You can catch a Triangle hold from 4 positions. In the Collar and Sleeve Guard use your shin to pin the far arm. During a Hip Bump Sweep attempt put your arm on the other side of the head. When the opponent defends by grabbing his hand during your Fallback Armbar, poke your leg between his arms. ...

The catching and maintaining a lock of the opponent's head and arm between your legs is a detail that is crucial to ensuring that you can finish the choke while dealing with the opponent's defensive reactions. If you do not get a good catch, the opponent will posture and throw your leg off him to...

Tash Bhattacharya returns to her lesson on using X Guard to access the back (Part 2 of 2). She shows how to access the 2nd pant grip and then use these grips to ground the far knee of the opponent and then lift the near leg to access the back.

The triangle choke is a common submission from closed guard. You need to get a good catch of the opponent's head and arm between your legs. Once you have a good catch, adjust the tightness and angle before completing the choke.

When you do the Leg Drag Pass, there are similar control points between the Gi and NoGi techniques. However, there are differences in the details of how you achieve the control points.

When the opponent has the De La Riva (DLR) guard or the Single Leg X (SLX) guard, you can break down the guard and get to a Leg Drag pin before passing to side control.

When you have DLR (De La Riva), grab the nearside collar and pant leg. Then off balance the opponent by pulling him forward or backward to find the opportunity to enter SLX (Single Leg X). From SLX, find a way to get his hands on the mat so you can complete the sweep with both pant grips. Tash Ba...

When the opponent has open guard, and you can secure a cross pant grip, you can enter the Leg Drag position by dragging his leg passed your hips, controlling the dragged knee, controlling the hip, and pinning his free leg.

When your opponent is in combat base, you can use the Reverse De La Riva (RDLR) guard to spin under his hips and access the back side with crab hooks. When he puts his hips on the floor to deny you back control, you can use your pant and hip grips to come up into a sweep and pin him in a leg drag.

Review of using Reverse DLR to defend the Knee Cut Pass and then transitioning to Stomp Sweep or Single Leg. When opponent drops a knee to the mat for combat base, you can lift the leg up and move to the other side of your head to access the back and put on crab hooks.

From a grip in your open guard, secure the De La Riva guard. When the opponent puts you into Headquarters position, you can react by switching from De La Riva (DLR) to Reverse De La Riva (RDLR). Then you can enter the Waiter Sweep.

When your opponent attempts a knee cut pass from open guard, use the Reverse De La Riva (RDLR) Guard to defend. Then, you can transition to the half spider guard sweep by stomping your foot on his bicep. Or, you can transition to the single leg if he puts his weight to the far side. You can also ...

When your opponent attempts the Knee Cut Pass from your open guard, you can slap on the Reverse De La Riva Guard to defend. Then you can control the nearside sleeve to do a sweep by stomping on his bicep, or do a reverse sweep, or do a backward sweep over your body.

When you have the Reverse De La Riva (RDLR), you can spin under the opponent to get a backtake or sweep to leg drag pass. The opponent can be standing or in combat base (one knee down). This technique for spinning under from RDLR is also known as the "Kiss of the Dragon."

When you attack the Papercutter Choke by isolating one arm, you can give your self the option of finishing the Papercutter Choke, Nearside Wedge Armbar, Mounted Triangle Choke, or Goldchain Armbar.

When you isolate the arm during the Paper Cutter Choke attempt, you can transition to the nearside Armbar or Mounted Triangle Choke.

The Paper Cutter Choke requires a grip on the far collar and a grip on the near shoulder. This video shows you the basic setup from side control and north south positions. You can also set this up in side control by securing the shoulder grip first to isolate one arm, connect the forearm to next,...

The Paper Cutter Choke from Side Control requires a grip with the forearm across the neck, and a grip on the nearside shoulder to prevent him from turning into you. You can set up this choke from Side Control, North South, or from doing a Stack Pass.

When you have control of the opponent's leg and his far lapel from your open guard, you can set up the Worm Guard, created by Keenan Cornelius. The Worm Guard traps your leg against the opponent's hip and gives you opportunity for a sweep or backtake. If he defends your backtake, you can catch hi...

When the opponent has in the butterfly guard, reverse De La Riva guard, or the De La Riva guard, you can break it down to quickly transition to the X Pass before he has time to reconfigure his guard.

When you put yourself into shin-on-shin from your opponent's open seated guard, secure the pant and collar grips to execute passing. You can pass on the same side shin-on-shin or the cross side shin-on-shin. If you get the collar & sleeve grips instead you can directly pass using the step-through...

When you are dealing with the open guard, use the X Pass to clear his hooks and then move your legs around his legs to insert a divider between his chest and knee. The method of pinching his knees together helps you finish the X Pass in kneeride. The method of putting you hands on his hip and kne...

The X Pass provides a quick way to pass while keeping on the outside of the opponent's legs. One common way is to pinch the knees together while kicking backwards to the ceiling to clear any guard and then stepping into knee ride. Another variation is to place your hands on his hip and nearside k...

When you approach the opponent's seated open guard, you can use shin-on-shin to stay on the outside of his legs. Securing the collar and opposite pant grip will give you control needed for quick passing options from the shin-on-shin.