Escaping Mounted Grapevine by Straightening the Leg

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Xande explains how to escape the grapevine from mount where your opponent hooks both of your legs from the mount position. He explains how to straighten your leg to nullify the hook and how to position yourself to free your other leg to initiate the mount escape.

JJU 7-01 Classic Mount Elbow Escape

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Xande explains how to perform the classic mount elbow escape as seen in lesson 7-1 on page 60 of the JJU book. He also explains two options on how to trap your opponent's leg to initiate the escape if you are unable to lift your opponent's leg with a bridge to escape into the half guard.

Classic Spider Guard Sweep

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Xande explains how to do the classic spider guard sweep. This sweep utilizes your opponent's guard pass attempt to set up the proper grips and position to successfully perform the sweep.

Triangle Defense with Knee on Butt

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Xande explains a simple way to prevent the triangle and defend against the submission by using your knee on your opponent's butt as a wedge and posturing up.

Spider Guard Scissor Sweep

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Xande explains how to sweep your opponent with the spider guard scissor sweep. This sweep is hard to execute from a static position so it's good to keep your hips in motion to set up the right opportunity to pull off this sweep.

Spider Guard Setup from Closed Guard

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Xande explains how to set up the standard spider guard with two feet on the bicep from the closed guard position. After setting up the guard, he demonstrates how to pivot your hips to stretch out each arm. It's important to note that the spider guard relies on always maintaining tension on at least one bicep with your legs to prevent your opponent from passing your spider guard.

Kesa Gatame Escape by Punching Through in Transition

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Rodrigo Pagani and Renato Vieira teach how to escape the Kesa Gatame position by using a “punch-through” motion to either reverse the position or get back to a neutral position. It is especially important not to let your opponent get a cross face, to utilize the right timing to initiate the escape, to remember to shrimp your hips until you are belly down, and to keep your punching arm straight when punching through for the escape.

JJU 4-4 and 8-5 Reverse Kesa Gatame Survival to Reversal or Back Take

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This video contains lessons 4-4 Reverse Kesa Gatame (page 38) and 8-5 Escape from Reverse Kesa Gatame (Page 72) from the JJU Book. Rodrigo Pagani teaches how to survive and escape the reverse kesa gatame by using a hip bump reversal or to use the hip bump to take your opponent's back. This lesson is a variation to what is taught in the book as it ends in a reversal or back take but contains the same core concepts and movements as seen in the book. It's important to take preventative measures and to actively block the cross face in order to be able to initiate these escapes.

JJU 1-1, 1-2, and 6-0 The Scoop Back Escape

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Rodrigo Pagani teaches how to hand fight when your opponent has taken your back and initiate the scoop position to escape to a better position. Small details such as the placement of your elbows in your opponent's knee pit before kicking your leg can make a big difference on whether the escape is successful.

JJU 1-4 and 6-5 Surviving and Escaping Seatbelt Back Control by Falling to Positive Side

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This lesson was not in the JJU book but is an addition to the JJU video series. Rodrigo Pagani teaches how to survive and escape when your opponent has your back with the seatbelt grip. It is very important to note that we must always fall to the positive side (the side that your opponent has an underhook from the back) to initiate this escape as falling to the negative side will provide your opponent with more opportunities to control you and find submissions.

JJU 1-0 to 1-3, 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 Back Survival & Scoop and Escape

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This video contains lessons 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.4. The topic of these videos include how to survive when your opponent has taken your back, how to posture and position in these situations, and how to escape the back using the scoop.

JJU 25-13 Double Under Pass Attempt to Over Under Pass

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This lesson is a similar variation to the lesson found in page 211 of the JJU book with the title "25-13 Double Underhook Pass Variation. "Xande explains how to transition into the over under pass from a double under pass attempt. Securing your opponent's hips before the crossface is an important detail that will ensure that your opponent cannot shrimp away from you to create space and defend the pass.