Inside The University 263 - Butterfly Guard Pass Using Your Knee
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Saulo shows a pass from the butterfly guard when your opponent is very close and tight with his hooks and his grips. Now Saulo's reaction is to step up one knee on the outside of his opponent's leg, and twist his body to push aside the leg, allowing him the space to pass the guard.
Inside The University 262 - Butterfly Guard Pass
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Inside his opponent's butterfly guard, Saulo first drops his base and reaches over the back, grabbing his opponent's gi with one hand, and grabs the pants with the other hand. Now while sprawling back, he pulls his opponent down with the back grip and stretches his other arm to spin his opponent and finish in side control.
Inside The University 261 - Combining the Toreando and Over-Under Passes
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Xande uses the same passing principles as before, but now while he's toreando passing to one side, he swims the arm of the side he's passing to under the leg, and immediately changes the side he passes to. He drops to the shoulder land and finishes the over-under pass.
Inside The University 260 - Toreando to Over-Under Pass
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Starting with the same grips at the shin on the pants, Xande begins the toreando pass as he did before, but for whatever reason he doesn't feel comfortable finishing the pass as he did in the previous positions. Instead, he swims his far arm undernee ath the leg, and stretches his other arm to keep the near leg immobilized. From here he can work to side control, or establish his base in the half guard if he prefers.
Inside The University 259 - Toreando Guard Pass Dropping Your Shoulder Down
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Xande shows another variation of the toreando. He makes his grips on the pants at the shins, like he did before, and passes to the side while keeping weight on the legs. Now when he gets to the side, instead of going to knee on belly, he drops his shoulder on to his opponent's chest and establishes side control. It is important that he doesn't turn his hips to face his opponent or sprawl them to the mat.
Inside The University 258 - Toreando Guard Pass
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From the open guard, Xande grabs his opponent's pant legs near the shin and puts his weight down on them. When he passes, his outside arm stays stiff while his inside arm pushes down and in to stretch the leg, and he comes around to the knee on belly.
Rodrigo Pagani Curu Curu Guard and More 14 - Leg Lock from Half Guard on Top
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In the half guard, when Rodrigo's opponent goes for the underhook, he turns his base into him, traps his arm and flattens him out. Next he frees his knee a few inches and grabs his opponent's foot, immediately bringing his elbow to his knee. His other hand now grabs the foot too, and he opens his knee and pushes his hips forward. To finish the submission, he places his head on the mat, stands up and puts his knee to the mat.
Rodrigo Pagani Curu Curu Guard and More 13 - Guillotine from Half Guard on Top
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From inside his opponent's half guard, Rodrigo keeps some distance, and when his opponent sits up to get the underhook, he immediately wraps his arm around the neck and grabs the chin. He posts with his free hand, steps his outside leg up and frees his other knee. As his opponent struggles to get his head out and tries to put Rodrigo off balance, Rodrigo throws his other arm under the chin and squeezes to finish the guillotine.
Rodrigo Pagani Curu Curu Guard and More 12 - Escaping from Turtle Position
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Rodrigo shows how he escapes from turtle position when his opponent is on his side, reaching over his back. First Rodrigo closes his elbow to trap his opponent's hand. With his other arm, he posts on the mat, and slides backward a few steps to put his leg behind his opponent's thigh. Now he windshield wipers his foot and sits down to roll to the side, and finish on top.
Rodrigo Pagani Curu Curu Guard and More 11 - Setting Up a Back Take from Turtle
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While attempting the guillotine from turtle, many times his opponent will put his forehead on the mat to defend. Rodrigo responds by jumping over his opponent's back, while staying connected, and immediately turning to get on the side, ready to attack the back.
Rodrigo Pagani Curu Curu Guard and More 10 - Loop Choke from Turtle
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From the same top turtle position as the last technique, Rodrigo now reaches for the collar after grabbing the chin. Now he moves to the side, placing his opponent's head under his armpit, before diving underneath and rolling to set up the choke. With his free hand, he grabs the triceps, brings both of his elbows together, bridges and walks to the side to finish the choke.
Rodrigo Pagani Curu Curu Guard and More 9 - Guillotine from Turtle
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From the turtle position on top, of which he shows a few ways to get there, Rodrigo drops his belly on the back of his opponent's head and reaches under his chin. He spreads his fingers and where the base of thumb meets the hand goes right on the throat. With his other hand, he grabs his fingers, before walking forward and sitting his weight back to finish the guillotine.