Inside the University 317 - Cross Choke with Your Leg from Knee on Belly

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From knee on belly, Xande has the near side collar grip, and his opponent tries to escape by pushing at his knee. Xande drops his weight on his opponent, trapping his arm, and straightens his forearm against the neck. To finish the choke, he steps his leg over the head and squeezes with his arm and leg.

Inside the University 316 - Spinning Armbar from Knee on Belly

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Xande has knee on belly and his opponent pushes on his knee, so Xande first underhooks the arm, keeping his elbow against the inside of his knee. His other hand pushes the head down as he steps over it to the other side. As he finishes his pivot, he reaches and grabs his opponent's pants at the knee, and then falls back for the armbar. He also has the option to bring his leg across his opponent's body to finish.

Inside the University 315 - Baseball Choke from Knee on Belly

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From the knee on belly position, Xande grips his opponent's near side collar with his thumb inside. He releases his grip on the hip with the other hand, and brings it to the far side collar with four fingers inside, with his hands now gripping like a baseball bat. Now Xande spins to north-south, making sure to bring his forearm across the neck, and places his head on the same side his body was just at. To finish the choke, Xande gets on his toes, picking his hips off the ground and creating more pressure on his opponent.

Inside the University 314 - Maintaining Knee on Belly Control

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Xande shows how he likes to maintain control while in knee on belly position. His method of control is pulling up the collar on the near side while pushing the far hip down. When his opponent tries to escape his hips or scoot away, Xande keeps his grips and follows with his knee.

Inside the University 313 - Knee on Belly Basics

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Xande goes over some details of establishing a proper knee on belly position. In actuality, it's his shin that goes across the belly, and it's important he keep his foot off the mat in order to apply more pressure on his opponent. He also shows how he extends his body when his opponent bumps his hips, and how he follows him if he tries to escape his hips.

Inside the University 312 - Sweep to Counter the Knee Cut Pass

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James Puopolo shows a counter he uses to sweep his opponents when they try to pass with the knee cut. While playing the open guard, James' opponent stuffs his foots between his legs, so James makes a grip on the pants and turns his hips, making a reverse De La Riva hook. His opponent still goes for the knee cut pass, so James uses his energy to lift him. He swings his leg to sit up and attack the single leg on his opponent, finishing the sweep and ending up on top.

Inside the University 311 - Reverse Armbar from Side Control on Bottom

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Douglas Santos shows a technique that he uses when his opponent has passed his guard and has side control on him. Douglass frames on his opponent's neck and bumps him forward, forcing him to post. Now the space is open for him to feed his leg through and lock his legs over the head, like a reverse triangle. Pinching the arm between his head and shoulder, Douglass squeezes at the elbow to finish the reverse armbar.

Inside the University 310 - Passing the Knee Shield Guard

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Fredson Alves shows a combination of passes he uses to pass the knee shield guard. First he grips both lapels in one hand, and grabs under the bottom knee with the other. In the first pass, he stands up and walks his opponent's legs to the other side, and smashing them before he cuts his knee across the shin to pass. However, if his opponent reacts by escaping his hips while he is trying to smash the legs, Fredson simply switches to the X-pass to pass the guard.

Inside the University 309 - Baseball Choke from Side Control

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Paulo Guillobel shows a way to set up the baseball choke, that can catch your opponent by surprise. From side control, he gets his first grip on the lapel with four fingers in. He hops up to knee on belly, and his opponent turns into him, so he switches to the other side. Now his other hand makes a grip on the lapel, with his hands together like he's holding a baseball. From here he can go north-south to finish the baseball choke.

Inside the University 308 - Grip Break to Seoi Nage

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Xande again is gripping his opponent's collar, and his opponent is gripping his collar. Xande cups the wrist from underneath and breaks the grip by turning the wrist and pushing it across his chest. Now he steps toward his collar grip side, making sure to keep his feet at an angle rather than square to his opponent. This will shorten the time it takes him to turn into the seoi nage.

Inside the University 307 - Grip Break to Kata Guruma

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Xande is gripping his opponent's collar, and his opponent has the same collar grip on Xande. Xande grabs his opponent's wrist from underneath, leans back to create some distance, turns the wrist and pushes it across his chest, breaking the grip. Now he circles to the collar grip side, and when his opponent squares up to him, Xande drops down and throws his arm between the legs to set up the kata guruma.

Inside the University 306 - Collar Drag to the Back

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Xande prefers to do the collar drag when he also has sleeve control, however, in his most recent fight with Felipe Pena, he had an opportunity for the collar drag without having sleeve control. Using the same principles as the last technique, Xande emphasizes the importance of going for the drag when your opponent is backing away from you. He breakdowns the situation in which Pena was trying to pass his guard, but at one point he backed away, giving Xande the opportunity to hit the collar drag.