Master Fabio Gurgel shares some incredible details to regarding guard recovery to Paul & Josh: Pressing your opponent away with a frame, in this case a posting arm, against their far-hip while turned onto your side, can only be maintained momentarily; if you hesitate to transition out from underneath the Side-Control, your opponent may correctly react by switching out their base from kneeling to sitting. If you cannot readily press them away with the frame at their hip long enough to insert your legs, you can quickly opt for the escape targeting their near-shoulder aka Ghost-Escape. If you are able to recompose your near-shin inside, don't stop with your ankle against their hip; instead, root your knee against their far-hip by bringing your foot in between and stepping on the mat. Accompany this with a scooping grip behind their triceps; making this connection will prevent your opponent from pressing your knee down and continuing with their attack. You can use this grip on the triceps to help disrupt your opponent's elbow-knee connection and create room for a full guard recovery back to the Closed-Guard.