When you have the Mount position, use both hands to push one forearm to the mat to get the opponent to turn onto his side so you can enter a tight S-Mount. Then trap his defending arm under your armpit and then collect his other arm onto your chest and fall backwards to complete the armbar.

When you're seated in Butterfly Guard, and you secure the cross collar and sleeve grips, you can attempt a scissors sweep by stomping on the opponent's knee. If he defends by posting his hand on the mat, then you can use your grips to pull him into an omoplata and finish from a right angle withou...

From your seated butterfly guard, secure a cross collar grip to do the collar drag to move him forward and catch a loop choke hold. Stop him from spinning out either with a leg over his shoulder or trapping his arm. Then, finish the loop choke.

Use your opponent's lapel to do the Brabo Choke from either closed guard or from top dominant position (side control, kneeride, or mount). Typically this choke begins like a cross collar choke, but when the opponent uses his arm to defend the choking arm, you can drag his defend arm across his bo...

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.

The Collar and Sleeve Guard is when you have the cross collar grip and same side sleeve grip with a foot on the nearside hip and the other foot on the far bicep. This video shows you how to recover this guard each time the opponent attempts to break it down.

When your Corkscrew Armbar fails because he rotates his arm by dropping his shoulder to the mat, you can come up and apply pressure on his shoulder to get him to roll and complete a sweep.

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.

Securing a cross collar grip on the opponent is valuable and you can continuously use it to execute consecutive Collar Drags sweeps or takedowns until you get to the single leg or back.

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...

When your opponent tries a footlock from his straight ashi leg position when you are both seated, you must know these two most important things to effectively defend.