a long-time best-selling instructor and one of Rickson Gracie’s most accomplished black belts — is renowned for unveiling the hidden principles behind truly effortless Jiu Jitsu. In No-Gi Guard Passing, he distills decades of elite-level experience into a single, powerful concept that can be applied to every guard pass in the no-gi game.

This isn’t a collection of flashy techniques or scattered strategies. It’s a masterclass in how to think about guard passing. Whether you’re facing the knee shield, De La Riva, reverse De La Riva, seated guards, or the dreaded inverted styles, this one concept becomes your roadmap — giving you a clear path to pass with precision and control.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The one guard passing concept that unlocks every style of guard

  • How to apply this principle in real-time, under pressure, and without the gi

  • The subtle details that make no-gi passing more efficient, less exhausting

  • Why posture and pressure matter more than speed or strength

  • How to stop forcing your way through guards and start flowing through them

This is not another instructional about more techniques — this is the foundation of guard passing at the highest level. With Henry’s unmatched clarity and detail, you’ll see exactly how the best keep their passing simple, technical, and unstoppable.

Pass any guard. Use one concept. Learn from the source.
Train smarter. Train with Henry Akins.

What Exactly Do You Get?

Part 1

  • Intro
  • Getting Posture From Closed Guard
  • Maintaining Posture With The Hips
  • Posturing In Guard How To Use Your Arms
  • Maintaining Posture When They’re Pulling Your Arm


Part 2

  • Opening The Legs From The Knees
  • Bonus Footage - The Importance Of Having Sensitivity
  • Opening The Legs From The Knees Pt 2
  • Opening The Legs By Putting The Knee Behind The Butt
  • Standing To Open The Legs


Part 3

  • The Concept Of How To Pass The Guard
  • How To Collapse Frames


Part 4

  • Passing Immediately When You Open From The Knees
  • Approaching The Open Guard When Your Opponent Is On Their Back
  • Approaching The Seated Guard


Part 5

  • Knee Bar With The Legs
  • Different Knee Bar Entries
  • Passing The Knee Shield


Part 6

  • Passing Half Guard Knee Shield
  • Bonus Footage
  • Troubleshooting The Half Guard
  • Bonus Footage
  • Passing The Butterfly Guard When They’re Flat On Their Back
  • Another Option Of Passing The Butterfly When They’re Flat On Their Back
  • Bonus Footage
  • Passing The Seated Butterfly Guard When They Have Over Under Grips


Part 7

  • Countering And Passing When They Try To Use The Hook Sweep
  • Bonus Footage
  • Breaking The Grips And Passing The Seated Butterfly Guard When They Have Double Unders
  • Countering And Passing The Butterfly Guard When They Sit Back And Elevate
  • Passing The De La Riva
  • Bonus Footage
  • X Guard Q & A
  • Outro

 

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