Xande's Collar Guard Series 8 - Cross Collar Choke

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Xande shows his favorite attack from the collar guard, which is the cross collar choke. While playing the collar guard, Xande's opponent goes to smash him, so he immediately closing his fingers tighter, causing the fabric on the other side to create a ridge he can grab hold of with his other hand. From here he pulls his opponent down and finishes the choke.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 7 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is Standing (Part 3 of 3)

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Xande now has the collar guard, but does not have a grip on his opponent's sleeve, so he uses his hand as a post while playing the seated collar guard. As his opponent tries passing on either side, Xande shows how he moves with him and always stays in front so his guard does not get passed.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 6 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is Standing (Part 2 of 3)

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Continuing his collar guard lesson, Xande now shows what he does when his opponent backs up to create space. Rather than sitting up, Xande will turn his body, take his foot off the hip and place the De La Riva hook to pull his opponent in, while stretching his other leg away to keep the distance. Xande also shows a couple sweep options from here, including the tripod and overhead sweep.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 5 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is Standing (Part 1 of 3)

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Xande continues to cover the basic movements while playing the collar guard, but now his opponent is standing. His first step is to stretch his legs and create distance between him and his opponent. When his opponent moves to the side, Xande firmly pulls down on the collar to break his posture, and he squares his hips back to him, resetting his position.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 4 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 4 of 4)

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While playing the collar guard, Xande feels his opponent weave his arm through his legs to smash and pass. Immediately Xande's reaction is to extend his body and get up on his elbow. Now he turns his body over to the inside and frees his foot by bringing his knee up. He creates distance between his opponent and sits back on his butt, ready to play the collar guard again.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 3 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 3 of 4)

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While playing the collar guard, Xande's opponent smashes his legs and puts heavy pressure on him. Xande reacts by extending his body away from him, basing on his elbow and escaping his hips so he can replace his original collar guard position. Xande also shows how to maintain the guard when his opponent moves from side to side.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 2 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 2 of 4)

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Xande discusses what to do when he's playing the collar guard and his opponent smashes his knees, looking to pass. His first step is to drop his knee to his opponent's hip and stretch himself away, extending with the sleeve grip as he does. Now he has the space to put both feet back on the hips, and reset his collar guard.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 1 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 1 of 4)

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In this series, Xande shows some of the positions he showed during his recent seminars in Europe, and focuses on his classic collar guard. Xande first sets up his collar guard with a cross grip on the lapel with the back of his hand on his opponent's neck, and his other hand grips the sleeve. Both of Xande's feet are on his opponent's hips, one as the knee shield and the other to push off and control the distance. Using these grips, Xande shows how he can keep control of his opponent as he tries to move side to side around Xande's guard.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 15 - Worm Guard Sweep to Triangle Choke

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Tarsis shows a worm guard sweep he has used in competition. He starts in De La Riva guard and pulls his opponent's lapel out to lasso his foot and set up the worm guard. He uses his hips to break his opponent's base, gets up on his elbow, then rolls and spins to a top triangle position, where he can finish the choke.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 8 - Tarsis Sweep from Lasso Guard

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Tarsis shows the sweep he used to win the Abu Dhabi World Pro against Braulio Estima. Tarsis first sets up the lasso guard and holds his opponent's lapel, and baits him to stand the lasso side leg up. Now Tarsis inverts and rolls underneath, like a helicopter sweep, and stretches his legs to sit up to the top. Now he back steps and pulls his opponent to his back.

Inside The University 222 - Single Leg X-Guard Sweep

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Xande shows the basic single leg X-guard sweep he likes to use. From the seated guard, first he uses an arm drag to help get his body underneath his opponent, and isolates the single leg. His near foot goes on the hip and his far foot hooks behind the butt. Next he raises his hips and uses his knees to knock his opponent backwards, and comes to the top for the sweep.

Xande's Competition Year In Review 11 - Berimbolo to Back Take (Dimitrius Sousa)

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Xande continues to breakdown his fight against Dimitrius Sousa at the World Championships, and shows how Dimitrius was able to use the berimbolo to get on his back.