Position
Side control (top)
Crossface and far underhook, hips low, near knee blocking their hip. Kill their frames, then go to mount or attack the arms.
Moves from here
Control
Submission
Back take
- Kimura trap from side control to the back → Back control
Ways to get here
- Double-leg takedown from Standing
- Single leg (run the pipe) from Standing
- Wrestle-up from seated guard from Seated guard
- Knee cut (knee slice) pass from Passing
- Body lock pass from Passing
- Toreando (bullfighter) pass from Passing
- Leg drag pass from Passing
- Over-under pass from Passing
- Underhook to dogfight to single leg from Half guard
- Half guard pass: flatten & free the leg from Half guard top
- Side control escape: underhook to knees from Side (bottom)
- Headquarters position: knee slice and backstep options from Passing
- Smash pass from half guard from Half guard top
- Double-under (stack) pass from Passing
- Backstep pass from half guard top from Half guard top
- Body lock takedown with outside trip from Standing
- Inside position passing: hands and knees first from Passing
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