Inside The University 244 - Grip Break to Takedown Setup
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Saulo shows some takedown setup drills to practice, in order to develop a better standup game. After breaking his opponent's grips, Saulo sets up his preferred lapel and sleeve grips to control his opponent. From here, he shows how to use your grips and leverage to move your opponent where you want, and set up your desired takedown.
Inside The University 243 - Saulo Pre-Competition Speech
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Saulo gives a speech to end class and covers some topics including why he still trains hard and competes, and what his mentality before and during competition is like.
Inside The University 242 - Countering the Guard Jump 2
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Saulo continues to cover details on countering when your opponent tries to jump guard on you. He corrects some mistakes his students are making and emphasizes the importance of slamming your opponent to the ground and not letting him set up the guard he wants.
Inside The University 241 - Countering the Guard Jump
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Saulo shows how to react when your opponent tries to jumps guard on you. First he sees that his opponent wants to pull guard because he is coming forward crouched down. As soon as he jumps, Saulo also jumps with his knee high, pushes his opponent down to the mat. Right away, Saulo is looking to pass, not giving his opponent any chance to set up a guard.
Inside The University 240 - Takedown Drills
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As preparation for the Pan Ams, Saulo shows some takedown drills to help get comfortable with your stand up game. He also explains how to make your opponent shift his weight where you want it before taking him down.
Inside The University 239 - Knee Bar Defense (James Puopolo)
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James finishes up his class as guest instructor by showing how he defends the knee bar he showed in the last position. The most important thing for James is to lock his triangle to protect his leg, and get a double sleeve grip on his opponent's arm. From here he just waits for his opportunity to replace his guard, escape his leg, or take whatever option his opponent gives him.
Inside The University 238 - Knee Bar from Open Guard on Top (James Puopolo)
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James shows his favorite knee bar he uses while on top when his opponent grabs his leg for a single or maybe from a knee cut position. James first backs steps, grabs the leg he's attacking and settles in with his knee putting pressure on his opponent. James now locks the triangle with his legs, adjusts his body position and pulls on the top leg which gives him the space to straighten the leg he's attacking. Now he can fall to his side, cross his feet and finish the knee bar.
Inside The University 237 - Pe de Pano Sweep from Closed Guard (James Puopolo)
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Continuing in the closed guard, James now climbs his legs up his opponent's back, causing him to pull his arm out. James swings his leg over the head to a near omoplata position as before. Keeping his hips off the ground, and maintaining the cross sleeve and pants grips, James kicks up to his shoulder, facing his opponent and rolls to complete the sweep. From here he can block the hip, trap the head and move to side control.
Inside The University 236 - Triangle or Omoplata from Closed Guard (James Puopolo)
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James shows another favorite position of his from closed guard using a cross sleeve grip and a pants grip on his opponent. He first plants his foot on the ground and kicks his other leg as if he wants to sweep his opponent, which gives him the space to free his leg and close a triangle, or an omoplata, depending on his opponent's size and reaction.
Inside The University 235 - Arm Drag to Barrel Roll Sweep from Closed Guard (James Puopolo)
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Guest Instructor, James Puopolo, shows some closed guard positions he really likes, and starts with the arm drag series. He starts by getting a 2-on-1 grip on the sleeve, drags the arm across, and begins climbing to the back and grabs the lapel if possible. His opponent can react many ways, but in this scenario, he tries to push back into James and pull his arm back. James counters by grabbing the pants, planting his foot and sweeping his opponent, and rolling on top to the mount.
Inside The University 234 - Muscle Sweep from Closed Guard
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Starting in the closed guard, Saulo's opponent stands up to pass, so Saulo immediately hooks the leg with his arm and brings his shoulder close to the leg, hugging the leg tight while flexing his biceps. With his other hand gripping the cross sleeve, Saulo drops his hips and bumps the inside of his opponent's thigh, forcing the sweep. Saulo keeps the grip on the sleeve and uses it to help him come up to establish the technical mount position.
Inside The University 233 - Hip Bump Sweep from Closed Guard
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Saulo shows his best sweep from the closed guard, the hip bump sweep. Saulo first controls his opponent's sleeve, and when his opponent goes to put his knee in Saulo's butt to open his guard, he immediately shifts his hips to the side. Now he has the leverage to bump his opponent over with his hips and come on top to the mount.