When your opponent has his feet underneath your hips in guard, he has butterfly guard on you. There are two passes here. The first one is more technical, and may be harder to pull off. It may even be a bit dated at this stage. But it does show you patience, and a complete way to begin passing guard.
Pass One
Above is a particularly bad butterfly guard(chest too far away from the knees), but it’s just for the camera. First thing you need to do is separate your opponent’s knees from his chest. A lot of people will have a very lazy guard, and this is easily achieved by pushing your forehead into his chest. Here, once I’ve done that, I bring my knees and elbows together. This reduces Dan’s ability to move his hips
With my left hand, I reach (palm up) underneath Dan’s leg, attempting to catch Dan’s left foot. I’m reaching across his body. This may not be achievable straight away, but reaching will help you stop him moving.
Here’s the Discovery Channel zoom camera view of what I’m trying to do.
Bring your left leg straight back, over to the right a little, and push your left leg into his left leg. If you do this correctly, you’ve taken one of your opponent’s legs out of the equation. (This is shown a lot better in the video)
Tighten up your grip on his shin (should be easier now) and sprawl out. I keep my left elbow pinched into Daniel as I inch /snake my hips off his leg.
Do NOT try to jump here. Keeping the pressure on with your elbow (albeit slight) and inching your hips is the most secure way to pass.
Once your hip is on the floor - you’ve passed his knee, bring your knee up to his hip.
And complete the pass by moving high up on his body. Note how far away from Daniel’s hips I end up.
Pass TwoHere’s a simple, but very secure and smart pass from Bill. A good opponent will sit up in butterfly guard, and look to get some arm control (underhook/overhook).
Snap down the head into your armpit and hold it like a rugby ball.
Keep you elbow tucked into your ribs to keep his head down.
Reach underneath his leg to catch his opposite ankle.
Pull your hands apart like you’re doing a lateral raise (you should never do this silly exercise in the gym when there’s olympic lifts to be done) As you do this hop/slide your knees to the side his head is on. Your body should be orientated the same way (facing the exact same way, in the same position). This will help you pass his knee and get side control.
If you keep the grip on his head in a guillotine you can catch a quick choke. Underhook your opponent’s far arm & turn you stomach towards their head.
Much like in the heart attack choke, you need to keep his chest down, so look to slide the side of your ribs up his body.
