How to maintain good back control of your opponent and how to apply the rear choke using collar grips and using nogi grips. Also learn how to avoid getting foot locked and how to do basic hand fighting for submission choke holds.

When enter back control, you can trap the opponent's arm under your armpit and lock it in using your arm threaded under your own leg. This position is great for finishing the choke, armbar, entering the triangle.

When your opponent back steps to enter the reverse half guard, you can reconfigure your legs to enter the leg drag before completing the sweep.

You can enter the Reverse Half Guard without the crossface where your elbow is under the opponent's armpit or next to his head. In either case, the backtake counter will open up if you don't apply the crossface.

When the opponent gets the underhook from his half guard, you need to enter Reverse Half Guard to avoid his single leg sweep. However you need to take great care in entering the Reverse Half Guard and set up the position so that resistance to the pass is minimal.

When your opponent secures an underhook from his half guard, the Reverse Half Guard will help you get to a pass but you need to be aware of the common sweep that he can counter with when you enter the Reverse Half Guard.

When the opponent stands up in your closed guard, you can either do the Muscle Sweep or enter the K-Guard. From the Muscle Sweep you can attack the Corkscrew Armbar when he pushes you down. If you enter K-Guard, you can attack the Armbar, Triangle, or Omoplata.

When your opponent stands up while in your closed guard, secure a cross sleeve grip and enter the X-Guard to attack the overhead sweep or sit up sweep. If he kneels with his free hand on the mat, you can enter the Triangle.

Open the opponent's closed guard by standing up with a sword grip and sleeve grip. Also, learn how to avoid the Muscle Sweep when standing up. You will also learn how to avoid allowing your opponent to quickly get a good guard if you lift your opponent entirely off the mat to open the closed guard.

When you opponent stands up in your closed guard, secure a cross sleeve grip so that you can enter the Tripod Sweep, or the Omoplata, or the Armbar, or the Triangle.

When you attack the wristlock from closed guard (gi or nogi), you can transition to attacking the armbar while the wrist is still isolated.

When you fail at the wristlock from closed guard, you can transition to the Omoplata and complete the wristlock form there. When you fail at the wristlock from side control top, you can transition to the Americana or Kimura and complete the wristlock from there.

Get the wristlock from standing or closed guard using their collar grip. In NoGi, you can score the wristlock from closed guard when they grab your wrist. From Side Control top position, you can get the wristlock when they use their arm frame or underhook to escape. Generally you can get a wristl...

You can surprise your opponent with a quick wristlock from unexpected positions from standing, from closed guard, from lasso guard, and from side control top on the the nearside and farside.

Surprise Tripod Sweep variations include the Wardzinski Tripod Sweep entry from DLR, Collar Sleeve guard, and Reverse De La Riva guard.

When defending the Tripod Sweep, push the foot off the hip or turn away and kick. When doing the Tripod Sweep you can use variations such as the Adam Wardzinski Tripod Sweep, the collar grip grip variation, or the Reverse De La Riva variation.

When your opponent is standing, you can enter the Tripod or Sickle Sweep, or switch between them. You can even hide your entry from the De La Riva guard.

When you successfully sweep the opponent with the Tripod Sweep, you are in a position to get the Leg Weave Pass, Knee Cut Pass, or Over-Under pass.

When you do a Leg Weave pass by attempting to smash the opponent's knees together, but he defends by opening up his knee, you can transition to the Over Under Pass with a leg trap, or you can lift his legs up and move to the other side for a Smash Pass.

When the opponent smashes your knees together to begin the Leg Weave, you can counter with a Kimura on the farside arm, a Lasso or Tilt Sweep, a Loop Choke, or you can spin under to gain full guard or triangle lock.

The Leg Weave Pass is perfect for dealing with the opponent's kneeshield guard. You smash his knees down and control the upper body. Pass to side control or Knee Ride.

When the opponent attempts a Leg Weave Pass by pinching your knees together with his upper body, you can grip the sleeve and counter with a spin-under triangle, lasso catapult sweep, spin under omoplata, or goldchain armbar.

You can enter the triangle from collar sleeve grips when the opponent doesn't allow you to put your foot on his bicep. You can also enter the triangle from the lasso. Switch to Barataplata if he connects his hands between your legs. Switch to Omoplata if he connects his hands under your legs.

When your opponent defends your triangle choke from guard by hiding his arm, you can switch the locking side for your legs. If he moves his hips on the non-choking side, you can rotate the lock of your legs or push him to the Mounted Triangle. If he sits back, make him carry your hip weight and p...