Inside the University 401 - Proper Leg Placement to Take the Back
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Professor Kayan breaks down a few details on setting up the shoulder lock. When taking the back, it's important that he brings his bottom leg all the way up to the head, and even makes like a pillow for his opponent. When applying the shoulder lock, he keeps the arm hugged tight to his chest. He can also feed his arm through to go for the regular armbar as well.
Inside the University 400 - Shoulder Lock from Back Control
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Professor Kayan has passed his opponent's guard, and his opponent is on his side facing away, so he makes his seat belt grip, trapping his opponent's arms to the chest. Now he slides his knee up past the head, sits back and brings his leg over the torso, and pulls back so he can bring his top leg under to make both hooks. With his opponent defending his neck by crossing his arms, Kayan hugs the bent arm and sits back as he would to finish an armbar. However, since the arm is not extended, he submits with a shoulder lock.
Inside the University 399 - Maintaining Pressure While Passing
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Gustavo covers some important details for his guard pass. Here he emphasizes putting pressure on his opponent during the smash, with his shoulder on the hips and his head on the chest. Also, he stays on his toes rather than dropping to his knees. This way he can drive his weight forward.
Inside the University 398 - Knee Shield Guard Pass
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Professor Gustavo is in his opponent's knee shield half guard, so his first step is to make grips on the collar and hip, trapping the knee shield leg with his arm. He controls the position here, and when he's ready, he switches his grip from the collar to the bottom knee, and steps his inside leg up. Next he comes up on both feet, keeping his base low, and runs to the other side, smashing the legs. Keeping his grip on the knee, Gustavo drops his shoulder on the hip, makes a collar grip with his other hand, and cuts his knee across the legs to pass the guard.
Inside the University 397 - Inverted Lasso Guard Sweep
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Nick sets up his lasso guard and slides his free shin across his opponent's waist, the same as he did in the last technique. But this time when he reaches under to hook the leg, he reaches all the way across, hooking the outside of the far leg. Using his leverage, he spins underneath his opponent and inverts, pushing his shoulder off the mat to drive into his opponent. His opponent reacts by pressuring back, and Nick uses his opponent's force and momentum to load him up and sweep.
Inside the University 396 - Lasso Guard Sweep
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From the open guard, Professor Nick Schrock makes a sleeve grip, places both his feet on his opponent's hips to escape his own hips, and grips the other sleeve or the collar before throwing his leg lasso over the first arm. He keeps his gripping hand tight to his own leg, and locks his elbow down. Now he puts his free foot across his opponent's body, hooking the waist with his shin. His opponent tries to pass to the open side, so Nick swims his arm under the near leg and rolls him to the side of the lasso, finishing on top.
Inside the University 395 - Omoplata from Collar and Sleeve Guard
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Starting from the classic collar and sleeve guard, Victor is preventing his opponent from passing to the side his hips are facing, so his opponent squares up and looks to pass to the other side. As he is switching sides, Victor pulls the sleeve and pinches the shoulder down with his knee. From here he can throw his leg over the shoulder and lock the omoplata, and begin working to submit or sweep.
Inside the University 394 - Spider Guard Sweep with an X-Guard Hook
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Yan Lucas is playing spider guard with both feet in the biceps. He places his left foot on the mat between his opponent's legs and extends his right leg, bring his opponent forward. Now he makes an X-guard hook with his left leg, and traps the leg by pinching it with his arm. He lets go of the sleeve on his other grip to grab the heel, and brings his foot on the hip so he can kick his opponent back to the mat. Now he brings his hook out to S position so he can easily come on top to finish the sweep.
Inside the University 393 - Butterfly Guard Sweep with Shoulder Trapped
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Professor Alex Brandão starts off the class with a butterfly guard sweep series. From the butterfly, he sits up and traps his opponent's arm and head with his arms. His opponent will instinctively push Alex's elbow up to free his head, so now Alex brings the arm to the other side and traps his shoulder. With his elbow now underneath his opponent's chin, he pushes the head up and pushes the shoulder down while he uses his hook to sweep to the trapped arm side. If his opponent posts his leg out to defend, Alex can kick the leg back and sweep, or he can hook the leg and sweep to the other side and attack the reverse armbar.
Inside the University 392 - Clock Choke from Turtle
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From turtle position, Victor pulls his opponent down and secures his collar grips, looking to take the back as he did in his first technique. However, this time his opponent turns belly down and does not allow him to get any hooks. Victor gets to his knees and switches his hips to face toward the head and steps his leg out wide. With his weight pushing down on his opponent's neck, Victor walks his legs to the top as he tightens the choke.
Inside the University 391 - Rolling Back Take to Lapel Choke
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Again Victor starts on top with his opponent in turtle, but this time after he gets his seat belt grip, his opponent turns inside to face him. As his opponent start to turn, Victor jumps to the other and rolls, making a hook with his top leg and using it to bring his opponent over with him. After completing his roll, he establishes back control, and climbs up to the S-position to finish the choke, same as he did in the last technique.
Inside the University 390 - Lapel Choke from the Back
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Victor Barreto begins on the side of his opponent, who is in the turtle position, and his first step is to make a seat belt grip. Next he brings his knee next to his opponent's leg, and pulls him back onto his side, while slipping his bottom leg underneath. Now he opens the collar to make his choking grips on the lapel. He drops down to his side to get his opponent's weight off him, and steps up, placing his top knee behind the shoulder. Here he can easily finish his choke.