When opponent has knee shield half guard and he begins the Leg Weave Pass, use your arms to frame then sit up and re-guard. Alternatively, enter the lasso guard to re-guard or do the catapult sweep. If he grabs your collar, use the foot on his bicep to break the collar grip.

When in the opponent's Knee Shield Half Guard, weave your hand between the legs to control the bottom knee. Then pinch his knees together and grab the opponent's collar or sleeve to control the upper body, and then clear the guard with a kneecut over the shin or windshield wipe of the feet.

When the opponent has kneeshield half guard, pinch their knees together and grip their upper body to do the Leg Weave Pass.

When the opponent attempts the Leg Weave Pass, you can defend by sitting up and pushing away. Alternatively you can do the Lasso Catapult Sweep. If he grabs your collar, you can break it using your kneeshield foot on his bicep. If you secure a cross collar grip, you can do a Loop Choke.

When your opponent tries to loosen the triangle by stretching his head towards the choking side, you can do a hip bump sweep. When he tries to hide his arm behind you, you can switch to a reverse triangle hold and attack his arm, or distract him with a fist choke.

How to transition from the Triangle while in the guard from the Armbar and vice versa. Also, how to transition from the Triangle while in the guard to the Omoplata and vice versa.

When you get caught in a deep Triangle hold, you can attempt to break the figure 4 of the opponent's legs by stretching his body out. You can move to the choking side, to the dangerous side, to the back or stack him.

The Triangle submission hold is closely related to the omoplata and armbar submission holds. Move from the Armbar to the Triangle if the opponent pulls his arm out. Move from the Triangle to Armbar if you can pass your leg over his shoulder or head. Move from the Omoplata to Triangle if he tries...

Triangle entries can happen from underneath the North South position or from the Lasso Guard. From underneath North South, enter the inverted spider guard by and spin through to catch the Triangle. From the Lasso Guard, push your leg through the lasso arm, and throw your other leg over the oppone...

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.