HENRY AKINS – NO-GI GUARD PASSING – THE ONE CONCEPT YOU NEED TO PASS ANY GUARD

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.

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