This sequence shows you how to pull guard into a standard armbar, and attack the other arm if he defends the first armbar by pulling out his elbow.

Practice pulling guard to get the hip and leg movement of the flying armbar. Then throw your legs directly into the armbar from the standing position before your body hits the ground. When you have an underhook and the opponent is on his knees or in dogfight with you, you can execute the corkscre...

From your closed guard, an effective way of enter the armbar is to secure a cross collar grip and a cross sleeve grip. Place a foot on his hip to block his elbow and push him into an angle with your other leg. Pay attention to when he resist by posturing, pulling his elbow back, stepping over you...

When you have closed guard, and you have a cross sleeve grip with the same side pant grip, you can attempt a flower sweep to get his weight onto his far hand. This will give you opportunity to attack the triangle or corkscrew armbar.

From you cross sleeve grip in your closed guard, you can do the hip bump sweep or Kimura when he defends the hip bump sweep. Alternatively, you can throw your far leg over onto the same side to trap his arm between your legs. This gives you attack options of a back-up sweep, omoplata, or backtake.

The Hip Bump Sweep is a very good sweep from closed guard when the opponent keeps a good posture. You can do the sweep without a gi by cupping the elbo, or with the gi by holding onto the opponent's cross sleeve. If the opponent drives you back down when you sit up, or he posts his hand on the ma...

When your opponent shifts to technical mount, you must seize the vulnerabilities by the space he gives you to escape it. This video shows how to get into technical mount, and then how to deal with escaping it by using elbow-knee connection and double under grips.

Basic escape from under mount using frames. When he is upright, wedge elbow in, lay one leg flat and bridge towards the side of the elbow wedge to create space. When he is leaning forward, push on his knee to get his foot closer to your feet and use your feet to capture his foot or escape your leg.

The Estima Lock has similar mechanics to the Toe Hold. You can enter the Estima Lock from top positions for Reverse DLR, Knee Shield, and De La Riva. To defend the Estima Lock, you straighten out your leg. But the top player can transition to a Knee Bar when he straightens out his leg.

When your opponent defends against your armbar from mount by putting his arms in a figure 4, also known as the spider web defense, you can break it using one of these two methods. If the opponent manages to get onto his knees, you can transition to the belly down armbar.

Inside heel hook from the standard 50/50 and backside 50/50. This video shows a few ways to enter the backside 50/50 from a standard 50/50 or X-guard, including Robert Deggle's preferred entry.

When you are in 50/50 standing or double guard, you can put your foot to the other side and immediately put weight on that knee to complete a leg drag pass. You can also enter 50/50 from your De La Riva to defend against the standing opponent's leg drag attempt.

This video explains the important concepts of the 50/50 position and shows common escaping techniques that will lead to a position dominance.

When you have 50/50 from bottom, enter the backside 5050 by getting your opponent to his knees and then finish with the inside heel hook. You can enter from either turning to the outside or turning to the inside.

When you get the Kimura grips from half guard top or bottom positions, and the opponent defends by grabbing his belt, move your hips to a better position to enter the Tarikoplata.

When doing the Kimura from your kneeshield half guard, you can do the Choi Bar (armbar) by throwing your leg over his head and under his armpit. If he defends your Kimura by grabbing his belt, you can enter the Tarikoplata.

This video shows you details on how to enter and finish the kimura submission from the half guard bottom position. Enter the kimura from your kneeshield to prevent the opponent's posture defense. You can also finish from the top position if the opponent rolls forward to defend.

When you attack the omoplata from closed guard, you can turn it into an Choi Bar (belly down armbar variation) by swinging your free leg over his shoulder and under his armpit. You can also do the Choi Bar from a Kimura attack. If the Kimura attack fails, you can turn it into a Heisen Sweep.

When you have side control, and the opponent rolls away from you, you can slide your knee under his hips for a backtake when he starts to lift his hips off the ground. Similarly, from SLX top position, you can move his legs to the outside ashi position, stack him, and then slide your knee under h...

When you have top side control, and the opponent hugs your head, you can trap his far arm with a kimura grip. You can finish the kimura shoulder lock if you keep him from grabbing his body and you keep him from straightening his arm. This video includes how to effectively transition to the armbar...

When you are under the opponent's side control, turn on your side and use your hands to block his cross-face. Then secure the Kimura grips and rotate your body towards his head to apply shoulder pressure. Then move you hips around to the other side and roll over your shoulder for a back take. Alt...

When you are in mount, and the opponent's elbows are low, you can enter the cross collar choke. This video shows details on the placement of the choking arm and the supporting arm.

When in mount, use the cross collar grip to get under the elbow and set up the armbar. If he defends his arm by grabbing his collar, you can enter a farside armbar by switching to the farside Smount. If he turns into you to escape his elbow, you can enter the Barataplata and finish it from guard.

When you are in mount, you can use the cross collar grip to pull him on his side to set up the Bow & Arrow Choke. If it's difficult to execute a choke, you can work your way under his elbow to isolate the nearside arm in a figure 4 grip configuration of your arms, and then pull on his arm to crea...