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Saulo shows how to pass the half guard when your opponent is pushing you away. As soon as he feels the first push, Saulo grabs the cross side lapel, pushes the far side hip, and hops up to his feet. From here, he keeps putting a lot of pressure on his opponent, frees his knee, and passes with the knee cut.
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Xande begins to analyze his fights at the World Championship and starts with his first fight against Arnaldo Maidana. He found himself in a double guard pull situation, so his first step was to gain a collar grip and a cross grip on the pants. From here, he put pressure on Arnaldo and used a stiff arm with the pants grip as he passed to side control.Add to Favorites 734 Remove From Favorites 3380 days ago
Xande continues analyzing his fight with Keenan Cornelius, and now discusses how he prepared himself for Keenan's reverse De La Worm guard, and what was his game plan if Keenan attempted it. The first and most important step for him would be to control the free leg, and not let Keenan invert. Then he would look to get the cross lapel grip, and even threaten the choke if possible, or look to pass with the knee cut.Add to Favorites 839 Remove From Favorites 3391 days ago
Luiza shows a way to toreando pass the spider guard when your opponent is playing with both feet in your biceps. First she swims one hand inside and breaks the foot on bicep by controlling the pants grip. Then she passes to the side of the foot that is still in her biceps, and pushes her hips forward and throws the leg before passing to the north-south position.Add to Favorites 1142 Remove From Favorites 3396 days ago
Now Saulo's opponent has the cross lapel grip and is crossing his feet while using the knee shield, so his first step is to grip his the pants at the knee. Using this grip, he stiff arms and stretches his opponent's leg out, which allows Saulo to free his knee. At the same time, he drops his head down on his opponent's chest. Now he can cut the knee and work to pass the guard.Add to Favorites 1073 Remove From Favorites 3396 days ago
Saulo jumps to his feet to pass the half guard as in the last position, but now his opponent brings his bottom foot out to place on his hip. As soon as Saulo feels the foot coming out, he immediately sprawls and passes to the side as he did before.Add to Favorites 1138 Remove From Favorites 3413 days ago
Saulo shows one way to pass the half guard when your opponent uses the knee shield. His first step is to place his hand on the hip and hop up to his feet, maintaining pressure on his opponent's legs. Here he grips the pants and the collar, kicks his trapped leg back and switches his hips to pass the guard. He emphasizes that he does not jump to pass the guard, because that will leave space for his opponent to replace.Add to Favorites 1223 Remove From Favorites 3415 days ago
Starting in the turtle position once again, defending the single leg, now James is unable to flatten his opponent, so he spins to the side, ready to take the back. First he makes grips on the collar and hip, before hopping up and putting his weight on his opponent's back. Depending on his opponent's reaction, James picks a side to throw his first hook in and pull him down to finish taking his back.Add to Favorites 1013 Remove From Favorites 3416 days ago
Saulo shows James how to defend the single leg when his opponent is in the turtle position, grabbing his leg. Saulo reaches his outside arm all the way underneath his opponent's body, to grab his elbow. He can use his other hand to help feed him the elbow. With this grip, he pulls his opponent's base out from underneath him, and then back steps til he establishes side control.Add to Favorites 901 Remove From Favorites 3417 days ago
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.Add to Favorites 1290 Remove From Favorites 3419 days ago
Now while trying to pass the half guard, James opponent is not letting him get the arm under his head, so Saulo shows James how to pass directly to the mount. First he drives his outside knee into his opponent's hip and places his head on the other side of the body. Now he can drive his inside knee to the mat, and pressure his way to the mount.Add to Favorites 1227 Remove From Favorites 3420 days ago
With his arm under the head in his opponent's half guard, Saulo shows James a good way to pass. First he switches his base so his hips are facing his opponent, and with his hand gripping at the knee, he stiff arms to stretch his opponent's leg away from him. Here he can work to free his trapped leg, step it back and establish the guard pass.