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The Active Open Guard Encyclopedia by Leandro Lo
- Leandro is a multiple-time black belt world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and his open guard is known as efficient, technical, and dangerous.
- Use the X guard to break balance and start launching attacks that work at elite levels of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
- Get a hold on your opponent with these grip fighting strategies that will set up the rest of your game and let you fight your own pace.
- Master some of Leandro’s signature sweeps, including the standing sweep, knees in jail, and the spider X sweep.
Course Content
Volume 1
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Introduction | 0 |
| Standing up to single leg | 0:40 |
| Standing up to back control | 4:55 |
| Standing up from sleeve control | 9:01 |
| Standing up from World 2014 | 14:20 |
| Scissor sweep | 19:52 |
Volume 2
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Foot on the hips to X-guard | 0 |
| Spider guard to X-guard | 4:54 |
| Superman sweep from the X-guard | 9:59 |
| Single leg from inverted | 16:22 |
| De La Riva | 20:10 |
| Berimbolo | 25:42 |
| Knees in jail to sweeps (4 variations) | 29:19 |
| Sweep with feet on the hips | 36:45 |
Volume 3
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Collar guard hooking the legs to Spider guard | 0 |
| Collar guard to X-guard | 3:23 |
| Defense of the under-over | 8:58 |
| Escape of the cross leg control | 12:54 |
| Defense Of The “emborcada” | 16:09 |
| Defense of the “Toreando” | 20:28 |
| Pulling guard (3 variations) | 24:42 |
| Outro | 31:14 |