Sensei Xande explains Old-School Stack Pass

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Old-School Stack Pass

To better understand this video and the techniques involving Old-school guard passes, Sensei Xande offered a couple of anecdotes, tips and tricks about it.

The difference between Old-School and modern Jiu-Jitsu

Back in the day, this would be one of the first techniques someone would learn to pass a guard. Now Jiu-Jitsu has become more acrobatic. This technique primarily focuses on pressure and patience, it doesn’t involve or give the opportunity to run. It involves, proper weight distribution, patience and controlling the hips. 

The most important thing about the Old-School Pass

Controlling movement. In order to restrain the ability of your opponent to move their shoulders away you need to control how and what they are able to move. It is also fundamental to make your opponent feel very uncomfortable. 

Things that people get wrong the most

People try to run around, instead of going slowly with control. Trying to pass too early or not stacking the hips over the shoulder could lead to your opponent being able to move out and regain their guard. 

Is weight difference a reason not to stack pass? Is the Miragaya more effective when you have a bigger opponent?  

If the weight difference is too much it’s better to staple the knee and go to a Miragaya, using a combination instead of just the stack as the go-to pass. This doesn’t mean not to perform the old school stack pass, but to chain movements and combine them to play to your strengths.