Here's a very good look at the essential elements of a great knee cut pass. Daniel starts in the open guard of his partner, and must first disengage from the feet to get a knee in the middle. He starts by stepping back with his right leg, then brings the right knee inside, then grips the pants on his left side, stuffing the foot in the middle. Daniel now has his right knee in between his partner's legs, but his left foot has already stepped past both legs.

While gripping the collar with his right hand (the same side collar in this case), Daniel cuts his knee across, thus turning his partner's hips in the direction in which he is passing. In order to prevent his partner from coming out the back door, Daniel turns his elbow in and drops his weight onto his side, crashing down on his partner's midsection. He then makes sure he is sitting back on his partner's hips, making it very tough for them to buck him forward with their knee. Finally, he takes sleeve control with his left hand and pulls up on the sleeve, flattening his partner out, and finishing the pass with a nice "baseball slide" motion, continuing to pull up on the sleeve in order to switch his hips flat.