Inside The University 277 - Collar and Sleeve Grip Arm Drag
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Xande starts in the seated guard with the collar and sleeve grip. When his opponent tries to pull his arm back, Xande redirects the arm to the inside, across his body, and at the same time pushes the knee back with his foot. His opponent falls and now he can attack the back.
Inside The University 276 - Open Elbow Arm Drag
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Again from the seated guard, Xande has the collar grip and his foot in the hip. This time when he is ready to drag the arm, he brings his other hand off the mat to grab the triceps, and pull with both arms as he lays back. His opponent's elbow opens as he is dragged, and Xande can take the back as he did before, or sometimes the omoplata is there for him to take as well.
Inside The University 275 - Traditional Arm Drag from Seated Guard
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From the seated guard with a collar grip, Xande's opponent grabs his leg, so Xande grabs the wrist and transfers his collar grip to the triceps. At the same time, his right foot goes to the hip and his left foot comes to the outside. From here, Xande leans back pulling the arm, forcing his opponent to release his grip and post. Now Xande attacks his opponent's back, which has been exposed.
Fredson Alves Series 7 - Loop Choke from Seated Guard
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From the seated guard, Fredson controls the cross collar grip, posts on his other hand and raises his level above his opponent's and stands on his knee. He brings his arm over the back of his opponent's neck and puts his own head underneath his opponent's arm. Now he rolls underneath and his free arm reaches to the triceps and pulls to finish the loop choke.
Fredson Alves Series 4 - X-Guard Scissors Sweep
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Fredson uses the same X-guard setup from the seated guard to get his first hook in place, and brings his arm underneath the leg. His opponent is standing, but drops his base to keep his weight on top of Fredson. Fredson chops the heel and pushes with his hook in a scissors sweep motion to sweep his opponent backward.
Fredson Alves Series 3 - X-Guard Back Roll Sweep
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Fredson uses the same set up to get to the X-guard, but now instead of staying on his knee, his opponent stands up to try to escape. Fredson uses the space to place the other X-guard hook and bring his arm under the leg. Now he switches his grip from the collar to the back of his opponent's gi, and uses his legs to lift his opponent and does a back roll to finish the sweep.
Fredson Alves Series 2 - Setting Up X-Guard from Seated Guard and Sweeping
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Fredson now begins in the seated guard with a collar and knee grip. He stretches his leg underneath his opponent's legs and pulls his weight on top of him to set up the X-guard hooks. From the X-guard, depending on his opponent's reaction, Fredson has many sweeping options, and shows a few of his favorites.
Fredson Alves Series 1 - Pulling X-Guard and Sweeping Your Opponent Backward
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Fredson Alves, black belt under Gracie Humaita, and one of the most accomplished black belts from the Northeast region of Brazil, begins his seminar by showing how he pulls X-guard and immediately sets up a sweep. While standing, Fredson gets the collar and sleeve grips, places his foot on the hip and pulls guard. He turns to is hip and makes a grip on the pants before shooting his leg underneath and setting up the X-guard hooks. He passes his opponent's leg over his head, and while controlling the hips, he turns and sweeps his opponent backwards.
Inside The University 265 - X-Guard Sweep (Darragh O Connaill)
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Darragh O Connaill shows a favorite sweep of his from the X-guard. Starting in the X-guard, Darragh's opponent plants his hands in front to keep his balance, so he grabs the near arm and feeds it to his hand that is holding the leg. His other hand grips the collar and his opponent reacts by standing up taller. Darragh uses this opportunity to lift him with his hooks, and sweep him backwards.
Xande's Pan Ams 2016 Review 6 - Single Leg Sweep from Sit Up Guard
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Xande shows the sweep he used in the first match of the open weight division. From the open guard with the cross sleeve grip, Xande's opponent stood up so Xande pulls the arm and comes up the sit up guard. He feeds the sleeve through the legs to his other hand, before doing a technical stand up to finish the sweep.
Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 15 - Q&A with Saulo - Berimbolo to Omoplata
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Saulo has some questions about a combination of techniques he really liked when he saw Michael show it. From the De La Riva, Michael lassos the arm, goes deep De La Riva to berimbolo to omoplata, and Saulo gets a more in depth look at the position.
Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 10 - Q&A with Saulo - Omoplata
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Saulo sits down with Michael to ask some questions about some of the techniques he showed. First they go over some of the details of the omoplata.