Inside The University 220 - Taking the Back after Pulling Guard

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Saulo shows a guard pull he uses to sweep his opponent right away. First he gets the cross sleeve control on his opponent and pulls to a butterfly guard. Rather than doing a traditional butterfly guard sweep, Saulo pulls his hook out and jumps for his opponent's back.

Inside The University 219 - Squaring Up to Your Opponent

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Saulo talks about proper posture and footwork during the stand up game, and shows a good way to practice squaring up to your opponent. He also shows how this footwork can set up a variety of takedowns.

Inside The University 218 - Grip Break to Double Leg Takedown

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Saulo shows the proper way to break your opponent's grip on your lapel, with one hand on top and one hand on bottom, and pulling your body away from him. It is very important that you keep control of his sleeve after breaking his grip. From here, Saulo now uses his grip to walk against his opponent, forcing him to square himself to Saulo, which Saulo takes advantage of by shooting the double leg takedown.

Inside The University 217 - Passing the Half Guard with the Knee Cut

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Now Saulo's opponent has the cross lapel grip and is crossing his feet while using the knee shield, so his first step is to grip his the pants at the knee. Using this grip, he stiff arms and stretches his opponent's leg out, which allows Saulo to free his knee. At the same time, he drops his head down on his opponent's chest. Now he can cut the knee and work to pass the guard.

Inside The University 216 - Passing the Half Guard by Sprawling

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Saulo jumps to his feet to pass the half guard as in the last position, but now his opponent brings his bottom foot out to place on his hip. As soon as Saulo feels the foot coming out, he immediately sprawls and passes to the side as he did before.

Inside The University 215 - Passing the Half Guard by Kicking Your Leg Back

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Saulo shows one way to pass the half guard when your opponent uses the knee shield. His first step is to place his hand on the hip and hop up to his feet, maintaining pressure on his opponent's legs. Here he grips the pants and the collar, kicks his trapped leg back and switches his hips to pass the guard. He emphasizes that he does not jump to pass the guard, because that will leave space for his opponent to replace.

Inside The University 214 - Leg Lock from Butterfly Guard

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Saulo continues with the butterfly guard, and uses the same movement as the previous sweep, but instead of sweeping he grabs the leg to finish the knee bar. The key to this position is rolling sideways over your shoulders.

Inside The University 213 - Butterfly Guard to X-Guard Sweep

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Saulo continues to show the butterfly guard sweep, but now his opponent posts his arm and drops his base to defend the sweep. Saulo reacts by spinning underneath his opponent, keeping his hook and sets up an X-Guard, Curu-Curu Guard or you can use any other similar hook guard that suits your game.

Inside The University 212 - Butterfly Guard Sweep Gripping the front of the Belt

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Saulo shows the basic butterfly guard sweep, but instead of using the tradition grip on the back of his opponent's belt, he grips his opponent's belt in the front for better control. Saulo believes this to be the strongest grip possible for the butterfly sweep. He also emphasizes the importance of lateral movement while sweeping.

Inside The University 211 - Butterfly Guard Passing Combinations

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Wrapping up his lesson on passing the butterfly guard, Xande reviews some of the principles he taught and discusses how the different passing options can be combined and connected.

Inside The University 210 - Butterfly Guard Knee Cut Pass

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Xande continues to show passing options from the butterfly guard, and now when his opponent tries to hook sweep him, after basing, he shoots his far knee across his opponent's body for the knee cut pass.

Inside The University 209 - Butterfly Guard Escrima Pass

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Xande goes over in detail his favorite position from the top, the escrima pass. Starting in his opponent's butterfly guard, Xande shows how to get the underhook, and distribute your weight to keep your opponent from sweeping you. From here, he sprawls his legs and passes the guard.