Inside the University 52 - White Belt Mentality for Growth in Jiu Jitsu and Breaking the Closed Guard

Inside the University 52 - White Belt Mentality for Growth in Jiu Jitsu and Breaking the Closed Guard

Add to Favorites Remove From Favorites 1045 4030 days ago

Saulo gives a speech on the mindset that white belts should have in order to progress in jiu jitsu. We also learn the classic hip pressure closed guard break folloed up with another speech on the nature of jiu jitsu.


JJU 27-02 Flat Butterfly Walk Around Pass

JJU 27-02 Flat Butterfly Walk Around Pass

Add to Favorites 841 Remove From Favorites 4031 days ago

Saulo teaches a classic way to pass the flattened butterfly guard using hip and shoulder pressure to pin your opponent's legs and walking around their legs to establish the pass. Pressure is key to this guard pass. Our hands merely act as a brace and an accessory to prevent your opponent from following your movement with their legs.

JJU 27-0 to 27-01 Butterfly Guard Pass Drill and Wet Blanket Drill

JJU 27-0 to 27-01 Butterfly Guard Pass Drill and Wet Blanket Drill

Add to Favorites 904 Remove From Favorites 4031 days ago

In this chapter we learn how to pass the butterfly guard and we start with a lesson on how to distribute your weight to neutralize the butterfly hooks when your opponent attempts to sweep you.

Inside the University 51 - Butterfly Hook Sweep or X-Guard Single Leg Combo against Standing Opponent

Inside the University 51 - Butterfly Hook Sweep or X-Guard Single Leg Combo against Standing Opponent

Add to Favorites 800 Remove From Favorites 4032 days ago

Saulo teaches a modified approach to sweep your opponent with the butterfly hook sweep or x-guard single leg when your opponent is standing. To initiate the sweep, we make a hop to get into position and use the momentum from the movement to sweep our opponent.

Inside the University 50 - Butterfly Hook Sweep, Knee Pick, or X-Guard Single Leg Combination from Classic Guard

Inside the University 50 - Butterfly Hook Sweep, Knee Pick, or X-Guard Single Leg Combination from Classic Guard

Add to Favorites 862 Remove From Favorites 4033 days ago

Saulo continues the chain of attacks from the classic guard to butterfly guard transition. In this lesson we learn to go from the classic guard to the butterfly hook sweep, the butterfly knee pick, or x-guard single leg sweep as a combination attack from the classic guard.

Inside the University 49 - Palm Up Palm Down and Helio Gracie Choke Combo from Classic Guard

Inside the University 49 - Palm Up Palm Down and Helio Gracie Choke Combo from Classic Guard

Add to Favorites 1079 Remove From Favorites 4035 days ago

Saulo reviews the palm up palm down and helio gracie choke combination from the classic guard. The chokes are an essential attack to be mixed in with sweep attempts to ensure that your opponent is always threatened and never too comfortable in your closed or classic guard.

JJU 34-0 to 34-2 Passing X-Guard with the Break and Pass

JJU 34-0 to 34-2 Passing X-Guard with the Break and Pass

Add to Favorites 935 Remove From Favorites 4036 days ago

Xande teaches a way to break and pass the x-guard. In this pass we pivot of our hips to break our opponent's control with his hooks and pass the x guard.

White Belt University - Classic Triangle Choke Setups from Closed Guard

White Belt University - Classic Triangle Choke Setups from Closed Guard

Add to Favorites 1433 Remove From Favorites 4037 days ago

Xande teaches the two classic ways to set up the triangle choke from the closed guard position.

Inside the University 48 - Helio Gracie Choke and Butterfly Hook Sweep Combo from Classic Open Guard

Inside the University 48 - Helio Gracie Choke and Butterfly Hook Sweep Combo from Classic Open Guard

Add to Favorites 1063 Remove From Favorites 4038 days ago

Saulo teaches the Helio Gracie choke (palm up palm up collar choke) and classic butterfly hook sweep as a combination attack from your classic open guard. He covers details on how to set up the grips as well as how to create the proper angle to finish the choke.

Inside the University 47 - Palm Up Palm Down Choke from Classic Open Guard

Inside the University 47 - Palm Up Palm Down Choke from Classic Open Guard

Add to Favorites 730 Remove From Favorites 4039 days ago

Saulo teaches the palm up palm down choke from classic open guard. The details in the choke comes from creating the right angle to catch your grips and making space to tighten the choke for the tap.

JJU 23-0 to 23-04 Reverse De la Riva Control and Knee Push Sweep

JJU 23-0 to 23-04 Reverse De la Riva Control and Knee Push Sweep

Add to Favorites 1611 Remove From Favorites 4040 days ago

Xande teaches how to set up and control your opponent in the reverse de la riva position and set up the knee push sweep. He explains that the reverse de la riva is a good position that can be used to counter the knee cross pass.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 12 - Passing Quarter Guard with Wheel Pass

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 12 - Passing Quarter Guard with Wheel Pass

Add to Favorites 1469 Remove From Favorites 4042 days ago

Xande explains another way to pass the quarter guard off of a failed attempt to force the half guard by transitioning into the wheel pass instead.