Standing Guard Pass/ Butterfly Guard Variation

Step 1: Have double knee control
Step 2: I side step to the left and push B's right leg to the ground as I bring my right shin across their leg
Step 3: I use my shin/leg to bring B's leg up closer to their chest
Step 4: I get an underhook and bring my left leg close to B
Step 5: Pass to mount

Butterfly Guard Vartion
Step 1: Get over the back grip
Step 2: Free hand gets same side knee grip
Step 3: Push knee to ground and slide knee across
Step 4: Continue steps from above and pass to mount

Armbar to the back + Knee on belly to back

I have an armbar on B's right side. My right arm is hooking the arm while my left arm is free. B is doing the classic armbar defense. I use my left arm to clamp down on B's arms to secure my position. I then bring the leg over B's head behind their head. My left arm then comes around the back of B's head and grabs their lat. In one motion I use my right leg to hook and my left leg's motion to take the back. **note: My right arm keeps the arm trapped with the gi. Once I take the back I can go to the classic over under gi choke or go back to the armbar.

Knee on belly to the back:
I have knee on belly on B's right side and they shrimp away. I place my chest on their shoulder and spin to the other side so that B's back is facing me. My right arm comes around the back of B's head and grabs the cross wrist and my left arm comes under neath their trapped arm and grabs my own wrist. *Kimura grip* My left leg then comes up while my right leg tucks into B's back. I then pull B onto me and take the back.

Side Control escape to choke

I start in side control but T has an underhook and head control. My first move is to frame against T and shrimp out to bring my inside knee in. From there I use my outside leg to hook T's leg between my knee and my hook. my arm that would block the cross face then loosens T's gi and brings it around their back to my free arm (not underhooked). I then shrimp out again and pass the lapel to my cross face arm except I know have a lapel choke grip. From there I bring their crossface arm across my body while reconstituting guard and pull them down onto my chest. I then use my free arm to come around the back of their head to apply pressure and finish the choke. One of the setups is to just go for the cross choke and when they go to defend just bring the arm across. I can also go back to the cross choke if they are tough and try to posture up.

Another option is to just underhook the arm after getting the lapel in the cross choke. because their posture is down and it's an easy route to the back.

Akula Choke/Defense + Mount Trap

The Akula choke starts with me in side control with my arm controlling their arm and gripping the belt. It's important that when I control their arm they aren't able to drop their elbow to the ground. The next objective is to clear the near side arm. I can do this by switching my base or bring my knee in to B's rib and then just sliding it towards the head. Once the arm is cleared I circle to a north south position while smashing B's arm against their head and make them uncomfortable. Their reaction will most likely be to pull their arm out and that is when I use my right arm or arm that was blocking their hip to reach up underneath their armpit and grab their lapel. I then go back to side control and use my shoulder to place all my weight on their sternum. I then use my left hand and grab the opposite lapel and bring my elbow to the floor and drag it up towards the top of B's head. A tip is to not let B ever touch their elbow to the mat as this will help them to escape.


Defense for akula choke:
One defense is to get my elbow to the ground when he has his shoulder on my sternum. I then use my free arm to push the back of B's head towards my head and shrimp out to take the top position

The other defense is to bring my free arm and weave it in front of B's choking arm and using my head+hand to break the choke and bring the arm he was using to choke me across my body. I can escape my trapped arm and use my arms to lock up an arm triangle from the bottom. I then use my leg to hook his leg and while extending his leg, I bridge up and backwards to sweep.

Mount tip: when people are blocking your mount from sidecontrol but their foot isn't on their thigh but past their thigh, you can mount and trap their ankle. it makes it hard for them to move and is very uncomfortable. 

Single Leg TDD to the Back

This move is done when B gets to their knees after escaping side control or just going for a takedown. What I want to do is take one arm and put it across their face while my other arms goes around the back of their arm and gable grips my hands together. Once I sprawl and break the grip I use my left hand to reach across B's back and grab the opposite side heel. While spinning to my left side, I switch my base so my hips are pointed towards B's head. I can take my right arm and grab a collar while using the heel to spin towards the back.

Knee On Belly to Kimura Attack

Starting from knee on belly position on bottom's right side
Person on bottom puts their hand on my knee to push away.

Step 1: I use my right arm (arm closes to their hip) and hold their wrist down to their hip
Step 2: I bring my posted left leg around B's head while dropping to my knees and securing a kimura grip on the trapped wrist
The next steps depend on where B's arm is situated.
If the arm is stuck in between my legs, I let go of the kimura grip and secure the arm with the gi or the belt. Then I use my free arm to pull B's trapped arm to eliminate the space and go back to finish the kimura. If B's arm isn't trapped between my legs and is just outside, I clamp my legs to their head and finish the kimura.