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.

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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.

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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