Defending The Stack Pass Shoulder Walk

Part of the course: The Lord of the Guards: Guard Retention by Jon Calestine

Defending The Stack Pass Shoulder Walk
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Jon Calestine
Jon Calestine

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Defending the stack pass involves several key steps:
  1. Start by digging your heels down and ensuring your knees are slightly wider than your shoulders. This prevents your opponent from getting your legs up on their shoulders and locking their hands to start stacking.
  2. Grab your opponent's thumbs, especially if their hands are not connected. This prevents them from connecting their hands.
  3. Next, dig your heels in, put your head to the floor, and create a curve in your spine. This involves digging your hips and butt into the floor, lifting your mid-back off the ground, and bringing your shoulders and head into the floor. This makes you like a board and makes it harder for your opponent to stack your hips off the ground.
  4. If your hips start to get lifted, walk your shoulders while digging your heels to the floor. This makes it much harder for your opponent to lift you.
  5. Make yourself heavy and shoulder walk to create distance. Lean on your elbows to move backwards, keeping wide and maintaining control.
  6. Once you've created enough distance, start looking to pummel because now your feet are free to move. Ensure that your opponent's arms are not connected.
  7. As long as your opponent's hands are not connected, it will be very hard for them to stack you when you create a good curve in your spine. If they try to lift you, create distance and pummel inside the shoulders to start recovering.
  8. Remember to curve your spine, make your lower back very heavy, and use your head on the floor. This keeps your hips from getting lifted.
  9. Once you've created enough distance by walking backwards on your elbows, start pummeling your feet back to the inside position. From there, you can successfully defend the stack.

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