High-Level Belt Passing by Yosof Wanly

What Will You Learn?

Control your opponent's belt and you control their hips, and that one idea drives every pass in this system from Yosof Wanly.

Yosof Wanly is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and the head instructor at Oregon Pound Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Corvallis, Oregon, a school in the Lucas Lepri association, where he is mentored by Lucas Lepri. His earlier BJJ Fanatics courses, High Level Knee Cut Passing and High Level Lapel Wrestling, dealt with passing pressure and lapel control. Now he's sharing the belt-control passing system he teaches on the mat.

In High-Level Belt Passing, Wanly starts with the principles of controlling the hips and the most common problems passers run into when they try to pass and hold the pin. From there he shows how to establish belt control against the seated closed guard and open it from seated and standing positions with the T-method, the walk-out method, sleeve control and the knee-piercing method. The third volume covers the belt-control combat base, forcing half guard, and passing the shin shield with the belt-weave chest-to-chest pass, the belt-weave leg drag and belt ears. This isn't just a guard passing course, it's a complete belt-control system that connects every pass to one grip.

From there the system branches out to the open guards. You'll learn a seven-part toreando belt passing series that counters shallow lasso, sleeve, collar and scoop grips, along with dynamic entries and foot-stomping techniques. Wanly adds belt knee cut passing, a seven-part belt leg trap series with chest-to-chest, leg drag and belt drag finishes, the belt scoop grip with the under pass, side-to-side passing, the stack pass and the low stack pass, a six-part De La Riva belt passing system and a lasso guard passing overview.

These passes work because the belt gives you a handle on the center of your opponent's body that their guard can't easily strip away. When you hold the belt you steer the hips, and once the hips are pinned the legs have very little to work with. Wanly also shows the problems you'll run into along the way, so you know what to fix when a pass stalls.

Have you ever opened the guard, cleared the legs and still watched your opponent recover before you could settle the pin? Wanly closes the course by showing how to put the whole belt passing system together into one game.

Learn how to grab the belt, pin the hips and pass the closed guard, the shin shield, De La Riva and the lasso guard with Yosof Wanly.

What Exactly Do You Get?

Part 1: Introduction & Fundamental Principles

• Controlling the Hips During Guard Passing
• Common Problems and Challenges in Guard Passing
• Common Problems and Challenges in Maintaining Pins

Part 2: Belt Control & Breaking the Closed Guard

• Establishing Belt Control Against the Seated Closed Guard
• Opening Closed Guard from Seated Belt 1- T-Method
• Opening Closed Guard from Seated Belt 2- Walk-Out Method
• Opening Closed Guard from Standing Belt 1- Sleeve Control
• Opening Closed Guard from Standing Belt 2- Knee-Piercing Method

Part 3: Combat Base & Shin Shield Passing

• Belt-Control Combat Base 1- Forcing Half Guard
• Belt-Control Combat Base 2- Countering the Shin Shield
• Shin Shield Passing 1- Belt-Weave Chest-to-Chest Pass
• Shin Shield Passing 2- Belt-Weave Leg Drag Pass
• Shin Shield Passing 3- Belt-Weave Pass & Belt Ears

Part 4: Toreando Belt Passing System

• Toreando Belt Passing 1- System Overview
• Toreando Belt Passing 2- Fundamentals & Countering Shallow Lasso
• Toreando Belt Passing 3- Countering Sleeve Grips
• Toreando Belt Passing 4- Countering Collar Grips
• Toreando Belt Passing 5- Countering Scoop Grips
• Toreando Belt Passing 6- Dynamic Entries
• Toreando Belt Passing 7- Foot-Stomping Techniques

Part 5: Belt Knee Cut & Belt Leg Trap Passing

• Belt Knee Cut Passing
• Belt Leg Trap 1- Introduction & Fundamental Concepts
• Belt Leg Trap 2- Chest-to-Chest Passing
• Belt Leg Trap 3- Leg Drag Passing
• Belt Leg Trap 4- Troubleshooting Common Problems
• Belt Leg Trap 5- Using the Belt Scoop Grip
• Belt Leg Trap 6- Transitioning from Toreando to Belt Leg Trap
• Belt Leg Trap 7- Belt Drag Passing
• The Belt Drag Pass- Mechanics & Execution

Part 6: Belt Scoop Grip Passing System

• Belt Scoop Grip 1- The Under Pass
• Belt Scoop Grip 2- Side-to-Side Passing
• Belt Scoop Grip 3- The Stack Pass
• Belt Scoop Grip 4- The Low Stack Pass

Part 7: De La Riva Belt Passing System

• De La Riva Belt Passing 1- System Overview
• De La Riva Belt Passing 2- Leg-Between-the-Legs Pass
• De La Riva Belt Passing 3- Clearing the Leg from the Hip
• De La Riva Belt Passing 4- Leg-Off-Hip Stack Pass
• De La Riva Belt Passing 5- Leg Extension Pass
• De La Riva Belt Passing 6- Countering Sleeve Control

Part 8: Lasso Guard Passing & Conclusion

• Lasso Guard Passing with Belt Control- System Overview