Xande's Collar Guard Series 6 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is Standing (Part 2 of 3)

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Continuing his collar guard lesson, Xande now shows what he does when his opponent backs up to create space. Rather than sitting up, Xande will turn his body, take his foot off the hip and place the De La Riva hook to pull his opponent in, while stretching his other leg away to keep the distance. Xande also shows a couple sweep options from here, including the tripod and overhead sweep.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 5 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is Standing (Part 1 of 3)

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Xande continues to cover the basic movements while playing the collar guard, but now his opponent is standing. His first step is to stretch his legs and create distance between him and his opponent. When his opponent moves to the side, Xande firmly pulls down on the collar to break his posture, and he squares his hips back to him, resetting his position.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 4 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 4 of 4)

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While playing the collar guard, Xande feels his opponent weave his arm through his legs to smash and pass. Immediately Xande's reaction is to extend his body and get up on his elbow. Now he turns his body over to the inside and frees his foot by bringing his knee up. He creates distance between his opponent and sits back on his butt, ready to play the collar guard again.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 3 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 3 of 4)

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While playing the collar guard, Xande's opponent smashes his legs and puts heavy pressure on him. Xande reacts by extending his body away from him, basing on his elbow and escaping his hips so he can replace his original collar guard position. Xande also shows how to maintain the guard when his opponent moves from side to side.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 2 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 2 of 4)

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Xande discusses what to do when he's playing the collar guard and his opponent smashes his knees, looking to pass. His first step is to drop his knee to his opponent's hip and stretch himself away, extending with the sleeve grip as he does. Now he has the space to put both feet back on the hips, and reset his collar guard.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 1 - Basic Movements when Your Opponent is on His Knees (Part 1 of 4)

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In this series, Xande shows some of the positions he showed during his recent seminars in Europe, and focuses on his classic collar guard. Xande first sets up his collar guard with a cross grip on the lapel with the back of his hand on his opponent's neck, and his other hand grips the sleeve. Both of Xande's feet are on his opponent's hips, one as the knee shield and the other to push off and control the distance. Using these grips, Xande shows how he can keep control of his opponent as he tries to move side to side around Xande's guard.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 17 - Cross Sleeve Grip Arm Drag to Armbar from Closed Guard

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Tarsis does the same cross sleeve grip arm drag as the last position, but now Xande reacts by posting with his leg and putting weight back into Tarsis. Tarsis now steps on Xande's hip, underhooks his leg and pushes his head away so he can bring his leg over to finish the armbar.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 16 - Cross Sleeve Grip Arm Drag from Closed Guard

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Tarsis begins in his closed guard and breaks Xande's grip off his lapel, before pulling Xande in with his legs and pushing his arm across his body. Next he reaches over Xande's back and grabs his gi under his armpit. Tarsis pushes the arm away and pulls the armpit to twist Xande's body, as he escapes his hips to take the back and set up a lapel choke.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 15 - Worm Guard Sweep to Triangle Choke

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Tarsis shows a worm guard sweep he has used in competition. He starts in De La Riva guard and pulls his opponent's lapel out to lasso his foot and set up the worm guard. He uses his hips to break his opponent's base, gets up on his elbow, then rolls and spins to a top triangle position, where he can finish the choke.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 14 - Triangle Choke from Closed Guard

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Tarsis goes for the choke he showed in the last technique, but now his opponent blocks the second hand when he goes for the choke. Tarsis grabs the wrist, stretches his legs to create space and push the arm in so he can cross his feet. Now he pulls the head down and adjusts his position so he can lock the triangle and finish.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 13 - Choke from Closed Guard

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Tarsis shows a choke he uses from the closed guard when his opponent has a good posture. First he grabs the lapel and pushes the arm so he can pull his opponent in tight. Now he wraps his arm around his opponent's arm, and feeds the far side lapel to his hand. He gets a good grip on the back of the gi, stretches his legs to create some space, and brings the other arm across the neck to finish the choke.

Tarsis Humphreys Series 12 - Back Take and Choke from Turtle

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Tarsis shows how he likes to take the back and finish the choke when his opponent is in the turtle position. First Tarsis establishes good pressure on the back with his belly, and sets up his seat belt. Next he puts his knee between his opponent's leg and arm, and pulls him to the side, on top of his own body and gets his hooks in. From here he gets his grips on the lapel and finishes the choke.