Inside the University 147 Part 3 - Closed Guard Overwrap to Straight Armlock or Flower Sweep

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Xande finishes this series with a follow up option to sweep your opponent with a far side straight arm lock or a flower sweep. All of these combinations go well with the overwrap to back take. If your opponent defends one well, there is often times an opportunity to transition to another submission or sweep.

Inside the University 147 Part 2 - Failed Back Take from Overwrap to Armbar or Straight Armlock

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Xande teaches some options to how to threaten your opponent with three different armlock attacks when your opponent defends against the back take off the overwrap from closed guard.

JJU 18-09 Palm Up Palm Down Cross Collar Choke From Closed and Butterfly Guard

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Xande teaches how to set up the palm up palm down choke from the closed guard and butterfly guard. With the butterfly guard setup, we learn how to bait our opponent into thinking that they can pass the butterfly guard only to fall right into our cross collar trap to get the finish.

JJU 18-08 Classic Palm Up Palm Up Cross Choke from Butterfly Guard and Closed Guard

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Xande teaches how to set up the classic palm up palm up cross choke from the closed guard and butterfly guard. This is a highly effective submission from white to black belt but we must be careful to fine tune the small details that will increase your success with the submission.

JJU 15-08 Brabo Choke from Closed Guard

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Xande teaches the classic brabo choke from closed guard. Timing your opponent's resistance is the key to setting up a successful brabo choke. Using your collar chokes in combination to the brabo choke will also help to stay one step ahead of your opponent and increase your odds of catching them in a submission.

JJU 15-07 Armbar to Cross Choke from Closed Guard

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Xande teaches how to follow up a classic armbar with a cross choke submission. We can use these two submissions in a combination attack to try to catch our opponent off guard and finish the fight.

JJU 15-06 Classic Armbar from Guard

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The classic armbar is one of the most effective way to submit your opponent from the guard from white to black belt. Although there are many ways to set up different armbars, this variation is one of the most fundamental ways to set up the submission.

Inside the University 133 - Cross Collar Choke and Helio Choke from Closed Guard

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Xande teaches a combination of chokes from the closed guard. In this lesson we learn how to mix it up from the closed guard with the cross collar and helio gracie chokes.

Inside the University 130 - Classic Open Guard to Omoplata or Cross Collar Choke

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Xande covers the fine details on how to use the classic open guard to set up an omoplata or a cross collar choke against your opponent's pass attempts. These setups may appear simple at first but still take time to master the fine details to create successful submissions off the set up

JT Torres 5 Part 2 - Bonus Footage of Closed Guard Kimura

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A short behind the scenes footage of the kimura from closed guard.

JT Torres Series 5 - Closed Guard Triangle Attempt to Kimura

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JT recalls how his favorite triangle was often countered by opponents who were savvy to the move and would stay hunched to stop the triangle. In this case, instead of trying to force the move, we transition to the kimura to find the submission.

JT Torres Series 4 - Closed Guard Overwrap to Triangle

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JT recalls how from white to purple belt he was forced to play a guard game as most of his training partners were bigger and stronger. In this lesson he shares the details on how he sets up his favorite triangle from the closed guard.