Gi Intermediate
Ffion Davies answers a lift from headquarters by sliding into a leg drag.
Control
Headquarters Position
One knee up and one down with the opponent's leg pinned between yours - the passing hub connecting knee cut, leg drag and smash passes.
Also called hq, headquarters, combat base, knee up knee down.
Where it shows up
Related techniques
Shorts
YouTube videos
BJJ Guard Passing - The Headquarters Position by Rafael Lovato Jr.
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
Rafael Lovato Jr on the headquarters position: grips, the trapped leg and the first pass from there.
No-gi Intermediate
Knight Jiu-Jitsu's simplified no-gi headquarters passing: knee cut, smash and backstep from one control position.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Jon Thomas on headquarters as the most important passing position in jiu-jitsu.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Lachlan Giles on passing with headquarters, including the near-side knee through and the smash.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
A clear introduction to headquarters: one knee up, one down, the trapped leg, and why it is the hub of modern passing.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
The knee cut from headquarters, taught as the default pass from the position.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Davies' knee slice in full detail: headquarters, the far-side control and clearing the bottom player's frames.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
The knee-cut detail Morgan sees people miss: the far hip and the head position that stop the reverse half.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Headquarters to a knee cut or a hip-switch pass, Davies' fork when the first pass is framed off.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Davies' headquarters smash pass, pinning the legs together and walking around once you have the hip.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
How to get into headquarters from standing and from a failed pass.