Sao Paulo Pass

Pass
Also known as:
São Paulo Pass Tozi Pass

A pressurized closed-guard opening and pass: trap one of the opponent's arms, drive chest weight over it, and force the guard open under pressure before sliding through — a pin-first pass that never lets the bottom player create distance.

Quick Reference

Key principles

  • · The trapped arm plus chest pressure makes retention frames impossible
  • · The guard opens because staying closed hurts, not because you pried it
  • · The pass rides the same pressure through to the pin

Execution

  1. 1 From inside closed guard, trap their arm across and base wide
  2. 2 Drive chest pressure over the trapped arm and walk your hips back
  3. 3 Force the ankles open under the pressure
  4. 4 Slide or smash through on the trapped-arm side to the pin

Common mistakes

  • × Lifting the chest to open the guard, releasing all the pressure
  • × Letting the trapped arm free before the legs open

Do it from

Positions and situations where the Sao Paulo Pass shows up.

Closed Guard Top

Where it lands

The position you end up in.

Side Control Top