Alias · Guard Passing
Knee shield smash
Also known as Smash Pass — the canonical term used on this site.
Names the smash through a knee shield
Knee shield smash is a descriptive name for the smash pass — naming the smash applied to flatten and clear a knee shield.
Etymology. “Knee shield” names the shin frame being attacked; “smash” names the heavy top pressure that flattens it. The compound is mechanical and lineage-neutral, locating the smash pass against one common obstacle.
Mechanics. Smashing the shield flat is the foot-line clearance the pass requires: the braced shin is the barrier, and crushing it down removes the structural relevance of the foot line so the passer can advance to the knees rather than stall against the frame.
Cross-reference. “Pressure pass” is a sibling alias. Full mechanical coverage on Smash Pass.