Marcelo shares his mindset for maintaining Single-Leg X-Guard: When entangled around your opponent's leg with the 1Leg-X (a.k.a. Foot-Lock Guard, Noose-Guard, Snake-Guard, Irimi-Ashigarami, et al.) it is important to not rest laying flat on your back; some players may he able to compensate with longer limbs, however technically one should remain actively tensed with their hips elevated as high up around your opponent's hip as possible. Immediately look to begin impressing an off-balance to your opponent's base; the longer you wait in the position, the more time you give to your opponent to come up with a counter-attack. Whenever you are on bottom in guard, one should hold the mindset of urgently seeking towards a sweep for top-position where you can then take advantage of gravity.