How to Pass the Seated Guard in BJJ

When most grapplers are taught open guard passing, they are taught with their opponents on their back and not sat up in the seated guard. But in a match, most guard players will sit up in order to take their grips and look to enter into their guard of choice.
In this video, I will go over 5 ways you can pass a seated opponent and get passed their guard before they can attack you!
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[@Sophisticlesenergy]

My coach is a brown belt and pro mma fighter and he totally bodied me from seated guard last night so I've rewatched this like 4 times

[@somenamethatisopen]

Hows it going now?

[@831liftingalot]

Fr did you quit?

[@hijituso]

Lol 😂

[@joegonzalez3691]

Thanks Jon. I can’t tell you how frustrated I’ve been over the last couple of months because of this. At our school, we don’t usually start sparring session with both on the feet going takedowns. Therefore, someone will opt to play a sit up guard and I’ve been racking my brain on how to get into a more dominant position from the onset of the match. Very timely. Thanks!!

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Yeah it’s a tricky one because it’s so much easier for the bottom player to set up some kind of an annoying guard than it is for you to get a full pass in. Hopefully this helps you in your fight.

[@deboluccia]

There's a nice rolling loop choke from seated guard as well :)

[@FR-ty5vn]

@@JonThomasBJJI used to walk straight into someone’s dangerous guard without thinking 💭 - your point about backing up is important as you don’t want to just give a guard player his grips - it’s like when you’re on bottom sometimes you can get back to your knees or just sit up…took me a while to figure that out - too obvious 😂

[@luiscrawford1249]

Needed this video so badly. Just getting back to training and felt like I knew nothing when it came to passing guard this is a great reminder thanks coach!

[@helimax]

After every session , as a white belt, I come away going what the hell was I supposed to do in situation X . Last night it was "how do I attack a seated open guard'. I'm getting comfortable escaping closed guard and attacking from that position but when the guy knows 6 ways to tie me up I fail every time to even try passing a seated open guard. I was trying to push them to their back every time to get to a place where I have some idea how to attack, lol . Anyhow - every session I hit a new road block and this is the first place I end up to move forward. Amazing channel.

[@jonnymaccers4730]

Thanks so much mate. Not enough content about how to start a roll. This is bloody great 🙏🏻🇦🇺💪🏻

[@derekmealings4404]

Thank you for this. I am having a hard time attacking sitting guard as a white belt who is more used to pulling guard. Your videos are helping me a lot, and I am exciting to put some reps in with these. Thanks again!

[@paradox636]

I love the level and delivery of information. It is simple, concise and explains all the details I need. One of the best bjj channels.

[@ocantu1987]

thanks jon, i encountered this situation alot in my school. the instructor has yet to teach this so ive been blindly doing whatever i can during rolling

[@felixchan6902]

Thanks for this! Tried this at open mat tonight and it helped a ton having multiple attack options. The option w lapel and paint grip worked best for me

[@rhrmedia1755]

Great stuff as always! Thank you for sharing. You have the most clear and understandable instructionals on youtube.

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Thanks so much buddy means a lot! I try to make the videos efficient and useful always

[@monkpato]

I'm really appreciating these videos. As a relative beginner these are very helpful.

[@codishaa]

NEEDED THIS! Thank you!!

[@erikamcroberts6315]

These are so helpful! Really appreciate these strategies and ideas! Thank you!

[@isthi000ify]

Amazing tips man Thanks!!!

[@sergio5428]

Thanks for teaching

[@brianpape1674]

Exactly the content I’ve been after the last 2 months, Thankyou!

[@loganlawrence4668]

Super helpful! So many guard pass videos start with the opponent on their back, and no one in my gym starts that way so I feel stuck and just get caught and tangled.

[@timothylee5824]

Great content, the initial context of different sitting guards is very helpful. Well explained, looking forward to trying this

[@JerelMcCollum]

Great video!

[@mrrick1144]

This was really helpful.

[@mikeymcmikeymike9127]

Thanks Jon. I give up grips way too easily when I'm passing seated guard. This content has given a good foundation to work with

[@mr.sushimikeexperiment520]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@markharris7300]

Thanks Jon. I remember our white belt Team Vaghi days!

[@philpoma2055]

Great instruction as always. Looking forward to more in the new year!

[@JonThomasBJJ]

More will be coming! Thanks so much!

[@romasv9006]

This is great summary, and inspiration for next session 😊

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Hope it helps in the next session!

[@austinalexander238]

Thank you!

[@rowleybirkin3093]

Lovely stuff Professor 🙏

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Thank you!

[@Dulibar]

Thanks for detailed explanation 👍

[@JonThomasBJJ]

No problem happy to help!

[@FR-ty5vn]

Great 👍🏼 stuff - would love to see a comparable video on passing same positions in No Gi (even though I prefer Gi)…

[@luismartins6239]

Thanks!

[@liengphy8827]

Great techniques and nice instruction videos. I have learned a lot from passing seated guard in a single video.

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Yeah it’s a really key position to understand I certainly did focus on it enough over last few years. When you break it down we’ll make you approach the guard with much more confidence

[@jasonallnight7898]

Great video 🎉❤

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Thanks a lot!!

[@DSVN23]

Literally was looking for a video by you on this earlier today. And now this appears. Thank god!

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Happy it came just in time :)

[@DSVN23]

@@JonThomasBJJ finding it very hard to deal with aggresive seated guard players lately so cheers for the tips !

[@kamehouse8172]

Thanks bro 😅

[@andersmoore]

I appreciate your videos. One of your videos helped me stack one of the black belts at my gym. I didn’t pass him, but I still stacked him, and then he ankle hooked me twice and D’arced me twice.

[@JonThomasBJJ]

So happy to here it buddy! Hopefully next time you get the pass or diving back take!

[@fzigunov]

Man this is literally what I've been struggling with lately. Thank you so much!!!

[@JonThomasBJJ]

No problem!!

[@jwclimbs]

Good stuff, as usual🤙😎

[@JonThomasBJJ]

I appreciate it!

[@t.s.2006]

Love the videos. This one seemed to have a lot of little edits that kept distracting me, fyi. Could just be me though. Keep up the awesome content either way

[@JOEY__SR]

Passing this guard is hard for me against a bigger and or stronger opponent. I'm also considered big. I'm definitely going to use these techniques

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Hope this helps buddy! Appreciate the message

[@EddieThEagleG20]

You’re amazing

[@James-qi6zi]

Very useful thank you

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Happy to help!

[@jrizzy626]

This is great! I’m just gonna have to watch it like 8 more times to digest all the information 😊. BTW, Steve Menke references you a lot when he’s teaching techniques.

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Steve’s the man! I wouldn’t be training or where I’m at today without him and his son Jon! Miss them a lot!

[@TheFirstMillion]

Very helpful for my white belt :)

[@fouried96]

Great video thanks! Can u please make one for NoGi? I can see number 1 and 5 being used in NoGi, but if you could do a full NoGi 5 passes from this position that would be great🙏🏻 thanks!

[@Celtic-Iron]

Ty

[@toddwaynebenton5780]

Awesome

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Thank you!

[@ronnyportulidis2970]

Sweet

[@herculesrockefeller4584]

Thank you for the terrific instruction. When I leg drag, a few of my team mates throw the opposite leg over without over committing it, landing their foot somewhere midline between my pelvis and chest, and recover an open guard. Any advise on where to go next? Nothing seems to click for me even though I’ve been shown a few things. Thanks for any help, professor. And thank you again for the great video.

[@drewtucker82]

I’d like to see some of your entries into leg locks.👍🏼

[@TrainingWithTheKoenigs]

THANK YOU! White belt here that keeps getting immediately submitted with opponent in seated hahahaha. pray for me.

[@Hangar1318]

Hey fellow white belt. Me too.

[@pelayovial4428]

I’ve always struggled recovering my guard when I’m on a headquarters, split squat or knee cut position. If you want to make a video it would be great :)

[@Ryan-th5sf]

So helpful man! I feel comfortable attacking the guard when the person is lying down but the seated guard is always a pain. Could you cover gaining the second hook from back control? I have a particular training partner who is very very hard to score full back takes on, I always end up with the bottom hook and seatbelt but they're doing that running man defense and just blocking the top hook with their life and turtling when I try to reset them. Thanks!

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Hey buddy I can definitely cover that soon! And yeah for sure passing when they are sitting can be a real pain.

[@StrumVogel]

Surfer guard pass is my favorite. Been hitting it since this summer. Unstoppable, unless the opponent kicks you in the face.😅

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Kicks in the face can always make it hard to pass lol

[@see7states791]

Do you have any videos on how to pass when your both seated?

[@haraldodunkirk1432]

Great video. Obviously your lost here isn’t meant to be exhaustive, but I’d also add long-step and pendulum passes, especially as continuations from knee-cuts.

[@haraldodunkirk1432]

*list

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Yeah those for sure are excellent combos to add in to passing seated guard positioning!

[@jakelieske1211]

Great video! I’ve been training about three months as a white belt and I’ve found it super difficult to get passed guard when my opponent is sitting like this. Is it normal for the upper belts to start rolls like this? I’ve noticed usually with blue and purple belts they automatically start in this position and it’s up to me to pass their guard.

[@af4396]

Blue and purple is when most schools will have them focus a lot on open guard, and by sitting into open guard you can start playing it immediately, plus they're probably lazy or don't know takedowns lol.

[@teodycue]

Hi Jon, happy holidays! Any passing tips when your partner gets to shin-to-shin position first? :)

[@JonThomasBJJ]

For sure I did a video a long time ago on it but I can do another one soon!

[@teodycue]

Thank you! I must have not been a subscriber yet when you did the video. I watch all of your videos and categorize every single one to playlists 😁

[@deboluccia]

I have to play a lot of no gi just because that's how it worked out :( so I would love to see this in a no gi variation. I mean I can kind of extrapolate to some extent but it would be nice to see some options. Thanks.

[@stephenrogalla2108]

You are always teaching exactly what I need the most! How about a no gi version of this ?

[@leungkasan]

Hi coach does the tornado pass work on nogi ?

[@yumengwang918]

Thank you for the instructions, one thing I encountered frequently is people grab my sleeve the moment I reach out and then I either try to pass with one sleeve is grabbed or end up with two sleeves are caught, Wonder how to avoid this situation?

[@Maiedjuma]

You keep distance to avoid them getting the other sleeve and if they grip 1 sleeves this can work in your favor since u can arm bar them but usually them grabbing ur arm is nothing to worry about

[@upgrayde]

🤙

[@DoctorYianni]

Jon where are you located? I’d like to do some privates this summer. Where can I reach you?

[@GynJitsuRonin]

Attack!!

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Yup!!

[@GynJitsuRonin]

I love your content & enjoy your coaching style. Thank you for all you share!

[@MrSaurus]

Hey Jon, do you know how to counter the Log splitter pass?

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Hey buddy which pass is that? Is it where they open closed guard with knee in center?

[@MrSaurus]

@@JonThomasBJJ Hey Jon, yes it's the pass where you use your knee. The person first stiff arms your arms, and then they stand up and use their knee to split your legs, and they also put their hands on your hips to do this. In gi, I just go to de la Riva guard. Would you do the same for no gi?

[@JOEY__SR]

Also, I struggle with the sit down position while the opponent is standing. If the guy knows anything i get passed like nothing. A video on this subject would be cool

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Yeah I can cover that, I have corn grip fighting videos before where I address this if you haven’t watched it before.

[@JOEY__SR]

Ok cool. I'll check it out thanks

[@ludivi77]

🤓📝