JJU 25-07 Opening Closed Guard when Opponent Hides Both Arms

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This core lesson teaches how to open the legs without intervention from your opponent's arms. Drilling and understanding the fundamental principals of this lesson s a great way to master your skills to prepare passing the closed guard of a live resisting opponent.

JJU 25-13 Double Underhook Hop Pass Variation

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This Double Underhook Pass is quick and works well when your opponent is spending a lot of his energy to keep his legs open and driving down in an attempt to prevent your more classical double under pass by stacking. Instead of muscling your opponent's legs, hop over their legs instead to secure the side control.

JJU 25-08 Basic Single Underhook Closed Guard Break

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Saulo teaches how to set up the basic single underhook to break your opponent's closed guard. This lesson can be found on page 202 of the JJU book.

JJU 25-05, 25-06 Blocking the Triangle in Closed Guard

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Saulo explains the proper preventative posture and grips to block your opponent from setting up the triangle from closed guard.

JJU 25-0, 25-01 Blocking Collar and Cross-Collar Grips

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Saulo explains how to block your opponent's attempt from establishing a collar grip when you are in your opponent's closed guard and how to defeat your opponent's cross-collar grip in the closed guard.

JJU 25-03 Escaping Over-the-Shoulder Belt Grip

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Saulo explains how to escape the over the shoulder belt grip when your opponent has you in their closed guard. This lesson can be found on page 196 of the JJU book.

JJU 25-12 Double Underhook Pass

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Saulo teaches the double underhook pass where both arms are underhooking your opponent's legs. This lesson can be found on page 209 of the JJU book.

JJU 25-02 Overhook Guard Escape

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Saulo teaches how to escape from the overhook guard when your opponent has you in their closed guard with an overwrap grip on your arm. This lesson can be found on page 195 of the JJU book.

JJU 25-11 Miragaia Under-Over Pass

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Saulo shows a variation to the basic under over pass called the "Miragaia" pass. This lesson can be found on page 211 of the JJU book.

JJU 25-10 Beating the Hip Block from Over-Under Pass

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Saulo explains how to use your knee or arm to defeat the hip block when performing the over-under pass.

JJU 25-09 Basic Underhook Pass

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Saulo explains how to set up the basic underhook pass as seen in the JJU book on page 204.

JJU 25-04 Classic Closed Guard Opening on the Knees

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Saulo explains in detail how to set up the classic closed guard break by bracing on your opponent's knees and using your hip to pressure your opponent's feet into opening.