Position
Half guard (top)
Crossface, flatten, kill their underhook, then free your leg.
Moves from here
Pass
- Half guard pass: flatten & free the leg → Side control
- Smash pass from half guard → Side control
- Backstep pass from half guard top → Side control
Ways to get here
- Back escape from Back taken
- Body triangle escape from the back from Back taken
- Kimura trap from half guard bottom: sweep or back take from Half guard
- Waiter sweep from deep half guard from Half guard
- Lockdown half guard and old-school sweep from Half guard
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