When your Kimura from closed guard fails because the opponent leans heavily on the kimura side to block your hips from escaping, you can flip him over using a hook on his far side or do a hip bump sweep.

When you attempt a Kimura from your closed guard, but the opponent defends by grabby his belt or other hand, escape your hip off to the side and then use your leg as a pendulum to sit up and take his back.

When you enter the Kimura hold from closed guard, your opponent is likely to either grab his belt or attempt to straighten out his arm to defend against a finish. This video shows you techniques to deal with both defensive actions.

Before entering the Kimura hold from your closed guard, you have to close the distance between your chest and your opponent's chest. Technique to do this include hugging the opponent, performing a hip bump sweep, or using your closed guard and collar grip to pull him forward.

When your opponent defends your armbar from mount by configuring his arms into a figure 4 (Spider Web configuration), you can submit him with a Bicep Slicer.

When the opponent puts on a Gable Grip to defend your Armbar from mount, move his elbow aside and put your elbow under his wrist and lean towards his head to break and and then move back into a right angle to complete the armbar.

When the opponent grabs his wrist to defend your Armbar from Mount, you can use the Wristlock on his exposed wrist to break the grip and finish either the wristlock or the armbar.

When your opponent defends your Armbar with the Hitchhiker Escape, you can transition to the Tarikpolata and finish with a shoulder lock.

When the opponent counters your Armbar with the Hitchhiker Escape, you can transition to the Saddle Armbar to counter when he gets onto his knees.

When the opponent does the Hitchhiker Escape from your Armbar attempt, you can reconfigure your legs to enter the Triangle hold when he pops up his head.

When your opponent defends the Kimura from closed guard, escape your hips and spin your hips around to set up an armbar.

When your opponent defends your Kimura from closed guard by leaning towards the mat on the Kimura side to prevent your hips from escaping, you can can apply a butterfly hook on the other side and do a hook sweep.

When your opponent grabs his belt to defend your Kimura from the closed guard, you can drag the arm and sit up to reach for the back. Then rotate your hips around to his back for a backtake.

When you have the Mount position, use both hands to push one forearm to the mat to get the opponent to turn onto his side so you can enter a tight S-Mount. Then trap his defending arm under your armpit and then collect his other arm onto your chest and fall backwards to complete the armbar.

When you're seated in Butterfly Guard, and you secure the cross collar and sleeve grips, you can attempt a scissors sweep by stomping on the opponent's knee. If he defends by posting his hand on the mat, then you can use your grips to pull him into an omoplata and finish from a right angle withou...

From your seated butterfly guard, secure a cross collar grip to do the collar drag to move him forward and catch a loop choke hold. Stop him from spinning out either with a leg over his shoulder or trapping his arm. Then, finish the loop choke.

Use your opponent's lapel to do the Brabo Choke from either closed guard or from top dominant position (side control, kneeride, or mount). Typically this choke begins like a cross collar choke, but when the opponent uses his arm to defend the choking arm, you can drag his defend arm across his bo...

When you do a Collar Drag from a seated guard, and the opponent defends by using his body to push you back down, quickly close your guard and set up the Cross Collar Choke.

When you have closed guard, you can perform a choke in the same manner as the cross collar choke but using the opponent's lapel instead of his collar. The lapel is an excellent substitute for the collar because it controls his poster while providing a grip for the choking and support arms.

When you have a deep cross collar grip from closed guard, you can get the Cross Collar Choke by hugging him to control the posture and then secure a second support grip from behind his head. Then open your guard to angle your hips and bring your support grip to the other side of his head to compl...

When you have closed guard, and you secure two deep cross collar grips, you can perform the perfect cross collar choke using the blades of both wrists.

When you have the Collar and Sleeve Guard, you can turn inward and push your leg into the armpit to enter the Omoplata. If the opponent does not give you the Omoplata angle, you can grab the base of the thumb and pass your leg over the shoulder to do a Wrenching Armbar.

When you have the Collar and Sleeve Guard with one foot on the far bicep, you can initiate a sweep using your foot on the opponent's nearside leg. Then you can immediately move into S-mount to attack an fall-back armbar, or move into the Mounted Triangle to attack a mounted choke or mounted armbar.

When you have the Collar and Sleeve Guard with one foot on the opponent's bicep, you can easily transition to the Triangle submission hold. From there, you can do a tight armbar by squeezing your thighs together, or you can do the standard triangle choke.