Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi BJJ DVD by Dima Murovanni that explains how to train and add high bodylock passing to your game.
- The material revolves around the why and how of every segment of a high bodylock pass.
- Offers different passing methods, different end-range pinning positions, and provides examples of beating various guards.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 9 out of 10.
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Reading the name Dima Murovanni and the word “passing” in one sentence is sure to get any grappler’s attention these days, especially No-Gi specialists. Add to it innovation in the form of the high bodylock position, and the promise of making passing unfair to your advantage, and you have a bestseller.
The reason why the title of the Unfair Passing Dima Murovanni DVD makes you want to watch it immediately has little to do with marketing, though (kind of), and lots to do with the man behind it and the methods presented. Dima has a one-of-a-kind grappling mind that is in big demand these days — and this is your shot at getting a piece of it.
The Move That Changed Guard Passing
Bodylock passing is something I first saw from Danaher’s DDS. I was not sold on it initially, but it grew on me as time passed since it started appearing everywhere. It opened the door to wrestling-inspired attachments for passing in BJJ, and the snowball effect inevitably ensued.
These days, the bodylock is half of No-Gi BJJ. People use it for passing, for takedowns, and even for escapes. While powerful, the position does offer some drawbacks, which is why I was skeptical of using it at first.
For example, the reason that the attachment is reliable is the fact that your hands are tied together, but that can also be a drawback when you’re on the mats. Moreover, dedicating both arms to something means the rest of your body has a lot of work to do if you don’t want to lose your positioning the moment you let go.
These kinds of nuances have plenty of solutions, and one comes in the form of moving the bodylock higher up the torso. The Unfair Passing High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD focuses a lot on this position, making a very strong case for bodylock passing — again.
Dima Murovanni – A Different Kind of Coach
You know him as one of the B-Team coaches, but do you have any idea where Dima Murovanni perfected his grappling before landing in Austin? Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, he started grappling in 2017 as part of MMA training, which eventually led him to BJJ Akademie Berlin, where he found his home.
He went through all the belts under Robert Graalfs and had very promising performances on the European grappling scene as a blue belt. Unfortunately, injuries struck very early in his career, cutting short his competitive dreams.
What he couldn’t do himself, he managed to transfer to others, though. Linus von Schrenk was the first to capture the BJJ world’s eye with his performances while being coached by Dima. Jozef Chen wasn’t far behind, and suddenly, lots of pro grapplers were looking for the new mastermind behind these rising Jiu-Jitsu stars.
Dima, who got his black belt in 2024, has also been very active sharing his knowledge via BJJ instructionals. If I’m not mistaken, he has seven DVDs out so far, including the High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD we’re dissecting today.
Unfair Passing High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD Review
The Unfair Passing High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD is a three-part instructional delivering information on using an innovative way to pass, while also helping you organize your training using modern practice-design methods.
Part 1 – Understanding Why & How
Dima has unusual instructionals, at least if we measure them by modern standards. That doesn’t make them bad, though — quite the opposite. The Unfair Passing Dima Murovanni DVD starts with a quick overview of what a high bodylock is, without too much passing information yet.
Murovanni then launches into conceptual instructions, covering the why and how behind the position, and presenting why it works so well when passing. He covers the concept of the pocket (it was a game changer for me when I discovered it) and ties the high bodylock with his higher tripod passing system.
Most of the focus in this volume is on why things work and how, as Dima explains how to approach any BJJ problem. He doesn’t just mean the general why and how of passing, but rather understanding these aspects of each segment of a grappling exchange.
Part 2 – Passing End Ranges
In part two of the Unfair Passing High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD, finishing a pass is in the spotlight. Dima goes over the usual ending positions of a pass, such as mount, side control, and the back, explaining how to get to each with the high bodylock.
He also covers the one position every grappler struggles with when passing — the closed guard — offering interesting solutions for it. Pressure and positioning are the two key elements of passing that get their why and how dissected in this volume.
Part 3 – Bodylock Passing Butterfly Guards
Probably the one thing you expected in the High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD. While it was the butterfly guards that launched the success of bodylock passing, this part of Dima’s instructional offers something different.
Here, Murovanni talks a lot about the half butterfly, once again from the perspective of why and how things work when you slap on a high bodylock from the top. Some of the usual pass-finishing means, such as step-overs and switch passing, appear, along with a breakdown of crucial concepts of misalignment and crushing the knees.
Part 4 – Half Guard Solutions
In the final part of the Unfair Passing High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD, the half guard is the position that gets victimized (or at least those playing it against you). Dima provides an easy solution for the usual frames that half guard players love to use, and unleashes a combo of passes to completely kill the guard off.
One of the best parts of the DVD comes at the very end, as Murovanni explains how to train the system he presented in the instructional. His methods are neither standard nor ecological, but we definitely know they work.
Two-For-One
So, how does high bodylock passing help your overall top game? The main advantage of this position tends to fly well under the radar, while most people attribute its success to technical details such as grips and hip motion.
There is, of course, a place for grips and hips too, and they play their roles in the success of the move, but the one main thing high bodylock passing offers — perhaps better than any other pass — is pinning. I’m not talking about your usual pinning here, but rather pinning that happens while you’re passing.
If you ask yourself what is the end goal of a pass in BJJ, the answer is always going to include not allowing the other person to get back into guard. For the most part, pinning helps you prevent this, but if you start looking for pins only after you pass the legs, you’ll find yourself back in guard more often than not.
That’s where the Unfair Passing High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD offers practical solutions. While not the only way of achieving pinning and passing at the same time, it is definitely a practical one, especially if you’ve never considered this before.
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Keep it Unfair!
There’s nothing better in BJJ than using tactics that completely shift the match or roll outcome in your favor. When they’re legal, you have the perfect unfair advantage to sue anyone you grapple with on the mats. In terms of passing the Unfair Passing High Bodylock Dima Murovanni DVD delivers exactly what it promises. It’s unfair, it’s effective, and it will annoy everyone you try it on — three reasons not to miss out on this one!
