00:00 - When trying to do a knee cut to pass the guard, we are often met with a strong knee shield by the guard player. As the top player, to get around the knee shield, we can post on their shoulder and their shin as we step over their knee shield leg putting ourselves in a butterfly half guard. Then, we switch sides and shuffle our feet as we leg drag their knee shield leg. If at any time the bo...

01:24 - From a low knee shield half guard, Diego props up on an elbow before taking an upward facing 2 on 1 grip. He uses it to threaten and entry on the far leg but the defender brings their other arm down to stop it. Diego follows up with an arm saddle grip to transition into a choi bar. The choi bar is failing so he goes back into the legs, spinning the leg to enter cross ashi.

00:01 - When passing a knee shield half guard, traditionally LIMI would use the weave to smash the guard player's legs together. If the guard player flares their knees, this was LIMI's cue to go under the legs and take a scoop grip because it is easy to get the scoop grip up on your shoulder. However, LIMI watched Kenta do the opposite. Kenta used the weave to split the legs apart instead of smash...