When the opponent counters your Overhook Cutting Armbar attempt by circling his wrist back onto your hips so that you can't armbar or omoplata him, you can execute the Barataplata

When you break the sword grip from your closed guard, you can trap his arm in a overhook and threaten a choke while setting up the Cutting Armbar.

When your opponent places his hand near your neck in your closed guard, you can execute a cutting armbar.

When opponent is your closed guard and he tries to choke you by grabbing your collar, you can counter with a standard armbar from closed guard.

When the opponent attempts to do an armbar from his closed guard, you can execute the Figure 4 Counter followed by a stack pass.

You can quickly get into the armbar from closed guard by securing the cross sleeve and cross collar grips.

This video shows some transitions of your guard attacks that shows the relationship among the triangle, armbars, and omoplata.

From the lasso guard, secure the collar grip and put your far foot on their bicep. Then control the elbow on the lasso side, pull her elbow in then shoot for the triangle.

When you attempt to do a single leg sweep and the opponent pushes back, it's called a Dog Fight. You can use that position to enter the triangle when the single leg sweep fails.

When you sit up to do the hip bump sweep, hug the head on the other side. When the opponent posts the hand to stop the sweep, you touch the foot on his arm and then fall back into the triangle.

You can get to the bicep sandwich either from an Omoplata sweep, or directly from side control top. From there, you can setup a rolling back take, or roll into a triangle from the backside.

If you get him to turn an standard X-Guard into a Single Leg X, you can roll into a back take.

When the opponent has the DLR guard on you, you can back step over the DLR leg and then roll into a back take.

Kneeride and crossface with the forearm. Countering the ghost escape. Side control to S-mount. Side control to North South and back to side control.

When the opponent attempts to re-guard by turning into you, you can switch your base into the scarfhold and then switch back in a closer position under his elbow.

This video explains the when the seated guard is appropriate, and shows the sweeps and takedowns you can do with capturing one leg in your seated guard. You can "run the pipe," do a hip drag, or do a double leg takedown.

Drills for practicing X guard entry from far away and nearby. Ankle pick, Sit up, overhead, and single leg X sweeps from X-guard. X-guard to backtake when you sit up for a sweep.

A slower but more controlled way of escaping the opponent's back control is to use your turtle position to drive the opponent's shoulder to the mat and pop off his foot hook.

If you can fall to the side of his underhook, you can execute the back scraping technique to escape. If you fall on choking side, you can use the sinking technique to escape.

From the Crucifix, pass leg over the head to trap his head. Then you can use one hand to finish to finish the Kimura, regardless of whether or not he tries to defend by grabbing his other hand.

When opponent grabs his belt to defend the Kimura, push his wrist towards the mat, grab your bicep closest to his wrist, then grab your tricep on the other arm. Then sit through your hips on the same side to lift shoulder.

You can start the kimura from side control, but this variation is rolling the opponent's wrist inwards. Then you move your hips to the same side as the kimura lock, and sit through to lift the shoulder up but keep his head down with your armpit weight.

When opponent has passed your lapel between your legs for the worm guard, you first get to combat base, then you can do the over under or smash pass.

One strategy for passing the knee shield half guard is to start with the leg weave, then turn into the rugby pass or over under pass, depending on their reaction.