When the opponent attempts an omoplata, you can counter by stepping over his head to side control, roll onto your knees, doing a counter omoplata, doing a toe crush, or ducking under his legs for a pass.

How to enter the omoplata from closed guard, how to finish the shoulder lock, and how to deal with common resistance.

When the opponent has quarter guard, you can pass with a mount, farside knee cut, or backtake. When he has kneeshield, you can reset his hips to get the standard knee cut, X pass, or smash pass.

When your standard knee cut pass does not work, you have options to do double-underhook 3/4 mounted pass, Farside Knee Cut pass, X pass, or Smash pass.

How to do the knee cut pass from standing in open guard and from kneeshield half guard top, including overcoming common counters like kneeshield, bump forward, turning onto side, and quarter guard.

The class explores different knee cut passing styles. They cover Andre Galvao's Pressure Knee Cut where you place your knee on the sternum and pull his upper body into your knee before going into the knee cut. They cover Clark Gracie's Knee Cut over shins where you control the head to consolidate...

When you are going for the Torreando Pass by securing 2 pant grips, your opponent often counters with Spider Guard. These are techniques you can use to overcome the counters of the spider guard.

Drills for students designed to help them become aware of solutions to common defensive reactions to the torreando pass, especially in dealing with the spider guard.

Basics of Torreando Pass with options. If you push his feet to the mat and angle to the side, you can complete the pass with your shoulder or your knee on his belly. Then switch your grips before moving to chest-to-chest side control If you leave his feet in the air, complete the pass with a reve...

Counters when your opponent attempts the Torreando Pass by getting both pant grips. Break the pant grips for early prevention while securing a counter sleeve grip (nearside or farside) for a seated guard sweep. If he gets both pant grips, you can counter with the spider guard. You can also do the...

This class calls out for a drill to improve the execution timing of the flower sweep and a drill to improve completion of the flower sweep when the opponent defends. It also includes a technique for getting to the crab ride, and a technique for getting to the back directly.

When the opponent uses a cross post to prevent your flower sweep, you can attack the armbar, triangle, corkscrew armbar, or crab ride backtake from the flower sweep defense.

When the opponent is kneeling in your closed guard, you can do the Flower Sweep by securing the same side sleeve grip and the opposite pant grip. This video includes how to time the execution and apply extra force to complete the sweep.

The class explores Josef Chen's Split Half Guard Pass for pressure passing flexible guards, starting with a knee cut and ending in a pass of the chest-to-chest half butterfly guard.

When you start the Flower sweep, and the opponent defends by cross posting with his free arm, you can switch the attack to an Armbar, Triangle, Corkscrew Armbar, or Heisen Guard Sweep.

When the opponent attempts the scissors sweep, you can do the leg weave pass into side control or into knee ride. Alternatively, you can switch your collar grip and pressure pass into a chest-to-chest half guard.

When the opponent defends your scissors sweep, the collar and sleeve grips will allow you can pull him into an Omoplata, Armbar, or Triangle hold as an alternative attack.

Scissors Sweep has the basic grips of a cross collar and same-side sleeve grip. This video shows you how to execute the Scissors Sweep when the opponent gives resistance. You can also use the foot on the bicep to overcome the resistance, or you can transition to the Omoplata or Triangle.

When you have the cross sleeve and tricep grips on the opponent's sleeve from your guard, you can use them to attack the scissors sweep, arm drag to backtake, bodylock pass, pendulum sweep.

Review of Peruvian and Japanese Necktie Chokes. If the Peruvian Necktie Choke fails, you can pull the far arm towards you to attack the armbar or triangle from back. If the Japanese Necktie Choke fails you can switch your grip to an Anaconda Choke.

When you can trap his arm and head from turtle top, underhook half guard top, or single leg defense, you can apply the vice grip to force him onto his knee or side. Then ensure you have the trapped leg, adjust your grip if you need to, and fall forward onto your shoulder so that your belly blocks...

When your opponent does not tap from your Peruvian Necktie choke attempt, you can release the seatbelt grip and grip his far arm to pull him into an armbar. If his head pops out, you can still pull his arm so that he falls into a triangle from the backside.

When your opponent is in turtle, you can set up the Peruvian Necktie choke using your gable or S grip or your own lapel. You can do a variation called the Japanese Necktie whenever you have a Darce opportunity.

Priit Mihkelson's Defensive BJJ system has 5 distinct positions that defend against submission attempts. You can transition among the positions or exit to guard, offensive attack, or complete separation. The class explores the use of this system.