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Travis sets up his sleeve grip as shown before, and makes a grip on the collar. His opponent reacts by bending over and backing up. Travis back steps to create an angle, and his other leg loops behind his opponent's ankle as he drops to his knee. His collar grip pulls the head to his body, and his other arm locks the leg to take his opponent down.
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Travis shows a really strong sleeve grip he uses to completely control his opponent's arm. Using the circling footwork previously shown, he closes the distance and grabs the top of his opponent's sleeve with his four fingers. Now he circles his arm around while wrapping the sleeve around his hand for a very strong grip. From here, Travis also shows how he can switch to a headlock grip to set up a seoi nage.Add to Favorites 1343 Remove From Favorites 2969 days ago
Travis goes over a little more advanced footwork that is used to circle your opponent, while simultaneously closing the distance, so you can make your first grip on him.Add to Favorites 1390 Remove From Favorites 2970 days ago
In this series, Travis Stevens, a 3X Olympian, a silver medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games, and a BJJ Black Belt, teaches some of the Judo fundamentals that have helped him become the decorated competitor he is. To start off his seminar, he goes over some the very basic and very important footwork needed to perform the techniques he will be showing.Add to Favorites 654 Remove From Favorites 2981 days ago
Walking backward with the collar and triceps grip, when his opponent is stepping forward with the same side leg as the collar grip, Xande pulls the collar down as he squats and throws his other arm under the legs. In the second variation of the drill, Xande drops to his knees while pulling the collar, and dumps his opponent over his shoulder.Add to Favorites 588 Remove From Favorites 2982 days ago
Applying the same grips and walking pattern as the previous seoi nage drill walking backward, Xande now takes his partner and walks forward. This time, as he plants his pivot foot, he also shoves his opponent back, causing his opponent to react by pushing back. This is the time Xande uses the reaction to pivot into the throw.Add to Favorites 599 Remove From Favorites 2983 days ago
Gripping either the collar or the elbow on the side he will attack, Xande walks backward with his partner stepping in rhythm with him. When he is ready to throw, he steps his pivot foot, in this case his right foot, back a little behind his left foot. Xande takes one more step back with his left foot, while his opponent steps forward with his right foot. At the right time, Xande quickly pivots on his right foot and spins has back to his opponent, trapping the arm underneath and picking him with his hips. This drill is to be repeated while walking in line.Add to Favorites 958 Remove From Favorites 3025 days ago
In this series, Xande breakdowns the positions in his fights at the World Masters and Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. He begins with the kata guruma takedown from his first fight at World Masters. His opponent was much taller and able to secure a lapel grip on him, so Xande made a grip at the shoulder, near the armpit. After pushing him back a little, his opponent reacted by stepping forward. Xande used the opportunity to drop to his knees, pulling down with the shoulder grip, and finishing the kata guruma. On the ground, his opponent tried to bring his knees to Xande to establish a guard, but Xande used his body to smash the knees right away and pass to side control.Add to Favorites 695 Remove From Favorites 3063 days ago
Saulo goes over the most common grips during the standup fight and how to break them to gain the advantage on your opponent.Add to Favorites 726 Remove From Favorites 3065 days ago
Saulo shows the traditional uchikomi drill from Judo, which is the basic entries to all of the hip throws. He focuses on the proper footwork for the drill.Add to Favorites 825 Remove From Favorites 3066 days ago
Saulo wants his opponent's right leg in front, so he sweeps at the left leg, forcing his opponent to step it back. Now he drops his weight, hanging from the collar with his right hand, and wraps up the right leg with his left arm. To finish the single leg, he spins around while still hanging from the collar.Add to Favorites 785 Remove From Favorites 3067 days ago
With his grips, Saulo pushes his opponent backward, causing him to push back. Saulo uses this opportunity to pull and make him step his leg where he wants it. Now he can step inside for the leg trip and finish the ouchi gari.