Ryan Halls new Passing the Guard DVDs breaks that trend and teaches that all guard passing should use same key principals, regardless if your fighting an opponent using the Spider, X-Guard, Cross Guard, Half-Guard and so on. The basis of Ryan’s system is to effectively control the opponent on the bottom; creating a defense that is so impenetrable, it forces your opponent into making critical mistakes. Learn to stop even the most elaborate guard sweeps, reversals and submissions by controlling every move and effectively stopping the attack before it can even begin.