White Belt University 1.44 Hip Mobiliy - Ginaustica Side to Side Drill
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This floor drill is a Ginaustica Natural movement and teaches balance and mobility to swing your legs from side to side. This drill can be used to build endurance, strength, and mobility in your abs and hips to condition our fighters to be more nimble in their seated transitions.
White Belt University 1.51 Standing - The Technical Standup and Getup
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Xande teaches the proper way to perform a technical stand up. This drill teaches fighters how to go from a seated position to your feet while minimizing the risk of being kicked in the face or being taken down in the process.
White Belt University 1.52 Sitting - The Safe Seat
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Xande teaches the proper way to go from your knees or a standing position back to a seated position. This movement is important to condition in grapplers to avoid unnecessary trauma to our knees when falling backwards. It is common for our opponents to push and pull to destabilize our balance and this drill conditions us for safety in these situations.
White Belt University 1.53 Standing - The Warrior Walk
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Xande teaches a Ginaustica Natural movement called the Warrior Walk often found in guard passing such as the double underleg guard pass. This movement teaches us how to raise one knee and come forward so that we can apply pressure and immobilize our opponent's hips to pass their guard.
Rolling Sessions 4 - Xande and Clark Gracie
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Training session with Xande and Clark Gracie at the University of Jiu Jitsu in August, 2013.
Inside the University 41 - Defeating De la Riva Hook by Establishing HQ Position or Using Classic Pressure
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Saulo teaches how to break the De la Riva hook by either establishing the headquarters position or using classic knee pressure to force the hook out as seen in the Jiu Jitsu University book. Establishing the headquarters position has many benefits due to the many guard passes that are available from the position. The classic approach can be seen in the JJU book in lesson "Unlock and Pass" in Chapter 30-1.
Jeff Glover Deep Half and Sneaky Subs 5 - Triangle Agility Drills
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Jeff Glover teaches one of his favorite triangle drills that you can rep to build an unstoppable triangle attack. He recommends the drill be done in sets of 10 with 9 set ups to every finish.
Jeff Glover Deep Half and Sneaky Subs 4 - Triangle Setup from the Back
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Jeff Glover teaches a sneaky submission that takes advantage of your opponent's classic back escape by using it to set up a triangle. In this lesson we learn how to set up a triangle from your opponent's back.
Inside the University 40 - Same Side Knee Block Pass and Knee Slide Combo against Three Quarters Guard
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Saulo teaches the same side knee block pass and the knee slide pass as a combination to approach your opponent when in their three quarters guard. It's important to use the same side knee to act as a block to immobilize your opponent's hip while kicking your other leg out like a whip when going for the same side knee pass.
Inside the University 39 - Half Guard Entry and Control, Knee Pick Sweep, Classic HG Back Take, Switchback Sweep, and Dealing with the Whizzer
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Xande covers an extensive number of options from the half guard position including 2 entries into the half guard from three quarters guard or butterfly guard, how to control your opponent in the half guard and get up to your knees for the sweep, and how to set up 5 variations of different half guard sweeps including the knee pick sweep, knee pick variation, classic back take, switchback sweep, and taking the back against a strong whizzer from the half guard position.
Rolling Sessions 3 - Deep Half Positional Training with Saulo, Xande, Rafael Lovato Jr
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Position sparring rounds with Saulo, Xande, and Rafael from the deep half guard position.
Rolling Sessions 2 - 50/50 Positional Sparring with Xande and Rafael Lovato Jr
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50/50 positional sparring with Xande and Rafael Lovato Jr.