Backtakes
These videos show you techniques from various top and bottom positions that allow you to access your opponent's back.
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Switch Backtake from Failed Kimura in Closed Guard
When the opponent defends your Kimura from closed guard, swing your leg over his head and poke your foot under his arm. The straighten your leg so that it is heavy on his shoulder and do a switch backtake.
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Pendulum Backtake from Failed Kimura in Closed Guard
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.
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Armdrag Backtake from Failed Kumura in Closed Guard
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.
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Backside X Guard to Backtake or Leg Drag
When you enter the Backside X Guard position from X Guard, and your opponent leans forward, you can use the crab ride position to drive his knees to the mat. If he starts rotating, use the hip grip, pant grip, and crab hooks to maintain the backside position that sweeps the opponent and lands you...
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Deep Lasso tilt to Corkscrew Armbar to Switch Backtake
When you have a deep lasso, you can use it to tilt the opponent to one side and get his hand on the mat to enter the Corkscrew Armbar. Then from there, if the armbar fails, you can take the back.
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Double Under Stack Pass Counter with Back Take
When the opponent attempts the double under stack pass, you can counter with a back take by gripping both of his sleeves and wedging your legs under him.
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Lapel Backtake from chest-to-chest Half Guard top
When you have chest-to-chest halfguard top position, you can use a grip on the opponent's farside lapel to secure a back take when he turns away from you. You can even use the same lapel grip to get a choke after the backtake.
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Options to Pass the Quarter Guard with Mount, Knee Cut, or Backtake
When the opponent has quarter guard from a knee cut attempt, you can pass by moving his hips using your leg. You can pass or take the back from mount, or use farside knee cut to clear the foot.
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Flower Sweep to Backtake using Cross Post
When the opponent defends your flower sweep with a cross post, you can take the back by securing grips on the tricep of the cross post arm and the farside armpit area. Once these 2 grips are in place, you can move your hips around to the backside of his hips, or you can drag his hips down in fron...
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Flower Sweep to Crab Ride and Backtake
When the opponent defends your Flower Sweep by cross posting, you can lift his leg over your head to access the backside and insert your crab ride hooks. Then you can take the back.
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2-on-1 Cross Sleeve Scissors Sweep to Arm Drag
When attempting the 2-on-1 Cross Sleeve Scissors Sweep and the opponent defends by leaning his weight to the other side, you can do an armdrag that will give you access to the back when he is forward or the body lock pass if he leans back.
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Backtake from Underhook Half Guard
Take the back from your kneeshield half guard using underhook by throwing his arm off your back and onto the floor. Then move to secure a seatbelt and take his back.
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De La Riva to Berimbolo back take
From De La Riva (DLR), grab the belt and drag his hips to the floor. Then invert into the Berimbolo while keeping his hips as close to your head as possible. Squeeze your thighs above his knees so that you can control his hips while you reach for his far leg or hip to complete the back take.
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De La Riva to Crab Ride from transition through X-Guard
From De La Riva, use the collar grip to drag him forward and get his weight off the leg. Then put the foot on his hip to transition to X guard and shelf his leg on your shin. Then pass the leg over your head and move into crab ride.
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Spider Guard to De La Riva and Baby Bolo back take
Transition to De La Riva (DLR) from spider guard and then use the deep DLR hook to access the back using the Baby Bolo technique to get to the crab ride.
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Escaping 50/50 position to Crab Ride and Backtake
When the opponent stands up in 50/50 you hook his far leg from behind using your free foot, and then enter the crab ride position, which will give you an opportunity for a backtake.
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Backtake from switched base facing feet
When your opponent has side control and he switches his base facing your feet, keep him low on your hips, grip his collar and hook the nearside leg to sit up and take his back.
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Omoplata to rolling backtake from Scissors Sweep setup
When opponent lifts up his nearside knee to counter the Scissors Sweep, you can switch to an omoplata sweep and then roll into a back take from the top.
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Back Take and Triangle from Scissors Sweep set up.
When opponent lifts up his nearside knee to prevent the Scissors Sweep, you can execute a back take or a triangle.
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Rolling Back Take from De La Riva
When the opponent has the DLR guard on you, you can back step over the DLR leg and then roll into a back take.
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Rolling Back Take from X Guard
If you get him to turn an standard X-Guard into a Single Leg X, you can roll into a back take.
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Rolling Back Take and Triangle from Bicep Sandwich
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.
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Double Under counter to Back Take
When the opponent attempts a Double Under Pass, you can perform this counter and end up taking his back.
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Attack options from arm drag from closed guard
From your closed guard, secure a cross sleeve grip and perform an arm drag to create opportunities for the back take, pendulum sweep, or armbar.