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The head tripod has been one of my big new focuses when passing the guard, often we focus on trying to hit our guard pass perfect;y but if you are good and using the tripod and scrambling to finish the pass you can convert passes from not perfect entries.

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0:00 Intro
0:42 Concepts
2:03 High Side Escape
5:16 Flutter Kick
5:53 Low Side Escape
7:51 Hip Switch/ Kuzure Kesa Gatame Escape
11:18 Head and Arm Classic Kesa Gatame Escape
12:43 Near Side Hip Block Escape
15:35 Over Head North South Control
18:09 Deeper Control Positions
19:19 How Apply and Develop in Sparring
21:04 Outro

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Hip pinning is one of the two most foundational methods of controlling an opponent in side control. Since we often are fighting our opponents legs before we pass the guard, focusing on pinning the hips first makes the goal so much easier as their leg moblity and movment is significantly restricted, and as we pass our ooponents hips already being on the floor makes the finish and control in side so much easier.

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The principle of side tilt in jiu jitsu is one of the most important to understand. To ever pass the guard you need to be able to pin your opponents hips and by staying on your side intially, you make passing harder as well as increase your opportunity for offense. Additionally understanding this makes your goals in passing much more clear as well.

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Being Able to set up closed guard is extremely useful for beginners because the first techniques you are often taught are attacks from closed guard, but when you start actually sparring it is very difficult to get to. So this video I go through my 3 favorite methods for setting up the position.

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This knee cut combination made popular by Romulo Barral has been one of my favorites since blue belt.

This new guard pass technique has been a lot of fun working. Often when you throw your opponents leg to one side they reloop their other leg, but controlling their leg under the other makes it impossible to throw the leg over to defend. This is a new technique in working so I will be adding to it more over the next months.

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0:00 Intro
0:48 Discovering Pass
1:47 The Pass
3:09 Set Ups
6:29 Sparring

To learn jiu jitsu efficiently you need to diagnose what is going wrong in each training. Sparring is critical to assess your overall performance and develop confidence in your ability under stress, but to make improvements you need to make adaptations to what went wrong in training. This video I go through my process for learning jiu jitsu efficiently.

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This is an overview of understanding the de la riva guard in modern jiu jitsu. The de la riva is one of the most useful controls in jiu jitsu but it can be used in multiple different guards. I overview the foundations of what makes this hook work and the easiest ways to apply it in different situations.

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0:00 Intro
0:09 DLR Hook vs DLR Guard
1:19 Why The DLR Hook is So Important
2:17 3 Types of DLR Hook
3:28 What Makes A Strong DLR Hook
4:57 Setting DLR Hook With Ankle
7:36 DLR Hook in Collar Sleeve
8:49 Leg Hug and Underhook DLR
9:40 DLR Hook in Double Sleeve
10:39 The DLR X
12:49 Outro

This video Espen Mathiesen shows a powerful back taking systems where you roll through from the top to an X Hook back take. You can use this from Lasso, Omoplata, Stacks, Leg Drags, and even lapel guard.

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