When you do a Collar Drag from a seated guard, and the opponent defends by using his body to push you back down, quickly close your guard and set up the Cross Collar Choke.

When you have closed guard, you can perform a choke in the same manner as the cross collar choke but using the opponent's lapel instead of his collar. The lapel is an excellent substitute for the collar because it controls his poster while providing a grip for the choking and support arms.

When you have a deep cross collar grip from closed guard, you can get the Cross Collar Choke by hugging him to control the posture and then secure a second support grip from behind his head. Then open your guard to angle your hips and bring your support grip to the other side of his head to compl...

When you have closed guard, and you secure two deep cross collar grips, you can perform the perfect cross collar choke using the blades of both wrists.

When you have the Collar and Sleeve Guard, you can turn inward and push your leg into the armpit to enter the Omoplata. If the opponent does not give you the Omoplata angle, you can grab the base of the thumb and pass your leg over the shoulder to do a Wrenching Armbar.

When you have the Collar and Sleeve Guard with one foot on the far bicep, you can initiate a sweep using your foot on the opponent's nearside leg. Then you can immediately move into S-mount to attack an fall-back armbar, or move into the Mounted Triangle to attack a mounted choke or mounted armbar.

When you have the Collar and Sleeve Guard with one foot on the opponent's bicep, you can easily transition to the Triangle submission hold. From there, you can do a tight armbar by squeezing your thighs together, or you can do the standard triangle choke.

When you do a collar drag but the opponent grabs your collar to prevent the single leg or backtake, you can enter the Wrenching Armbar by grabbing the base of his hand and throw your leg over his shoulder.

When you do a collar drag and your opponent grabs your collar to prevent you from getting a sweep or backtake, you grab his hand and move your hips over his arm into a Corkscrew Armbar.

When you do the collar drag from open guard, the opponent can defend the backtake or sweep by securing an underhook as you drag him forward. You can use his underhook to isolate his arm and enter the Omoplata position.

Enter the Crucifix Loop Choke from a Collar Drag, but when the opponent doesn't tap, you can quickly transition to the Arm-In Loop Choke by letting go of the leg and going belly down.

When your opponent moves his hips away from you to defend a sweep or backtake from your collar drag, you can catch him in Crucifix Loop Choke.

When you use the cross collar grip to do a collar drag and the opponent moves his lower body away from you to avoid a sweep or backtake, you can immediately isolate his head in a loop choke hold to get a submission or force him to side control when he defends the loop choke.

When you put on the SLX on a standing opponent, and he pops your foot off his hip, you can enter the Butterfly Ashi configuration where you can lift his foot off the mat to attempt a footlock, even if he's still standing or grabbing your collar. If he rotates, you follow him and continue to apply...

The Single Leg X (aka SLX or Straight Ashi) position can be used to knock down a standing opponent so that you can set up a fast and tight footlock with little time for him to defend after he falls.

When you have a footlock hold on your opponent from the straight ashi leg entanglement in double seated guard, you can rotate with the footlock to prevent him from loosening the footlock. The key component is to have the straight ashi leg entanglement clamped and the inside knee ready to drop ove...

In the double guard, you can put on a straight footlock by trapping the foot with a toe crush under the armpit and the straight ashi leg entanglement. This video shows how to deal with common resistance of the boot and separation of your legs.

When the opponent is standing, you can reconfigure Straight Ashi leg configuration to the Butterfly Ashi configuration to finish the straight footlock. If his body is too rotated you can follow his rotation with the foot hold and finish belly down or finish in double guard.

When you attempt a straight footlock from the double guard position, your opponent is likely to defend by grabbing your lapel, which prevents you from falling to the mat and rotating. You can adjust your legs to the Butterfly Ashi entanglement to complete a tight footlock without going to the mat...

When you break open the opponent's closed guard, you can immediately catch the opponent's foot in your armpit and enter a barrage of footlock attacks based on common reactions.

When you do a nogi closed guard break, pop your leg up and catch the foot. then fall down to finish the straight footlock.

Entering the Arm Triangle hold from the Mount position is a little slower than from side control because of the angle. To enter from the mount position, you must first hug the head with one of your arms and try to raise his arm to his head with your other arm. Then trap his arm against his head w...

When you enter the Arm Triangle from Mount, you can finish the choke from the mounted position to prevent him from escaping by bridging away or grabbing his leg. The same principle applies when he manages to catch you in half guard after you set up the arm triangle.

The Arm Triangle Choke traps the opponent's head and arm. Setting it up from Side Control, adjusting it in kneeride or mount, and then finishing the choke on the far side is a common sequence.