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.

Inside The University 208 - Butterfly Guard Smash Pass

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Xande shows how to smash your opponent's legs down when he tries to hook sweep you from the butterfly guard, and gives a few options to pass, including straight to the mount or to side control.

Inside The University 207 - Butterfly Guard Steering Wheel Pass

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Xande shows the steering wheel pass he uses when his opponent has the under hook and tries to sweep him from the butterfly guard. First Xande defends the sweep by dropping his hips and stepping his leg back. With grips on his opponent's knee and belt, he turns him like a steering wheel and back steps to the side, passing his guard.

Inside The University 206 - Ippon Seoi Nage Drill

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Xande shows a drill to practice the Ippon Seoi Nage takedown, and goes into detail on the footwork. This is a good drill to practice every day during warm ups.

Inside The University 205 - Armbar from the Closed Guard

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Xande shows the basic armbar from the closed guard, but uses a couple more advanced leverage techniques, rather than planting his foot on the hip to escape his hips. He also shows an option to drag the arm across and take the back.

Inside The University 204 - Defending an Open Guard Sweep and Passing

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Xande continues his lesson on the cross sleeve grip open guard sweep Pe de Pano tried to use on him, but now he shows how he defended it, and how he tried to pass the guard. His first move is to make a grip on his opponent's belt and step his leg back. From there, he shows a couple options to pass the guard.

Inside The University 203 - Open Guard Sweep with Cross Sleeve Control

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Xande shows an open guard sweep that Pe de Pano tried to use on him during their superfight at the American Nationals. Xande controls his opponent's cross sleeve, and his opponent drives his knee down, pinning Xande's leg to the mat. That's when Xande uses the leverage to sweep his opponent to the side of the sleeve he is controlling.

Inside The University 202 - Sit-Up Guard Pass

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Saulo shows two techniques to pass the sit-up guard when your opponent is grabbing the single leg. Both require you to grab your opponent's pants at his far knee and pass to the side of the leg he is holding.

Inside The University 201 - Passing Immediately when Your Opponent Pulls Guard

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Continuing to discuss the game plan for Xande's superfight with Pe de Pano, Saulo shows how to pass the guard right away when your opponent puts his foot on your hip and pulls guard. First he steps to the side to get inside the legs, and then stacks his opponent's free leg on his shoulder to put the pressure on him and work his guard pass.

Inside The University 200 - Kochi Gari and De Ashi Harai Takedown Drills

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Saulo discusses the strategy for Xande in his superfight against Pe de Pano at the 2015 American Nationals. They know how Pe de Pano likes to pull guard, so Saulo shows how they plan to counter his guard pull by immediately attacking with the Kochi Gari or De Ashi Harai leg sweeps.

Inside The University 199 - Escape from Kesa Gatame Side Control

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Xande shows a basic escape from the kesa gatame side control position, where he escapes his hips and replaces the guard.

Inside The University 198 - Upa Mount Escape

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Xande goes over the basic upa mount escape, and focuses on some details that many Jiu-Jitsu practitioners sometimes forget.