Xande's Defensive Series 17 - Escaping Side Control by Turning Belly Down

Xande's Defensive Series 17 - Escaping Side Control by Turning Belly Down

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Xande's opponent passes his guard and is controlling him at the elbow. Xande keeps his frames in place as he showed before, but he is not able to use any of the previous escapes, so he opens his elbow and places his head on his forearm. As his opponent tries to maintain control, Xande turns to his belly and grabs the leg.


Xande's Defensive Series 16 - Escaping Side Control by Using Your Elbow on the Mat

Xande's Defensive Series 16 - Escaping Side Control by Using Your Elbow on the Mat

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Xande show another side control escape when his opponent reaches his arm across Xande's body. This time, Xande puts his elbow at his opponent's armpit with his arm going across the back and his hand at the hip. He uses the arm to push off his opponent and bring his other arm out so he can place his elbow on the mat and sit up. Now he has space to escape, replace the guard or even take the back.

Xande's Defensive Series 15 - Escaping Side Control when Your Opponent Reaches Across Your Body

Xande's Defensive Series 15 - Escaping Side Control when Your Opponent Reaches Across Your Body

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Xande now shows a common situation that can happen many ways, when your opponent brings his arm across your body after passing your guard. As his opponent is reaching over, Xande makes sure to get his far side hand under the armpit so his arm does not get trapped. From here, he can use his frames to escape his hips and replace the guard.

Xande's Defensive Series 14 - Defending the Knee Cut Pass while Framing on the Hip

Xande's Defensive Series 14 - Defending the Knee Cut Pass while Framing on the Hip

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Xande shows another common situation that happens when your opponent is passing with the knee cut. In this case, Xande is not able to block the biceps and his opponent gets his arm under his head, so Xande immediately blocks the hip with his hand. As soon as his opponent passes, Xande drops his elbow between himself and his opponent's hip, and now he can bring his knee to his elbow to work his way back to the guard.

Xande's Defensive Series 13 - Defending the Knee Cut Pass

Xande's Defensive Series 13 - Defending the Knee Cut Pass

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Xande continues his defensive series, and now starts covering how he deals with different situations when his opponent is passing his guard. Here he discusses the knee cut pass. Xande's first line of defense is his frames with his arms. He keeps his top arm between his opponent and himself, and his other arm blocks the biceps. The moment his opponent passes, Xande bumps his hips and escapes them so he can bring his knee in to frame. Now he can work to replace the guard.

Inside The University 249 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 3

Inside The University 249 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 3

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Saulo continues to correct mistakes and refine the details of defending yourself while your opponent is trying to pass, again emphasizing the importance of the initial bridge. He also gives his students an exercise to practice transitioning to each of the four counter attacks he previously taught.

Inside The University 248 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 2

Inside The University 248 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 2

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After watching the students, Saulo points out some common mistakes being made from the defensive position on the side. He shows some more details on how important the bridge is, and how to transition to each of the counter attacks while your opponent is passing.

Inside The University 247 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 1

Inside The University 247 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 1

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Saulo shows how to play defense on the bottom when your opponent is passing your guard. His first move is to fall to his side and hug himself with his arms. From this position, he shows several options to move around your opponent depending on what he does or what you want to do.

Lucas Leite Half Guard and Back Attacks 6 - Sweep and Back Take when Opponent Passes Your Guard

Lucas Leite Half Guard and Back Attacks 6 - Sweep and Back Take when Opponent Passes Your Guard

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Lucas now shows how to incorporate the half guard sweep series while or after your opponent has passed your guard and is in side control. Lucas makes sure to get the underhook, and with his other arm he reaches through the legs and controls the near ankle. He bridges and hooks the leg as he did before, and walks to the side giving him the leverage to roll his opponent and attack the back.

Inside The University 199 - Escape from Kesa Gatame Side Control

Inside The University 199 - Escape from Kesa Gatame Side Control

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Xande shows a basic escape from the kesa gatame side control position, where he escapes his hips and replaces the guard.

Inside the Univeristy 166 - Escape from Side Control Cont. [Shoulder Escape]

Inside the Univeristy 166 - Escape from Side Control Cont. [Shoulder Escape]

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Sensei Xande continues his previous lesson on the Shoulder Escape. This time focusing on the importance of planting the foot and staying on your side once your bump your opponent.

Inside the University 165 - Escape from Side Control Cont. [Shoulder Escape]

Inside the University 165 - Escape from Side Control Cont. [Shoulder Escape]

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In this video Xande continues the Escape from Side Control lesson from this week with the Shoulder Escape. Xande shows how framing makes the difference between being able to escape your opponents control and getting passed.