What about people who complain about money and cannot find a job ? <| sep |> How much did they charge for the inspection ? <| sep |> As has been said below you can prevent the shield by blocking with your armelbow but getting a good grip on their beltlapel from the top is easier said than done , especially in no gi . This means that the knee shield is going to happen at least some of the time so it ' s really about what you do from that position . There are loads of ways to attack but the few ways I ' ve come to rely on the most are getting a grip on their bottom knee and going to 34 mount by taking your knee and moving it to the other side of their body works better if their same sizesmaller so you can use the arm triangle to pressure and escape your foot once in the mounted position . You can also move back across into the knee slice from mount and process with the pass without the knee shield . going to reverse half guard so you ' re facing their legs , you can then use your other knee and free arm to escape going to xpass the easiest option but blocked if they have their legs crossedAs with all passing moving in sequence between these positions can eventually open a hole . Just be weary of exposing your nonslicing leg when moving between positions for them to grab and go to deep half These are just a few ideas from a blue belt . I ' d recommend Ryan Hall ' s passing the guard DVD he goes over countering the knee shield in a lot of detail and the knee slice generally . This Marcello Garcia video also helped me a lot , but mainly in staying out of the knee shield position qfbrigUIOs . Finally check of bjj scout ' s study on Damien Mia passing in MMA and more recently the sequence he used against Carlos Condit he ' s really good at pushing the knee over for mount .