Combat Base

Neutral Positions

Combat Base is the upright kneeling base a passer takes inside an open guard: one knee up, one knee down, spine tall. It is deliberately neutral — it is not yet a pass and no longer a guard, but the platform from which the top partner commits weight forward and moves to either side. Most standing and kneeling passes are entered from or recovered back into it.

Perspectives

Choose a perspective to explore goals, techniques, and strategies from that point of view.

Combat Base - Bottom

Non-Dominant

Combat Base - Top

Dominant