Description

What Will You Learn?

Guard Passing Mastery
A concept-driven, no-fluff passing system designed to teach you how to pass any modern guard using weight distribution and angle control.

 Course Overview

Henry Akins, a Rickson Gracie black belt, offers a five-part live seminar program that shifts the focus from technique memorization to mastery of fundamental passing principles. Instead of relying on flashy moves, this course equips you with timeless strategies for breaking frames and collapsing defenses, ensuring consistent success against any guard style.

 What You’ll Learn

• 1. Dominant Weight Distribution
  How to use gravity and body connection to make your weight feel heavier.
  Maintaining pressure through hip alignment and controlled leaning.
  Preventing guard recovery after passing attempts.
• 2. Angle and Frame Collapse
  Shifting body alignment to systematically collapse opponent’s guard frames.
  Neutralizing knee-shields, Z-guard, Spider, De La Riva, and Lasso positions.
  Using head and shoulder positioning to dismantle defensive structures.
• 3. Sumo-Squat and Entry Tools
  Implementing the ‘sumo squat’ to establish close contact and dominate posture.
  Safe entry tactics that prevent counters during guard pass initiation.
  Maintaining control while stripping grips and advancing.
• 4. Guard-Specific Solutions
  Strategies for passing Spider, Lasso, De La Riva, Knee-Shield, and Half-Guard.
  Collapse-and-cut chain sequences tailored to live partner resistance.
  Leveraging frame control to redirect or anticipate opponent reactions.
• 5. Drillable, Live-Ready Sequences
  Flow drills designed from fundamental collapse principles.
  Transition maps from passing to pinning or positional dominance.
  Q&A sessions answering real-world guard passing challenges.

 Who This Course Is For

This program suits grapplers who prefer concept-driven strategies over technique overload; want to bring pressure-based passing into their game; need a structured and live-resistant passing framework; and train both gi and no-gi with guards-proof passing skills.

✅ Key Benefits

• Universal Pass Principles
  Learn how to pass any guard by mastering weight and angles—not isolated moves.
• Flow-Ready System
  Drillable sequences allow for smooth transitions through resistance.
• Pressure-Focused Application
  Built to work even when opponents use athletic guard retention.
• Veteran Insight
  Developed and taught by a Rickson Gracie black belt with deep conceptual awareness.