When the opponent grips your pants, you can counter grip his sleeve and kick your leg straight to break the pants grip. This is normally done from your spider guard when he counter grips your pants.

The Ezikiel Choke is a choke that can be applied from any position if you can isolate the opponent's head with your arms. Hug the head, grab inside the hem of your own sleeve, apply the blade of your hand into the neck, and then apply the choke by attempting to straighten out your arms.

When the figure 4 leg configuration is locked in, you can still escape if you twist to the choking side and then stretch out your upper body while keeping the hips still.

When you have closed guard, you can pull the opponent's arm forward so that his wrist is close to your head. Then you can trap his wrist between your neck and shoulder and angle to your side. Locate the elbow and wrench it straight for the finish.

When you have side control, you can push the opponent onto his side, apply a giftwrap, align your shin to his back, sit back, and pull him to the other side for the backtake.

Backtake from De La Riva guard by making the DLR hook deep onto the far hip. Then apply crab ride hooks from behind, grab belt, and scoot over to back angle.

Attack the arm inside the triangle hold by lifting hips to apply pressure on the elbow. You can also isolate the arm by swinging the leg under the armpit over the head to squeeze your thighs for a tight finish.

Armbar from S-mount with details on how to isolate the arm with a tight leg configuration and how to get a tight finish.

When your opponent has your back with hooks on and you fall onto the choking side, you can use this method of pinning his shoulder to the mat while you remove his top hook and move to into turtle.

This video explains the key details of a successful armlock of the far side arm from your side control.

This video shows guard recovery from the opponent's mount position with the technique depending on how the opponent is mounted.

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

You can do the stack pass from double underhook of the opponent's legs, and then transition into an effective over/under variation when you fail to raise his hips.

Details for an effective cross collar choke from closed guard and variations using the opponent's lapel. There here are also details on how to relate the chokes from guard to the top position, and execute the lapel variation from side control.

When the opponent hugs your head or turns his arm downward to avoid the Americana or armbar, you can execute a Kimura. This video shows details on how you can finish the Kimura with the maximum control of body.

Fundamental concepts in the Clock Choke. Includes a finishing variation, how to enter from back control, and why it's called the clock choke.

You can force the Arm Triangle when in mount by getting underneath the defending arm and forcing it high on the head, and then executing the head an arm choke. (some of the speech is muffled by the gi during the demo)

When the opponent is attempting a clock choke, and he puts his arm under your far armpit, you can trap his arm and roll over your far shoulder for a sweep to side control.

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The Catapult Sweep is sweeping the opponent by control one arm with your leg and underhook on his opposite leg.

You can push yourself into the S-mount on the farside, when you fail to get the armbar from mount.

When attempting a Knee Cut and the opponent captures your foot and holds it tightly, you can clear your foot by lowering your head to the mat and getting 2 deep underhooks.

The stack pass is common to do once your opponent’s guard opens and you’re already on your knees. This video shows entry from the closed guard break while on your knees

When opponent resists your stack pass attempt by using his feet to push off your hips and plank his body, you angle and get one leg over the shoulder and pin the knee on his other leg to complete the pass. This is sometimes known as the Over Under Pass.