Inside the University 390 - Lapel Choke from the Back

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Victor Barreto begins on the side of his opponent, who is in the turtle position, and his first step is to make a seat belt grip. Next he brings his knee next to his opponent's leg, and pulls him back onto his side, while slipping his bottom leg underneath. Now he opens the collar to make his choking grips on the lapel. He drops down to his side to get his opponent's weight off him, and steps up, placing his top knee behind the shoulder. Here he can easily finish his choke.

Inside the University 389 - Deep Half Guard to X-Guard Sweep

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Gustavo is in the deep half guard and is looking to hit his first sweep that he showed in the previous technique. However, when he gets his shin under the leg and is looking to sweep him backwards, his opponent is putting too much weight forward to defend the sweep. Gustavo swims his arm back underneath the leg and places it on his opponent's chest to keep him at a distance. Now he turns back into him, and places his X-guard hooks. Here he can stretch him out, and come on top for the sweep.

Inside the University 388 - Deep Half Guard Sweep

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From the deep half guard, Gustavo extends his legs and brings his knees to him in order to bring his opponent's foot close enough to reach. He hooks his arm underneath the foot and then lifts the leg by lifting his own legs up. Now he can slide his slide his other shin under his opponent's leg. From here, he can simply elevate his hips and then kick forward to sweep his opponent.

Inside the University 387 - Setting Up Deep Half Guard

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Starting from the classic collar and sleeve guard, his opponent steps over his leg, so Gustavo Dias sits up to get the underhook and grab the belt, and his other arm underhooks his opponent's leg. Now he steps over with his outside leg to hook his opponent's leg and turns his hips the other way, bringing the leg to him so his hips are underneath. Now he is in a good deep half guard, ready to set up some different sweeps.

Inside the University 386 - Drop Seoi Nage

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A newer standout competitor to the Black Belt division, Nick Schrock, shows his go to takedown in a time sensitive situation. After grabbing his collar and sleeve grips, Nick stays with good posture and keeps a stiff arm with his collar grip. He steps outside and turns his opponent, feinting the outside trip, but mainly is concerned about breaking his posture. When his opponent postures up, Nick steps across to the outside of the far leg, and turns in, dropping to his knees for the seoi nage. A key detail is that he raises his elbow high to help trap the arm for the throw.

Inside the University 385 - Omoplata Sweep from Closed Guard

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Continuing the class of favorite ways to score quick points, Claudia Doval, the female heavyweight World Champion, shows her go to technique. She jumps full guard, makes both sleeve grips and drops to a foot in the biceps spider guard. She quickly throws her leg up to an omoplata, locks her legs and sits up looking to finish. If her opponent defends the submission by rolling, Claudia follows her and establishes top position to get her 2 points.

Inside the University 384 - Back Roll Sweep from Closed Guard

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Starting off the lesson of moves to use when you need to score in the last seconds of a match, Saulo shows his go to sweep. He pulls closed guard, and when his opponent stands up, Saulo reaches through to grab his leg and pulls his hips underneath his opponent. He goes for the muscle sweep, expecting his opponent to defend, and when he feels the resistance, Saulo opens his guard and pushes off the same side leg he has underhooked to roll himself backward. When he lands on his knees, he immediately attacks the other leg, driving in to finish the sweep.

Ruotolo Twins Series 12 - Rolling Takedown to the Back

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With a simple duck under, Tye gets to Kade's back while standing and controls him with a body lock. He throws his right leg over Kade's leg and wraps it inside his calf to make a twister hook. Now he turns to face the opposite and throws his right arm over him, reaching over his back and hugging his body. Next Tye rolls over his right shoulder, taking Kade down with him, and stretches his hook leg out to open space for him to place his second hook and establish back control.

Ruotolo Twins Series 11 - Cross Arm Drop Seoi Nage

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From standing, Kade grabs the cross collar and sleeve grips on Tye. For a traditional seoi nage, he would turn from the inside, however, in this variation he turns from the outside to avoid exposing his back. As he turns and steps in, he raises Tye's arm and places it on his shoulder. He drops to his knees and pulls down on the collar and sleeve. Because Tye's arm is across his body, he will have a very difficult time trying to take Kade's back. Now Kade leans forward and pulls Tye over his body to finish the takedown.

Ruotolo Twins Series 10 - Berimbolo Defense to Back Take

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Again, Tye knocks Kade back from the De La Riva guard and starts his berimbolo, this time inverting and getting under Kade's leg. Kade first makes grips on the near pant leg and on the pants at the waist. Next, Kade torques his knee to the inside, and Tye feels that he can push himself up to mount. As he's coming to the top, Kade pushes his leg inside and turns into him, coming up on his elbow and placing his first hook. Now he can work to get his seat belt grip and place the second hook for back control.

Ruotolo Twins Series 9 - Berimbolo Defense to Guard Pass

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Tye is playing De La Riva guard and knocks Kade back and begins to invert for the berimbolo. Kade's first step to defend is to grab Tye's top pant leg, and his other hand grabs the same side collar and he straightens his arm to keep Tye at bay. Kade also posts his leg behind him and stretches out the pants grip to stop Tye from rolling. From here, he can drop his head on Tye's chest and kick his leg free so he can pass to side control.

Ruotolo Twins Series 8 - Open Guard Pass

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Tye is standing up and looking to pass Kade's open guard, so he grabs his shins and pins his heels to his butt. Next he brings both his feet to the outside of Kade's hips, and pinches his knees together, trapping Kade's feet. He turns to one side, slicing his shin across and freeing it of Kade's hook, and then turns back the other way, dropping his weight on top of both of Kade's legs. Now he can back step and establish side control.