Inside the University 21.2 - Esgrima to Switchover Pass

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Saulo shows how to transition into the switchover pass from a failed esgrima pass where your opponent is able to re-establish a butterfly hook during your pass attempt. It's important to maintain the pressure on your opponent through you shoulder as you hop up and over their legs to complete the pass.

Inside the University 21 - Esgrima Pass and Superhold Grip Pass to Mount

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Saulo teaches the esgrima pass and superhold grip pass combination and covers a lot of details such as how to distribute your weight when performing the esgrima pass, where to apply pressure on your opponent, and how to transition into the superhold grip pass when your opponent has a hold of your wrist.

Inside the University 20 - Recovering Flattened Butterfly Guard to Whizzer Butterfly Hook Sweep

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Saulo explains how to recover from the flattened butterfly guard when your opponent has double overhooks on your butterfly hooks. As we recover the butterfly guard, we establish a whizzer on the opponent and utilize this grip to set up the butterfly hook sweep.

Inside the University 19 - Classic Grip Butterfly to Armdrag or Armdrag Hook Sweep

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Saulo explains that you must maintain both butterfly hooks for the guard to have any power. Once your opponent kills a hook, it's time to transition into the half guard or begin framing to recover our guard. In this lesson we start from the classic grip butterfly guard and transition into an arm drag or the arm drag hook sweep.

Inside the University 18 - Double Underhook Butterfly Guard Control to Straight Arm Lock

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Saulo teaches how to control your opponent in the double underhook butterfly guard and how to transition from this position to a straight armlock.

Inside the University 17 - Seat Belt Grip Butterfly Sweep Setups, the Wing Sweep

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Saulo explains that he likes the seat belt grip from butterfly guard because it keeps your opponent's hips very close to you and forces your opponent to make 3 or 4 quick decisions when you attempt to sweep. The seat belt grip is very versatile in that you can sweep to the side or backwards, use the grip to get under your opponent to an x-guard, or come forward with the grip for an ankle pick depending on their reaction. He also teaches how to counter your opponent's arm weave with the wing sweep.

Inside the University 16 - Classic Grip to Butterfly Hook Sweep, Understanding the Base of the Hook Sweep

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Xande teaches the how to sweep your opponent with the hook sweep with the classic grip. This lesson focuses heavily on how to build the foundation, what Xande likes to call the "Jack", that is used to elevate your opponent to achieve the sweep. This sweep can be initiated from the classic open guard or the butterfly guard with the classic grip.

Inside the University 15.2 - Three Grips to Control Distance in Butterfly Guard

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Saulo teaches three different grips that can be used from the butterfly guard to control the distance and attack with sweeps. He shows how each grip can be manipulated to get your hook deep underneath your opponent to set up for a successful sweep. A more in-depth breakdown of each grip in action can be seen in Inside the University 15.3 and 15.4

Inside the University 15.1 - Setting Up Butterfly Guard from Classic Open Guard

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Saulo explains that in order to use the butterfly guard we must first be able to set up the guard and manage the distance between ourselves and our opponents to prevent them from passing during the transition. In this lesson we transition from the classic open guard to the butterfly guard to a basic hook sweep.

Inside the University 14 - Muscle Sweep, Chair Sweep, Hip Push Sweep against Standing Opponent from Closed Guard

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Xande explains how to use the chair sweep or hip push sweep from a failed chair sweep attempt and how to do the muscle sweep when your opponent stands in your closed guard. By attacking in combinations of sweeps, it's likely that you can either catch your opponent off guard to sweep them, threaten their base enough to transition into a different attack, or scare them enough to come back down to their knees.

Inside the University 13 - Hip Bump Sweep from Closed Guard

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Xande teaches the basic hip bump sweep from the closed guard with extra details on how he likes to set up the sweep. This sweep is essential for beginners to jiu jitsu and is a great way to introduce how to use leverage against your opponent with a simple but highly effective sweep.

Inside the University 12 - Defending against Side Smash and Leg Squeeze Pass, Recovering Classic Open or Cross Collar Butterfly from Quarter Guard

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Xande explains how to defend against the side smash pass and the leg squeeze pass. In this defense, we establish a cross collar grip and use it to recover from the quarter guard to the classic open guard or cross collar butterfly guard.