The Mirroring Principle: The Hidden & Essential Mechanics of Pressure Passing by Wim Deputter

Pin, pressure, and pass through the guard with old school concepts, as black belt Wim Deputter teaches his unique system for using fundamental positioning to get as much squeeze as possible out of your top game. Even though he’s an average sized grappler, Wim makes way bigger fighters feel like they’re being trapped by an ultra heavyweight, and he does it with precision technique that you can now learn. Wim goes position by position, teaching his entire system across 4-volumes that are each packed with details for becoming an effective pressure passing top fighter.

Wim brings a very specific way of teaching his top game that makes it easy for anyone, even beginners, to break down and understand. Everything is very conceptual, so instead of having only a few moves per position you instead have tools that you can use against any guard to start pinning and passing. Study these hidden principles and concepts with Wim’s careful teaching as he shows you not just what to do, but why you are doing it and how to combine everything together into a unified system.

The main positions in this system are the double under stack pass and the over-under, two positions where a technical fighter can turn up pressure like they are turning up the volume on a radio. With solid positioning and step-by-step instruction, Wim shows every detail in dealing with the common problems and counters you’ll see, and how to impose your top game on tricky guard players trying to keep you away. These pressure passing philosophies all work together, giving you 4-volumes of specialized instruction around how to dominate bigger, stronger fighters with pressure and control.

Pressure passing has been an old school favorite for grapplers of all sizes and ages because of how effective it is in pinning down young, flexible guard players. It doesn’t matter what your body type is, these are tools that will unlock the guard and let you advance with patient strategy. Smash them down and pass over, under, and through the guards that have been giving you so much trouble.

Wim Deputter’s pressure passing system combines strong fundamentals and concepts that create a unified series of attacks and positions that top fighters can use to squeeze the fight out of the bottom grappler. Use stack passing tools and over-unders, with specialized instructions for how to deal with counters and common problems, for the best old-school passing chains.

• Intro 
• Pressure vs compression 
• Perfect posture and solo exercises
• The perfect stack: north-south axis 
• The perfect stack: east-west axis 
• The Art of Gentle Constant Pressure 
• The can-opener and defense 
• The actual pass 
• Gable grip variation 
• Gable grip to truck back take 
• The one atom distance concept 
• High vs low double-under 
• Rock Bottom principle 
• Dealing with rock bottom 
• Alternative option vs rock bottom 
• Dealing with straight legs 
• Dealing with butterfly hooks 

• Over-Under 
• General concept
• Headstand
• Flip over 
• Reverse double leg drill 
• High overpass 
• High overpass alternative 
• Low overpass 
• Underpass 

• Biceps-ride 
• Double-over 
• Knee shield 
• Shoulder smash 
• Smash pass from half guard 
• Half guard alternative 
• Leg drag 
• Mermaid pass aka 'The Khabib' 

• Alternative concept
• Pressure passing the closed guard
• Standing pressure pass 
• The triangle trap 

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