Inside the University 484 - Knee Spin Passing Drill from Butterfly Guard
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Rene begins on his knees in his opponent's butterfly guard. He makes a high collar grip and steps his knee up on the same side, keeping it connected to his opponent's leg. Now he does his knee spin, pulling the collar grip down and stepping his other leg back as he goes. This forces his opponent down to the mat and Rene finishes in a side control position.
Inside the University 475 - Open Guard Pass
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Knowing his opponent has a strong lasso guard, Saulo looks to avoid falling into his game by approaching the guard from a strong headquarters position, keeping his arms to his body and not extended. He steps in, grabs the shins and pushes them in, causing his opponent to react by kicking his feet back out. Saulo uses this reaction to push the legs to the side and step to the other side, where he can look to use his favorite guard pass.
Inside the University 474 - Sprawling and Pinning the Leg to Pass
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Saulo has established his headquarters position and is using the bounce motion to create his space to pass. As he bounces out, he drops his hand to his opponent's knee and pushes it to the mat. His same side knee turns out to pin the leg and he sprawls his other leg back. Here he can windshield wiper pass over the leg, or set up another pass.
Inside the University 473 - Importance of the Bounce
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Throughout his career, Saulo has been able to pass guards because of his bounce. The pushing in and pulling away motion is key in his whole passing game. Whether it's to clear the lasso hook, free his arm from a spider grip or any other kind of grip, the bounce creates space for him to escape. Make sure to incorporate this action/reaction movement into your passing.
Inside the University 472 - Maintaining a Strong Headquarters Position
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Correcting some mistakes, Saulo stresses the importance of maintaining a good headquarters position while in someone's guard. This means staying low with a good posture, rather than keeping the hips high and bending over, which will put you in danger. Also, the back and forth hip movement is key in creating the space needed to clear the lasso hook.
Inside the University 471 - Lasso Guard Pass
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Saulo's opponent puts the lasso guard on him, so his very first move is to move his body in and then away, in order to create space so he can swim his hand behind the thigh. Next his other hand comes to the knee, and again he moves his body in and away to create space, this time to shove the leg down to the mat. Now he keeps both hands pinning the leg down as he begins to pass to the side.
Eduardo Inojosa Series 7 - Toreando Pass from De La Riva Guard
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Starting in his opponent's De La Riva guard, Eduardo grips both pant legs on the outside of the knees, turns his knee out to break the hook, and pushes the legs away as he pulls his own body back to create space. It is also helpful to push enough that his opponent's hips are off the mat. Now he can choose a side to pass to and establish side control.
Eduardo Inojosa Series 3 - Leg Drag Pass from Lasso Guard
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From inside his opponent's lasso guard, Eduardo first swims his hand inside the thigh and steps his knee in to block the leg, and with his other hand he grabs the bottom of the pants. From here he stacks his opponent, pulls his arm to break the lasso grip and brings it across the legs to grab the collar and finish with a nice leg drag pass ti side control.
Eduardo Inojosa Series 2 - Over-Under Pass from Closed Guard
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From inside the closed guard, Eduardo again uses the double lapel and sleeve grips to stand up and pushes the knee to open the guard. Before his opponent's hips lands on the ground, he swims his arm underneath the leg and makes a lapel grip, and then he stuffs the other leg between his own. Here he pinches the leg tight with his own legs and keeps a heavy shoulder pressure on his opponent. Now he walks toward the under side and steps over the leg to pass the guard and work to establish side control.
Eduardo Inojosa Series 1 - Closed Guard Pass Jumping Over the Leg
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Eduardo Inojosa is an active BJJ competitor and friends of the Ribeiro Brothers, as he comes from the same town in Manaus as they do. Here he shows one of his favorite passes from the closed guard. First he makes a double lapel grip with his elbow pressuring the hip, and his other hand makes a sleeve grip and pressures the arm into the stomach. He stands up and switches the sleeve grip to his other hand, and uses his free hand to press and open the knee. When the legs open, Eduardo switches his sleeve grip back to the same side lapel and uses his elbow to put pressure on the stomach, while his hand on the knee now makes a pants grip at the bottom of the leg and pushes it down. Now he jumps over the leg, and lands on the side with his shoulder pressuring the stomach. From here switches to the cross face and hugs the legs to establish his side control position.
Inside the University 460 - Three Guard Passing Options
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Having just opened the guard, and still gripping the belt and the knee, Xande now covers three options to pass right away. First, he can simply stuff the leg between his legs as he steps over it, and then step over with his other leg to get to the side. The next is basically the same pass, except he jumps both his legs over rather than stepping one at a time. Finally, he bends over and stretches his legs away, clearing space for him to step around his opponent's legs to pass.
Inside the University 459 - Opening the Closed Guard
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From inside his opponent's closed guard, Xande first likes to grab the belt and keep his palm pressing on the belly, with his elbows turned inside. Next he moves back just a little to feel his opponent's reaction. Now with one hand on the belly and one on the hip, he stands up and keeps his knees pointed inside. From here he moves his hand from the hip to the knee, and pushes it down to open the guard. Now he has many options to begin passing.