Closed Guard to Back Take
Use this from closed guard to transition from bottom position to dominant back control. It works by breaking the opponent's posture with a cross-collar grip and leg pull, beating their arm past their midline, sitting up higher than their head, and swiveling around behind them. Your hips stay on top of theirs throughout, allowing the transition despite being underneath.
9 steps
· save to drill into each- 1Take cross-collar grip on opponent's gi17:02
- 2Grab opponent's arm17:04
- 3Pull with legs to break grip and straighten arm17:07
- 4Beat opponent's arm across and expose their back17:15
- 5Grab opponent's lat muscle17:38
- 6Pull leg out and sit up to elbow17:43
- 7Unweight bottom leg by putting weight on top leg18:05
- 8Slide bottom leg around behind opponent18:11
- 9Post second leg inside18:16
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