3-Part Fundamental Lesson -- Bernardo shows some of his favorite ways to pass the Spider-Guard: If your opponent finds Double-Sleeve Control and places one foot your hip and their other onto your biceps, maintain a strong base and work...

Base down into the opponent's guard to crowd his movement. Drag and drive perpendicular to pin his leg with your knee and continue upwards towards the opponent's upper body to pummel for the Under Hook and clinch.

1 Part Lesson — Paul focuses on the details for properly sliding your knee through your opponent's freshly opened guard for the pass. First, he reviews the steps for breaking the cross collar grip against his posture and adds one more ...

2 Part Technique - After you've killed your opponents hip with the Folding Pass, he will more than likely try to escape by turning over toward Turtle and somersaulting back into guard with the Hip Roll Escape. Don't lose your edge; you...

2 Part Technique - The point of this lesson is twofold; learning how to properly generate momemtum once folded, and how to turn a guard recovery immediately into your advantage. Support yourself up on your elbow by framing against your...

2 Part Technique - Henrique reviews a lesson he taught previously to prepare his students for the next sequence of techniques from the North South Bridge Escape series. Cupping the bicep, use a strong bridge to swing your body undernea...

2 Part Technique - Next in Henrique's Bridge Escape vs North South series is what to do when the opponent counters with Kesa-Gatame, or the Sit-Out Scarfhold. Use a quick bridge to lift his hips up off the mat, allowing your nearside k...

1 Part Technique - While standing inside of your opponent's Open Guard, perhaps after a Guard Break or shoving him back from his Butterfly, hide your hips from his feet with your elbows and gain control over his collar and knee. Pin hi...

5 Part Technique - Once you've crossed your knee past your opponent's Half Guard, getting your foot out is relatively trivial, but scoring the pass can be quite arduous unless you can find an underhook to establish the Side Control. If...

2 Part Technique - Henrique shows how to break the Closed Guard, and pass the Open Guard from a technical base. Once his opponent's ankles uncross, he protects his hips from Open Guard attacks by holding his elbows close to his body an...

3 Part Technique - Recovering the Closed Guard from underneath Side Control is a matter of applying the proper body mechanics and leverage against your opponent to create the space needed for escape. A normal hip escape in this situati...

2 Part Technique - If the opponent pulls back to prevent the Hook Sweep their upper body lowers closer to the mat. This is a great opportunity to Sweep using a Front headlock type Guillotine.