Mar 25, 2016 22:29
X-Pass: Work on using the far hand to push the opponent's far hip and using that elbow to block their far knee. Also work on driving strong pressure on the opponent's far hip by shifting more weight from one's supporting leg to that far arm. This may require stepping shallower with the supporting leg so one commits more weight to the driving/posing far arm. Make sure to drive the opponent's near leg at the knee down towards the floor to straighten it while performing one's mule kick before pulling up and pushing it away to rotate the opponent's hip. Use an outside pants' grip on that opponent's knee to more easily push their knee away during the hip rotation. In order to combine the x-pass with the knee slide, observe that the opponent traps one's mule kicking leg on one's first attempt at the x-pass and then time the knee slide immediately after one's second attempt (or a convincing x-pass feint).Over-Under Pass: One can use the under grip either actually under the opponent's leg OR on top of the opponent's shin IF their leg or shin is on top of one's shoulder such that one can effectively drive all of one's weight through one's torso and shoulder into the opponent thereby locking down the opponent's hip. This kind of hip control also requires a strong head pressure on the opponent's far hip in addition to this driving shoulder pressure to be effective.