Leg Drag Pass
Also known as: Leg Drag, Hip Switch Pass
The leg drag is a modern passing essential that not only gets you past the guard but often leads directly to back takes. You drag their leg across your body, pinning it against your hip while you step around to side control or the back. It's fast, it chains well with other passes, and it's dangerous for the guard player.
🎯Key Details
Control the far leg
Grip behind their knee or pants and drag their leg across your body toward your far hip.
Pin the leg against your hip
Their leg gets pinned between your hip and your elbow/body. This creates the 'drag' position.
Hip pressure
Your near hip drives down against their hip, immobilizing them. Without this pressure, they turn into you.
Step around or take back
From the drag, either pass to side control or, if they turn away, take their back.
Don't let them face you
Keep their hips pinned facing away. If they turn in, you lose the drag angle.
⚠️Common Mistakes
Not pinning with hip pressure
Your hip must press against theirs. Without pressure, they turn into you.
Letting go of the leg
Keep the leg controlled until you're fully passed. Releasing allows reguard.
No control of their upper body
Combine leg control with collar or cross-face grip to prevent them turning.
Passing to wrong side
Step toward their back (behind them), not toward their face. Wrong side = guard recovery.
🚀Setups
- •Off a torreando attempt
- •Against De La Riva guard
- •After grip fighting
- •Against butterfly guard
🛡️Counters / Defenses
- •Turn into them before they pin
- •Granby roll
- •Underhook escape
- •Invert and reguard
🔄Variations
📍Applicable Positions
🔗Related Techniques
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