Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi BJJ DVD providing a modern way of incoprorating the headquarters into your passing game.
- Features uses of the HQ against K Guard, R Guard, Waiter Guard, and DLR.
- Contains principles of positioning, entries to the headquarters, and passes in different directions.
- .BJJ World Expert Rating: 9 out of 10.
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If you have no idea what the headquarters passing position is in BJJ, you’re likely a white or blue belt. Nobody who has trained for longer, especially those who were around in the 2010s would remain ignorant to one of the best passing positions in the entire sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
The Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD addresses this staple BJJ position but gives it a modern flare. Rau takes a classic and starts transforming it into a potent No-Gi passing position with dynamic options against some of the most modern guard threats.
The Headquarters Position in BJJ
Rafel Lovato Jr. is a great character in the BJJ world, that has always delivered when competing, both in terms of results and performances, and has truly revolutionized certain aspects of Jiu-Jitsu, such as passing. he is the man behind the headquarters position, a BJJ staple these days that inspired a whole avalanche of passing concepts and methods.
What Lovato Jr. initially did was sit on the leg of his opponent. Not in half guard, as you probably think, although I don’t doubt that was his intention. With people resorting to supine guards, and often using lapels and whatnot, Lovato simply sat on the foot of one leg, using a low squatting position.
Throw in a couple of purposeful grips in there, and you end up with a very strong position that kills off a bunch of popular open guards, if not all of them, as long as you stick to the details. That, however, is where most people tend to fail.
The headquarters position was always one for patient grapplers, offering pressure and exhausting the bottom person, forcing them to make stupid decisions. Now, for those who would like to turn this position into a more dynamic launching pad for passes, the Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD offers plenty of options.
Jason Rau
These days, you only hear about Jason Rau from his instructionals, which are, just like his competitive efforts, exceptionally high in quality. Jason is a BJJ black belt under the one and only Matt Serra and has spent a considerable amount training with all the best in the blue basement in NYC, including Renzo and Danaher.
While we haven’t seen Rau in the spotlight too much lately, he did compete at the highest levels last year, losing out to William Tackett in the quarter-finals of the ADCC East Coast Trails. With several Rise and Sapateiro titles to his name, and a professional record that boasts 50 submission finishes in 52 victories, let’s hope Rau’s 2025 is more fruitful in terms of medals and titles.
Until then, we’re left exploring what he has to offer in the form of instructionals, which is a lot since he spent most of his adult life training in the Gentle Art. From the age of 20, Jason became one the fastest black belts in the world 96 years) and built a reputation as a ruthless submission hunter.
His latest instructional, fresh off the set, is the Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD, a title that promises a lot. Let’s see how it fares.
Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD Review
The Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD is a three-part No-Gi instructional that lasts just under 2 hours, delivering a modern adaptation of Rafel Lovato Jr’s classic Headquarters passing position.
Part 1 – Using the Headquarters Against Different Guards
In the opening part of the Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD, after a short introduction, Jason breaks down the key aspects of the headquarters position – what are its strong and weak points. Once you know when not to use it, it will be easy to make it work against different guards.
That’s exactly what Rau shares in this volume, starting with some of the modern guards that pose the biggest threats, such as the K guard and the R Guard. Most of the early approaches have to do with body positioning, mostly concerning posturing and squatting as the staples of working from the headquarters.
The De la Riva Guard also makes an appearance, as the classic guard that ended up suffering on account of the headquarters. Jason offers several legs dragging and back-stepping combos to deal with it , as well as a very neat flying knee cut that I already gave a try at open mat.
Part 2 – Back Steps and Stacking
The second volume of the DVD is simply a continuation of the first, with Rau offering more options against the three guards he presented in the first part. This time, he focuses on the back steps more, offering ways to circumvent the Guard and K guard using this method of passing.
The second part of the Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD also covers pressure passing from the headquarters, with the stars being smash and stack passes – essentially the two only things you need to cause misery while passing.
Rau also offers a few interesting counters to common guard threats that you might encounter from the headquarters such as taking the back vs K guard leg entries and completely neutralizing the Waiter guard.
Part 3 – Headquarter Entries
The final part of the instructional is something we would’ve expected to be first, which is one of the reasons why this Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD is so brilliant. Rau talks a lot about posture here, particularly focusing on how to squat without compromising it and staying dynamic from a squatting/kneeling position.
Getting to the headquarters often results in predictable reactions from the bottom person, which is exactly what you want to immediately launch into pummel passing, using light and fast hip movement. That’s exactly what Rau covers in great detail here.
He wraps it all up with a few attractive rolling passes, such as a headlock to knee block and a rolling back take.
How To Use Staple BJJ Positions
The headquarters is now one of the inescapable positions in BJJ, along the lines of half guard, closed guard, knee cut, stacking, etc. We saw Lovato Jr. use it, and we’ve seen countless other grapplers copying his methods. But how exactly can you make such a position your own, sticking to the foundational standards, while adopting it to your game?
Rau did exactly that in the Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD. He introduced a dynamic component to a predominantly static position, evolving Jiu-Jitsu passing as a whole in the process.
The best way of utilizing staple positions such as the headquarters si spending time to understand how they work. This means months of experimenting and polishing. Once you have enough data, you can start
Don’t worry that nobody has shown you the steps you need, or that your coach has no idea what you’re doing. With enough time and effort, you’ll undoubtedly end up with something that’s not quite the original but works like a charm for you.
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Head to HQ!
Gi or No-Gi, you need to give the headquarters position a try. Otherwise, all your passing is like rolling without submissions – you’re taking away a powerful aspect of the game. Sit down on that leg, find your grips, and begin to pressure those on the bottom into submissions. The Dynamic Headquarters Passing Jason Rau DVD has everything you need to adapt the headquarters position to different types of passing games.
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