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The Ultimate Passing Mindset: Single Leg X by Nick Salles and Danny Maira
Dismantle and Shut Down the Tricky Single Leg X Guard With the Co-Founders of The Movement Art Academy, Nick Salles and Danny Maira
- Nick Salles and Danny Maira are Black Belts under American Jiu-Jitsu icon Mikey Musumeci and both hold impressive competition resumes that include multiple IBJJF Gold Medals
- The single leg x guard is one of the most common and problematic guards in modern BJJ
- Develop a reaction based game that will help you break down the single leg x guard using intelligent strategies and key technical details
- Prevent the sweep, shut down leg entries, fire off submissions, transition to more favorable spots, and pass with greater ease in this complete blueprint to dismantling the single leg x guard
Course Content
Volume 1
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Intro | 0 |
| Danger zone | 0:54 |
| Sweep prevention / Top leg model - Technical lift | 12:10 |
| Versus double pants sweep | 18:12 |
| Sleeve grip | 23:15 |
| Sleeve grip doesn’t break fold pass | 28:34 |
Volume 2
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Extracting vs Underhook transition | 0 |
| Extracting vs locked underhook | 7:51 |
| Stack pass to leg weave | 16:34 |
| Knee cut over the body | 30:10 |
| Double pull vs single leg x | 43:14 |
Volume 3
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Bottom leg model - Sweep prevention vs near x | 0 |
| Clear the foot knee in or knee out | 5:58 |
| Knee wedge Leg drag | 17:39 |
| Pretzel / toe hold counter | 26:20 |
| Basic bolo | 33:57 |
| Inside bolo | 42:39 |
| Far x back step | 51:41 |
| Near x matrix | 59:00 |
| Cross hip Frame arm bar | 1:04:00 |
Volume 4
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Deadlift model - Sweep prevention | 0 |
| Back step | 8:44 |
| Peel to knee cut | 15:20 |
| Back step be x | 19:20 |
| Forward lunge vs underhook x | 23:40 |
| Back sprawl hip hug vs overhook x | 29:24 |
| Knee cut | 35:23 |
| Too bolo / basic dive | 43:46 |
| Countering 70/30 | 47:12 |
| Countering waiter x | 51:21 |
| Outro | 55:27 |