3 Part Technique - The safest way to open your Closed Guard to work the Butterfly Guard is with the use of a 2on1 Control from Closed Guard. If your opponent pulls away, work your Hook Sweeps to build an offense against him, which can ...

2 Part Technique - 2 common situations to getting the Seatbelt Control Position is from Taking the Back off of a Sprawl when an opponent shoots or Stack Passing and the opponent exposes their back. Once in the Seatbelt Control Position...

2 Part Technique - The best option is to break the opponent's grip before they can establish the second hand to choke. However if the opponent is able to get the 2nd hand across to start working the choke, block the arm on the bottom t...

2 Part Technique - While trying a Circle Pass the opponent may trap you in Half Guard. There are many options to pass Half Guard, so sometimes the opponent will forget to defend against the Half Guard to Mount.

2 Part Technique - This sequence of techniques are great fundamentals for novice students.

2 Part Technique - After you break the opponent's closed guard, you put them in the open guard. Use the basic and traditional Knee Across vs Open Guard Pass to start to work to pass their guard. After using any guard pass, always swim ...

2 Part Technique - Securing the Seatbelt Control from the Back and how to advance to the Back Control with the Seatbelt Control. If the opponent tries to escape by moving to the opposite side, bring them back to your choking arm side t...

2 Part Technique - The Double Leg and Single Leg Takedowns are the most used takedowns in submission wrestling. If you land in your opponent's guard, immediately create posture and break grips. Posture and breaking grips will help prev...

2 Part Technique - The Guillotine can come from a variety of positions. Some use the older traditional way of the Guillotine in a Closed Guard and with the opponent's arm inside. Escaping and defending from this Guillotine requires you...

3 Part Technique - The Americana from Mount is a novice submission that can lead to different positions and more successful submissions. In this case, the opponent defends the Americana by turning and exposing his back. Immediately sec...

2 Part Technique - The opponent might prevent you from establishing Side Control by extending his arms out for a strong frame. Collapse and parry the posting arms by switching to your hip and continue to secure the position by using Un...

2 Part Technique - Controlling inside at the opponent's biceps will prevent most to all submissions from closed guard. Immediately jump, or step if the opponent is too heavy, to stand and break his closed guard by pressing inside the k...