Inside The University 268 - Osoto Gari Takedown Drill
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In preparation for the World Masters Championship, Saulo goes over some takedown drills, starting with the osoto gari. He shows two different grips sets you can use, which are either the collar and sleeve, or just the same side collar as the leg you are attacking. His focus points are keeping a straight posture and getting your leg far enough behind your opponent to keep him from reversing the takedown.
Inside The University 267 - Passing the Lasso Guard
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Xande discusses his fight with Mahamed Aly at the World Pro Grand Prix, and shows how he should have passed the lasso guard. Muhamed was playing a half guard with Xande's arm lassoed, so Xande's first step is to use that arm to grab the pants on the bottom leg, and put the crown of his head on the shoulder. Now he uses his free hand to grab either the collar or sleeve, before cutting his knee out of the half guard. From here, he applies pressure with his head, and establishes a knee on belly, where he is able to break the lasso grip.
Inside The University 266 - Having the Right Mindset for Competition
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Xande talks about his performance at the World Pro League Grand Prix, and discusses what it is to have the right mindset for competition.
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.
Inside The University 264 - Butterfly Guard Pass
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While in his opponent's butterfly guard, Saulo hops up and creates space, giving him many options to pass to the side or to stay connected to his opponent. If given the space, he can choose a side and pass.
Inside The University 263 - Butterfly Guard Pass Using Your Knee
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Saulo shows a pass from the butterfly guard when your opponent is very close and tight with his hooks and his grips. Now Saulo's reaction is to step up one knee on the outside of his opponent's leg, and twist his body to push aside the leg, allowing him the space to pass the guard.
Inside The University 262 - Butterfly Guard Pass
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Inside his opponent's butterfly guard, Saulo first drops his base and reaches over the back, grabbing his opponent's gi with one hand, and grabs the pants with the other hand. Now while sprawling back, he pulls his opponent down with the back grip and stretches his other arm to spin his opponent and finish in side control.
Inside The University 261 - Combining the Toreando and Over-Under Passes
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Xande uses the same passing principles as before, but now while he's toreando passing to one side, he swims the arm of the side he's passing to under the leg, and immediately changes the side he passes to. He drops to the shoulder land and finishes the over-under pass.
Inside The University 260 - Toreando to Over-Under Pass
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Starting with the same grips at the shin on the pants, Xande begins the toreando pass as he did before, but for whatever reason he doesn't feel comfortable finishing the pass as he did in the previous positions. Instead, he swims his far arm undernee ath the leg, and stretches his other arm to keep the near leg immobilized. From here he can work to side control, or establish his base in the half guard if he prefers.
Inside The University 259 - Toreando Guard Pass Dropping Your Shoulder Down
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Xande shows another variation of the toreando. He makes his grips on the pants at the shins, like he did before, and passes to the side while keeping weight on the legs. Now when he gets to the side, instead of going to knee on belly, he drops his shoulder on to his opponent's chest and establishes side control. It is important that he doesn't turn his hips to face his opponent or sprawl them to the mat.
Inside The University 258 - Toreando Guard Pass
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From the open guard, Xande grabs his opponent's pant legs near the shin and puts his weight down on them. When he passes, his outside arm stays stiff while his inside arm pushes down and in to stretch the leg, and he comes around to the knee on belly.
Inside The University 257 - Keeping the Pressure in Half Guard
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After watching his students practice the half guard pass, Saulo corrects some mistakes and again emphasizes the importance of keeping pressure from the half guard. He shows the pass to mount as well as switching to the knee cut if necessary. In both passes, pressure is the key.