After a standard Tripod Sweep, you can enter the SLX leg entanglement (Irimi Ashi) and do a straight footlock. After a Sickle Sweep (variation of Tripod Sweep), you can enter the Butterfly Ashi leg entanglement and do a straight footlock.

When the opponent configures the Tripod Sweep or Sickle Sweep, defend the sweep by immediately pushing his foot off your hip and then counter with a leg drag pass. If he is successful at completing the sweep, then counter with a straight footlock.

When you have a sleeve grip, you can configure your legs to the Tripod Sweep or Sickle Sweep. Both sweeps require a foot on his hip and an ankle grip on the same side. Push on the hip and pull on his ankle. Your other leg is used to stop the far leg from moving to retain balance. The sleeve grip ...

When you stand up in the opponent's closed guard, and he attempts a Tripod Sweep, you can react with a Leg Drag Pass by popping the foot off your hip, a Smash Pass if he transitions to DLR, or a Knee Cut Pass if you angle and counter grip his lapel.

The Tripod Sweep has a very fast setup because it only requires the foot on the hip and an ankle grip on the same side. Your other foot can be used to prevent the opponent from back stepping to get his balance. A common entry is when the opponent stands up to break your closed guard. You can also...

When you lock your hands onto your arm around the opponent's wrist, you can twist his wrist when locking it out. You can do this from standing or closed guard when they grab your wrist. You can also do this from mount when they do the vampire defense.

When you get into position of control, you can easily find a wristlock. Do it from your Lasso guard when the opponent attempts to spin his hand free, from the bicep sandwich top position, from the omoplata, or from stapling his arm in side control.

You can do wristlocks from anywhere as long as you trap the hand and elbow in a 90 degree bend. Access to wristlocks can be from standing when they grab your collar, from closed guard when they take the sword grip, from triangle hold, when they defend the choke and armbar, and from side control w...

You can do a wristlock when opponent secures a grip on your sleeve in closed guard, an underhook or arm frame from side control, or a collar grip from standing.

To defend the Leg Weave Pass, avoid or break the collar grip. Then break the knee grip and re-guard or use the leg weave arm to enter the Lasso guard with the option of doing the Catapult Sweep.

When opponent has knee shield half guard and he begins the Leg Weave Pass, use your arms to frame then sit up and re-guard. Alternatively, enter the lasso guard to re-guard or do the catapult sweep. If he grabs your collar, use the foot on his bicep to break the collar grip.

When in the opponent's Knee Shield Half Guard, weave your hand between the legs to control the bottom knee. Then pinch his knees together and grab the opponent's collar or sleeve to control the upper body, and then clear the guard with a kneecut over the shin or windshield wipe of the feet.

When the opponent has kneeshield half guard, pinch their knees together and grip their upper body to do the Leg Weave Pass.

When the opponent attempts the Leg Weave Pass, you can defend by sitting up and pushing away. Alternatively you can do the Lasso Catapult Sweep. If he grabs your collar, you can break it using your kneeshield foot on his bicep. If you secure a cross collar grip, you can do a Loop Choke.

When your opponent tries to loosen the triangle by stretching his head towards the choking side, you can do a hip bump sweep. When he tries to hide his arm behind you, you can switch to a reverse triangle hold and attack his arm, or distract him with a fist choke.

How to transition from the Triangle while in the guard from the Armbar and vice versa. Also, how to transition from the Triangle while in the guard to the Omoplata and vice versa.

When you get caught in a deep Triangle hold, you can attempt to break the figure 4 of the opponent's legs by stretching his body out. You can move to the choking side, to the dangerous side, to the back or stack him.

The Triangle submission hold is closely related to the omoplata and armbar submission holds. Move from the Armbar to the Triangle if the opponent pulls his arm out. Move from the Triangle to Armbar if you can pass your leg over his shoulder or head. Move from the Omoplata to Triangle if he tries...

Triangle entries can happen from underneath the North South position or from the Lasso Guard. From underneath North South, enter the inverted spider guard by and spin through to catch the Triangle. From the Lasso Guard, push your leg through the lasso arm, and throw your other leg over the oppone...

You can catch a Triangle hold from 4 positions. In the Collar and Sleeve Guard use your shin to pin the far arm. During a Hip Bump Sweep attempt put your arm on the other side of the head. When the opponent defends by grabbing his hand during your Fallback Armbar, poke your leg between his arms. ...

The catching and maintaining a lock of the opponent's head and arm between your legs is a detail that is crucial to ensuring that you can finish the choke while dealing with the opponent's defensive reactions. If you do not get a good catch, the opponent will posture and throw your leg off him to...

Tash Bhattacharya returns to her lesson on using X Guard to access the back (Part 2 of 2). She shows how to access the 2nd pant grip and then use these grips to ground the far knee of the opponent and then lift the near leg to access the back.

The triangle choke is a common submission from closed guard. You need to get a good catch of the opponent's head and arm between your legs. Once you have a good catch, adjust the tightness and angle before completing the choke.

When you do the Leg Drag Pass, there are similar control points between the Gi and NoGi techniques. However, there are differences in the details of how you achieve the control points.