Inside The University 274 - Faceplant Collar Drag from Closed Guard
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From the closed guard, Xande makes a grip on the collar, opens his guard and moves himself back to a seated guard position. In this scenario, his opponent does not have any grips, so Xande posts his hand on the mat, raises his leg and switches his hips as he pull his opponent face first to the mat, making sure to land his elbow. Now Xande releases the collar and pushes off the mat as he reaches for his opponent's hip to gain back control.
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 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.
Tarsis Humphreys Series 16 - Cross Sleeve Grip Arm Drag from Closed Guard
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Tarsis begins in his closed guard and breaks Xande's grip off his lapel, before pulling Xande in with his legs and pushing his arm across his body. Next he reaches over Xande's back and grabs his gi under his armpit. Tarsis pushes the arm away and pulls the armpit to twist Xande's body, as he escapes his hips to take the back and set up a lapel choke.
Tarsis Humphreys Series 6 - Overhead Sweep from Closed Guard
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Tarsis shows an overhead sweep from the closed guard that he has been using since he was a blue belt. First he gets control of both sleeves and keeps his hips very heavy. As soon as his opponent stands both legs up, Tarsis unlocks his guard and shoots his hips underneath his opponent, while his shins go under the armpits. Now he just rolls backwards and takes his opponent with him over the top. When he lands in mount, he can set up the armbar right away.
Xande's Competition Year In Review 13 - Back Take from Closed Guard (Jackson Sousa)
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Xande talks about his semi-finals at the World Championships, against Jackson Sousa. In this fight, he was able to use on of his favorite positions to take the back from the closed guard. Using the two-on-one sleeve grip, Xande drags the arm across, and reaches over his opponent's back to grab onto his lat. Next he posts on his elbow, and shimmies his way to the back and places both hooks in.
Private Lesson with Saulo 5 - Muscle Sweep Variation from Closed Guard
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In this situation, Saulo stands up in James' closed guard, so James grips Saulo's sleeve, swims his arm under Saulo's leg and tries for the armbar. He can't get the armbar, so Saulo shows him a sweep as a second option. From this position, Saulo brings his shin across the chest of his opponent, and pulls the leg to him while pushing away with his shin, which allows him to come to the top and keep control of the leg.
Breno Sivak Basics Series 2 - Taking the Back from the Closed Guard
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Breno continues discussing some closed guard concepts, but now shows how to break your opponent's posture, properly escape your hips and take his back. He emphasizes the importance of practicing this position every day and notes it is especially practical for a self defense situation.
Vini Aieta Basics Series 9 - Scissor Sweep from Classic Closed Guard
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Vini teaches a basic scissor sweep from the closed or open guard using the classic grip. This is a sweep that is applicable at all levels of jiu jitsu.
Baret Yoshida Series 5 - Belt Grip Triangle Choke Variation
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Baret continues to work on what to do should your opponent counter your belt grip triangle choke attempt. This time show us how to lock in an arm bar.