Knee cut pass in BJJ

Reviewer The best of the batch - teaches you to read the situation and choose, not just one fixed sequence.

Moderator Comprehensive and entirely on topic - defines the knee cut mechanically, then builds a decision framework for which variation to use based on how the opponent's legs are positioned.

Reviewer The clearest structural breakdown of the knee cut in the batch, and it calls out the real failure mode.

Moderator The entire video is a systematic breakdown of the knee cut pass, entry through checkpoints through the common failure mode. Fully on topic.

Reviewer This is the exact detail that stalls most people's knee cut — really well covered.

Moderator Laser-focused on one exact moment — freeing your trapped foot to complete the knee cut. Nothing else covered, fully on topic.

Reviewer Real coaching depth -- the actual detail that separates working knee cuts from stuck ones.

Moderator This is entirely about the knee cut pass -- specifically the detail that makes it work (underhook placement depending on how tight the opponent's elbow is) from a Tornado guard entry. Nothing else competes for runtime. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer This is the video for anyone whose knee cut keeps getting stopped -- exactly the fix needed.

Moderator Entirely about knee cut pass -- specifically the two most common ways it gets countered (underhook before or after your knee is down) and how to answer both. Core troubleshooting for the exact skill.

Reviewer One of the best knee cut breakdowns going — explains the why, not just the what.

Moderator Entirely and explicitly about the knee cut — dominating the far leg so it can't loop in, the shin-bat mechanic, and systematically beating the counters that actually stop most people's knee cut (knee shield, lasso, DLR, reverse DLR). This is the sub-skill, no tangents.

Reviewer The underhook battle section alone is worth the watch.

Moderator Squarely the knee cut pass from entry to the underhook battle, with real attention to the two separate fights (leg frames, then arm frames) that make up the position.

Reviewer This is how you actually fix a leaking knee cut.

Moderator This is the textbook case - the entire video is the knee cut pass, broken into the exact three mistakes that sink it: no inside wedge, no underhook, ignoring the near-side frame.

Reviewer Explains the why behind every grip - this is how you actually retain a pass.

Moderator Builds the entire pass from establishing headquarters through to side control or knee-on-belly, defining terms as it goes.

Reviewer Clear step-by-step setups, addresses the common mistakes too. Good one to drill from.

Moderator Concrete step-by-step knee cut setups from a couple of common starting positions, straight through to the finish. Fully on topic.

Reviewer This clears up the 'which knee cut is the real one' confusion better than most instructionals — genuinely useful framework.

Moderator All knee cut, all the way through — just approaching it conceptually (how the mechanism changes across De La Riva, single leg X, no-grip entries) instead of one linear how-to.

Reviewer Precise, detailed, and from one of the best passers in the sport -- excellent.

Moderator Full sequence from the approach through the knee cut position into a back take, taught by a two-time ADCC champ. Squarely the sub-skill, plus a natural, closely related follow-up.

Reviewer Nails a real, common mistake with the mechanism explained - efficient and useful.

Moderator Short and entirely about the knee cut - specifically the most common way people botch it (cutting straight up the middle instead of over the leg).

Reviewer Dense but excellent — this is as good as knee cut instruction gets.

Moderator Squarely the knee cut, demonstrated by one of the most credible sources on the planet for this exact pass — grip sequencing, knee direction, isolating the leg, handling a knee shield that gets reformed twice.

Reviewer Clear sequence with memorable reference points - easy to actually retain.

Moderator Full knee cut pass sequence - headquarters, chest-to-knee pressure, hand placement, the 'Lamborghini door' drop, hip control, cross face, finishing to side control.

Reviewer Solid, clear teaching — but don't let the 'beginners' title fool you, it assumes real guard knowledge already.

Moderator Fully on-topic knee cut instruction, specifically off a single leg X entry — detailed and repeated from multiple angles.

Reviewer Teaches you when to pull the trigger, not just how — good stuff.

Moderator Squarely about the knee cut — specifically the timing/setup decision, reading whether the opponent's legs are wide or narrow to know if a knee cut is even the right tool versus a toreando. Core sub-skill content.

Reviewer Excellent - real timing and reading cues from one of the best guard passers there's ever been.

Moderator Real application of the knee cut against butterfly guard specifically - grounding the hooks, then knee-on-belly into the cut to side control. On topic and specific to a real, common scenario.

Reviewer Fixes a mistake almost everyone makes at the finish — actionable.

Moderator Squarely about finishing the knee cut — gap control before the single leg grip, elbow positioning to deny the underhook, and the classic head-down mistake.

Reviewer Solves the foot-getting-stuck problem with several answers that actually work.

Moderator Entirely about knee cut finishing — leg control, preventing reverse DLR, and several concrete grip options for flattening the guy once your ankle gets pinched and strapped.

Reviewer Efficient, specific reps - exactly what to drill once you know the position.

Moderator Four clean entries from headquarters straight into the knee cut, nothing else on the agenda. As squarely on-topic as this subskill gets.

Reviewer Thorough, well-sequenced, and it flags the mistake that gets most people stuffed.

Moderator Genuinely covers both sides of the exact subskill - grips, base, stepping inside the knee, dealing with knee-shield resistance on offense, then the mirror image on defense. Nothing here is off-topic; it's all knee cut pass, attack and counter.

Reviewer Specific and correct, with the common mistake called out - good, if a little padded at the edges.

Moderator Straightforward, on-topic breakdown of the knee cut pass out of de la Riva - killing the hook, ankle-to-knee control without giving up time, underhook development, keeping the trail foot elevated to avoid the half-guard trap.

Reviewer Good specific detail, just work to follow through the rough delivery.

Moderator Fully on topic — two concrete knee cut variations based on whether opponent grips your ankle or your pants.

Reviewer Good meat on the bone if you're already following along — just don't expect it to hold your hand into the position.

Moderator This is the knee cut, full stop — picks up from a scramble where the pass got contested and walks through re-establishing collar/sleeve control, driving the knee into the stomach, and finishing past a turtle recovery. Every second of it is knee cut mechanics.

Reviewer Good answer for when the underhook just isn't there.

Moderator Focused on the pass, specifically the branch where you don't get the underhook - knee angle, tricep grip, staying low to avoid the leg getting trapped in half guard.

Reviewer Good sequence to drill, light on the why.

Moderator Straight class walkthrough of the full sequence - stance, grips, clearing the knee, underhook, finishing side control. No detours.

Reviewer Longer runtime than most of these — likely more than a quick highlight.

Moderator Caption squarely names the pass and explicitly covers both gi and no-gi.

Reviewer Clean, step-by-step, actually teaches beginners the pass.

Moderator The windshield-wiper drill is explicitly built as the entry into the knee cut, and the pass itself gets a full walkthrough to side control - the butterfly sweep half is a legitimate second technique riding along, not filler.

Reviewer Useful if you already have the base pass down; the sales pitch at the end is a minor ding.

Moderator Two specific knee cut variations depending on the opponent's frame (elbow frame vs. pushing frame) - squarely about the pass, at a more advanced layer.

Reviewer Can't tell much beyond the topic match — caption is pretty generic.

Moderator Caption squarely names the exact pass — no-gi knee slice guard pass.

Reviewer Good detail, dense to follow as audio alone.

Moderator Identical technique content to the other Malfacine posts (leg control, resisting a bigger opponent). The caption calls it 'great for beginners,' but the actual content - controlling a resisting opponent's hips and legs - assumes real grappling competence.

Reviewer Good detail, narration is a bit hard to follow.

Moderator Same technique content as the matching TikTok version - leg control and finishing the knee cut against resistance.

Reviewer Good detail if you can follow along with the video; rough as a standalone explanation.

Moderator About securing leg control and finishing the knee cut against a resisting, larger opponent - squarely on the technique.

Reviewer Clean technical teaching that builds directly on the knee cut entry -- solid.

Moderator Starts from the actual knee cut entry and shows what to do when the opponent defends it -- that's a direct extension of the skill, not just a loosely related topic.

Reviewer Good orientation on the different styles of knee cut, but it's a map, not a lesson.

Moderator Not a step-by-step tutorial, but it's centrally about the knee cut - comparing how three elite competitors actually approach the position differently (pressure/cross-face vs diving/underhook vs low-base/sleeve-control). That's squarely about the sub-skill, just at the level of 'here's the landscape' rather than 'here's the move.'

Reviewer Real detail is probably in here somewhere, but it's genuinely hard to follow.

Moderator This is about a backstep variation of the knee cut - grip options, base, underhook timing - so it's on topic, just delivered in a way that's hard to pin down cleanly from the transcript alone.

Reviewer Useful backup option to know, but it won't improve your actual knee cut.

Moderator Framed directly around knee cut pass failing on you -- 'can't finish it, switch to this instead' -- so it's genuinely relevant to someone working on knee cut pass, even though the technique it actually teaches in detail is a different pass.

Reviewer Worth hearing as a reality check on when knee cut fails, but don't expect to walk away better at doing one.

Moderator Genuinely about the knee cut — but it's a critique of the pass (argues it rarely finishes in a real pin at higher no-gi levels) rather than teaching you to execute it, and a chunk of the runtime pivots to teaching a completely different pass (forced half guard) as the 'better' alternative.

Reviewer You'll learn a nice entry, not the full pass - thin on the pass itself.

Moderator This is a knee cut entry into a Darce, so the pass itself gets real airtime - baiting the underhook, meeting it with the overhook, sliding to the corner - but a good chunk of the video is really about finishing the choke, not the pass mechanics themselves. Call it covers-it-among-other-things rather than squarely-about-it.