Xande's Omoplata Series 4 - Clock Choke from Omoplata

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Again starting with the omoplata locked, Xande sits up into the S-position, but is having trouble finishing the omoplata on his flexible opponent. He reaches over the back, grabs the lapel and feeds it to his other hand under the neck. His hand over the back now grabs the other lapel so he can lean forward and finish the clock choke. Another option is to let his opponent free his arm, and then walk toward the head to finish the choke.

Xande's Omoplata Series 3 - Finishing when Your Opponent Goes Knee on Belly

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Starting from the omoplata, Xande's opponent defends by putting his knee on Xande's belly. With his inside hand, he grips the bottom of the pants, and his other hand grips the belt or back of pants. Next, Xande stretches his bottom arm as he escapes his hips, until his opponent is lying on the mat. Now he can sit up and finish the omoplata.

Xande's Omoplata Series 2 - Breaking Your Opponent's Posture to Finish

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Again, starting with the omoplata already locked, Xande's opponent postures up to defend. Now Xande extends his legs and squeezes them together, pinching the arm. Here he can sit himself up and lean forward to finish the omoplata as before.

Xande's Omoplata Series 1 - Basic Omoplata Finish

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In this series, Xande will cover many ways to finish the omoplata, set up the omoplata, and transition to other techniques from the omoplata. First he covers the basic way to finish the omoplata. Starting with the omoplata already locked, Xande stresses the importance of escaping his hips away from his opponent, and keeping his triangle locked with his knees pinched. Using his hands posted on the mat, he can sit up and push his hips back, before reaching over his opponent's back to control his body. Now he slides his outside foot back to make an S-position with his legs. By lifting his hips and driving his head forward, Xande can put pressure on the shoulder and finish the omoplata.

Inside The University 293 - Reverse De La Riva to X-Guard Sweep

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Again, Xande starts in the reverse De La Riva guard, bumps his opponent forward and sets up the single leg X-guard, but this time his opponent defends the sweep. Xande now swings his outside leg back underneath his opponent and sets up the X-guard hooks. From here, he can either drop his bottom hook behind the heel and sweep backwards, or stretch both hooks and sit up for the sweep.

Inside The University 292 - Reverse De La Riva to Single Leg X-Guard Sweep

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Xande starts in the reverse De La Riva and bumps his opponent forward, as he did before. He moves his hook to push the hip, his other leg goes underneath the near leg and his foot goes on the hip, and he breaks his opponent's posture with a heavy collar grip. He removes his foot off the far hip, and his opponent reacts by coming back over him, so Xande elevates his hips to sweep him backwards.

Inside The University 290 - Reverse De La Riva to Z-Guard Sweep

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Xande starts in a reverse De La Riva guard, gripping the collar and ankle, and uses his hook to kick his opponent forward. When his opponent is off balance, Xande releases the collar grip to under hook the leg, and turns to his side, dropping his legs to make the Z-guard. With the leg tight to his body, he pushes the knee with his top leg to knock his opponent back. Now he can come up to finish the sweep.

Xande's World Masters and Grand Slam 2016 Review 9 - Open Guard Sweep set up from Collar Drag

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In Xande's final match at Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, he pulled guard and started trying to work his sweeps. He ended up in a seated guard position where he went for a collar drag. His opponent reacted by stepping his leg and maintaining his standing position, so Xande instinctively pulled himself underneath his opponent. While controlling both legs, Xande swung one leg around his opponent's leg and put his foot on the hip, and his other foot hooked behind his butt. From here, Xande pulled the legs and pushed the hips to sweep his opponent and establish top position.

Xande's World Masters and Grand Slam 2016 Review 6 - Double Guard Pull to X-Pass

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In his first fight in the absolute division, Xande fought Formiga, and knew he would pull guard, so Xande also pulled, landing in the double guard pull position. As Formiga pulled Xande's lapel, Xande grabbed his pants on the inside leg, stood up at an angle and immediately passed with the X-pass. Formiga turned away to try to escape, and Xande was able to control him and step over to the mount, where he set up other attacks.

Yuki Nakai Series 8 - Heel Hook from Guard Pull

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From standing, Yuki grips the lapel and pulls guard, swinging his leg between his opponent's legs and around the outside, placing his foot on the hip. His other leg makes a hook behind the other knee. Yuki uses his hooks to sweep his opponent backward and wraps his arm around the foot to finish the heel hook.

JT Torres 2nd Series 11 - Loop Choke from Open Guard

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JT starts from the open guard with the cross collar grip, one foot on the hip, and one shin on shin. He kicks the shin on shin leg out, and sits up, bringing his free hand to the back of the head while looping his collar grip arm around the neck. Now JT steps over the leg and traps it, before closing his elbow and finishing the choke.

JT Torres 2nd Series 10 - Reverse Armbar from Open Guard

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From the open guard, JT has one foot on the hip and a cross collar grip, while his opponent is working to pass with one knee on the mat. JT brings his free foot to hook in front of the ankle on his opponent's lead leg, causing his opponent to make a grip on JT's leg. JT grabs the triceps and kicks his hook out. Now he brings his foot up to the rib cage, pulls the elbow and pinches his knee down to finish the armbar.