When you are in seated open guard and your attempts to gain a pant grip before you are ready to engage a guard, a scoop grip is a fast means of breaking the grip without needing to counter sleeve grip.
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Grip Break of Pants using counter sle...
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.
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Top Position of North South
The North South top position is when you pass the guard and maintain chest-to-chest dominant control with your legs 180 degrees away from his legs. You normally get to this position from side control when he attempts to recover his guard.
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Top Position of Combat Base
When you are in top position on your knees, combat base is a ready position that prevents the closed guard and also allows easy movement into the knee slice or standing position. Stay on the ball of the supporting foot of the kneeling leg.
