Luiza Monteiro Series 6 - Changing Grips

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Luiza shows the most common reaction her opponents make when she gets her desired grips, which is to break her grip on the pants. In order to get her grips back, first she grabs the collar with her free hand, and switches it to make a cross lapel grip with her other hand. Then she goes back to gripping the pants, and finally regains the sleeve grip, resetting back to her original grips.

Luiza Monteiro Series 5 - Tripod Sweep

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Luiza attempts her favorite variation of the tripod sweep, as shown in the previous position, but now her opponent steps back to defend the sweep, so Luiza uses the traditional tripod sweep instead. She first places her bottom foot on the hip, and brings the foot that was on the hip down to hook behind the foot instead. Now she pushes with her foot on the hip, and pulls with her other foot and both her grips to finish the sweep.

Luiza Monteiro Series 4 - Tripod Sweep Variation

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After pulling guard, Luiza's favorite option is to go for a sweep similar to the tradition tripod sweep. With the pants and sleeve grip, Luiza escapes her hips and places her foot across her opponent's hips. Her foot on the same side she is gripping the pants drops down behind her opponent's other foot, and she simultaneously kicks her heel against her opponent's heel while pushing with her other foot and pulling with both grips, allowing her to come to the top for the sweep.

Private Lesson with Saulo 9 - Controlling the Arm from Half Guard

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Now in the half guard, Saulo emphasizes the importance of not letting the guy on top control your head. His first fight is to control his opponent's arm, and let him get head control. For the guy on top, whose arm is being controlled, Saulo shows how he can transition to a knee cut pass with the escrima.

Private Lesson with Saulo 6 - Back Take and Single Leg Takedown from De La Riva Guard

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Now working from the open guard, Saulo shows James how to setup some sweeps with the De La Riva guard. His first option is to place the deep De La Riva hook and go for the back take. If his opponent counters this by stepping over the deep De La Riva hook, he goes for the single leg takedown instead.

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.

AJ Sousa Series 11 - Leg Lasso Spider Guard Sweep

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Concluding his series, AJ shows his favorite sweep using his leg lasso guard. From spider guard, he throws the leg lasso on one arm and keeps his other foot in the other biceps. He then moves the foot in the biceps to the hip and pushes his opponent away, before undoing his leg lasso and changing it to a regular foot in the biceps hook. His foot on the hip goes to the ground to help bring his opponent forward. Next he brings his leg to the back of his opponent's thigh, grabs his ankles and sweeps him backward.

AJ Sousa Series 10 - De La Riva Leg Lasso Sweep

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AJ shows a sweep he uses when he has the leg lasso, and his opponent drives his knee down to put pressure on him. With both grips on his opponent's sleeves, AJ pushes his opponent away to make space for him to use his leg lasso as a De La Riva hook. Next he places his free foot on the mat, tips his opponent over to the leg lasso side, and comes up to establish side control.

AJ Sousa Series 8 - Flying Triangle / Armbar

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AJ shows the flying triangle/armbar setup he used to finish Brian Mingia and Dennis Hallman in the BJJ LIbrary Challenge. AJ typically jumps and goes for the triangle lock, but finishes with the armbar. The triangle choke, however, is also an option.

AJ Sousa Series 7 - Finishing a Choke from the Omoplata

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AJ starts with the omoplata, reaches over his opponent's back to grab his lapel, and also grabs the triceps of the locked arm. Next he pushes off the mat to roll over his opponent, and controls the other arm in an omoplata crucifix type position. From here, he can either scoot his hips away to finish the omoplata, or feed the lapel to his hand and finish the choke.

AJ Sousa Series 6 - Finishing an Armbar from the Omoplata

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AJ shows how he likes to finish an armbar from the omoplata. First he makes grips on his opponent's pants and belt for control. Next he tightens his triangle with his legs to pinch tight on the arm. From here he grabs hold of the wrist and finishes the straight armbar.

AJ Sousa Series 5 - Sweep to Counter the Knee Cut Pass

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AJ shows a sweep from the half guard he uses when people try to pass his guard with the knee cut. First he controls grips on his opponent's pants and collar, and then pulls and pushes him away, allowing him the space to stand up and take his opponent down.