JJU 15-09 Triangle from Classic Open Guard

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In this lesson Xande teaches the triangle setup from the classic open guard. It is a fundamental technique but works effectively at all belt levels.

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.

JJU 15-04 Closed Guard Overwrap to Back Take

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This fundamental back take from the closed guard overwrap position can be a good way to set up a number of other attacks. The overwrap position is a very strong fundamental position and being able to establish it will provide you with many options to threaten submission and sweeps.

JJU 15-0 to 15-3 Closed Guard Arm Wrap Collar Choke or Arm Wrap Straight Arm Lock Combo

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Xande teaches how to set up the arm wrap position from the closed guard. The arm wrap guard is a strong position to control your opponent because your control greatly limits their options. In this lesson we learn how to set up the straight arm lock or collar choke with the arm wrap control.

JJU 15-12 Flower Sweep

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Xande explains how to sweep your opponent from the closed guard using the Flower Sweep (similar to the pendulum sweep). The flower sweep utilizes the concept of driving your opponent's weight to one side to lighten the other, a concept that is utilized to achieve many other sweeps. This lesson can be found on page 115 of the JJU book.

JJU 15-13 Knee on the Butt Sweep

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This is an addition to the online JJU videos and was not in the JJU book. This sweep is very simple and can result in a quick sweep from closed guard if your opponent is not careful while using the knee on butt closed guard break.

JJU 15-10 & 15-11 Hip Bump Sweep & Drill

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This video contains lessons 15-10 and 15-11 from page 113-114 of the JJU Book. This classic closed guard sweep is one of the first sweeps taught to beginners.

JJU 15-05 Scissor Sweep from Knee Shield

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This video contains lesson 15-5 located on page 106 from the JJU Book. This video demonstrates how to perform a scissor sweep from the knee shield position.

JJU 15-00 Closed Guard Arm Wrap

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This video contains lesson 15-0 located on page 99-101 in the JJU Book. This video teaches how to set up the overhook arm wrap from the closed guard to control your opponent.