This is a pass that João likes to use when he finds his opponent playing De La Riva guard.
- Issue 48
This is a pass that João came up with while training for this year’s Worlds (2016). Typically in a half-guard situation, both the person on the top and the person on the bottom wants to get the nearside underhook. This is a pass that João likes if his opponent has the advantage of the underhook. ...
João’s favorite position to finish from is the back. In a perfect match, he would get to his opponent’s back and finish from there. Once he takes the back, João doesn’t like to waste time. Giving an opponent too much time to figure out an escape is dangerous, especially when the clock is ticking...
Now let’s say Manny just won’t quit, which is plausible because he’s a pretty tough dude. João’s in the perfect transition to attack Manny’s left arm.
- Issue 48
