Mastering the Knee Slice Series 8 - Power Knee Slice with Palm Down Grip

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Xande teaches the power knee slice with the palm down grip. With this grip we use our elbow against our opponent to keep them flat on the mat. This grip is often used by Leandro Lo and can also be used to crank against your opponent's face or chin to cause additional discomfort during the pass.

Mastering the Knee Slice Series 7 - Power Knee Slice with Classic Cross Collar Grip

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Sometimes your opponent will try to prevent you from turning their hips to let you get the knee slice. In this case, we can use the power knee slice to drive our knee above their knee and use posture to drive our knee into the ground like a stake in the ground. In this variation it is important to drive our hips forward to maintain posture after driving the power knee to immobilize our opponent's hips with our positioning and grips.

Mastering the Knee Slice 6 - Low Cut Knee Slice against Knee Shield with Classic Hip Grip

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Xande teaches the classic low cut knee slice with the hip grip when your opponent defends your knee slice attempt with the knee shield.

Mastering the Knee Slice Series 5 - Knee Slice against Knee Shield with Elbow Slam on Knee

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This variation is similar to the low cut with high elbow but rather than distributing our pressure for the low cut we slam our elbow down and immediately doing or leg out for the low cut simultaneously to break the knee shield and pass the guard. The knee should fling out at an angle like a table leg being kicked out from underneath the table.

Mastering the Knee Slice Series 4 - Low Cut Knee Slice against Knee Shield with High Forced Elbow

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When trying to complete the knee slice pass, a common defense you may run into is when your opponent uses their knee to create a knee shield frame to control your hip and prevent you from passing their guard. In this case, we use a high forced elbow to keep your opponent flat and use a modified knee slice with a low cut to get around their legs to pass the guard.

Mastering the Knee Slice Series 3 - Knee Slice with Same Side Collar Grip

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Xande teaches how to utilize the same side collar grip to manipulate your opponents hip and aid the knee slice pass. This grip can be used to change the angle of your opponents reverse de la Riva and set you up for the knee slice.

Mastering the Knee Slice Series 2 - Classic Knee Slice with Esgrima or Hip Grip

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To begin the series we first examine one of the most common forms of knee slice guard passes, the classic knee slice with either an esgrima (far side underhook) or with a hand plant on your opponent's hip. This guard pass is very versatile and can be adapted into use for both gi and no gi.

Breakdown of Saulo at 2014 Brasileiros Fight 1 Part 2 - Drilling Guard Pull Defense and Late Recovery from Reverse De la Riva Sweep to Modified Knee Cut Pass

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Saulo sets up a drill for the class and goes into further detail on how to defend the guard pull as well as how to pull guard in order to recreate the scenario.

Breakdown of Saulo at 2014 Brasileiros Fight 1 Part 1 - Late Recovery from Reverse De la Riva Sweep to the Modified Knee Cut Pass

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Saulo goes into great detail and breaks down his first match from the 2014 Brasileiro where his opponent had managed to throw Saulo over his reverse de la riva guard to unbalance him in an attempt to finish with a single leg sweep. Saulo breaks down the possible options from this position and explains how to react in this situation to refrain from being swept and take control of the situation to pass your opponent's guard.

Inside the University 109 - Headquarters to Buttflop or Side Smash Pass

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In this lesson we tie the headquarters position to the buttflop or side smash pass. As Xande digs deeper into the mechanics of the position, he begins to reveal that based on your opponent's reaction we can always find an attack from the headquarters position.

Inside the University 108 - Headquarters to Shotgun Pass

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Xande breaks down the shotgun pass from the headquarters pass. We learn that the headquarters position is a good way neutralize the modern De la Riva guard game and review the mechanics of how to do the shotgun pass. The headquarters position is a good hub for defensive posture from which we can launch a number of attacks to pass the guard.

Inside the University 104 - Swan Pass or Belt Grip X Pass against Classic Open Guard

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Xande teaches a few ways to break the classic guard open guard when your opponent is controlling your posture by dominating your hips. The swan pass is similar in concept to a jumping x pass, jumping high enough to weaken the control on the hips and coming to the side at the same time to pass the guard. The seatbelt x pass is a great option when your opponent has both sleeves dominated in the classic open guard.