Start with Part 1.

8. Here I have secured a solid side control position with my opponent’s arm trapped with the Kimura Lapel Trap.

9. From here, I have lots of options.  My personal preference is to switch to the traditional Kimura grip.

10. With this grip, I am in total control.  I force my opponent onto his side, and forward.

11. From here, I put my first hook in…

12. Keeping the Kimura grip, I insert my second hook.

13. Now that I have my opponent’s back, I continue to control his hand with my left hand while working up with my free right hand to the “harness” position, over and around his neck.

14. Harness Grip with a one-on-one.

15. Waiting until I have a deep grip on my opponent’s lapel, I will release the one-on-one and start working to choke.

16. If he allows me to control his elbow, I will finish him with the “single wing choke,” kata ha jime.

17. Otherwise, I will grab his pants as close as possible to the knee, finishing the “bow and arrow” choke.

Another Angle View of the Submission

1. I am in my opponent’s half-guard.  I have switched my hips.

2. I reach over my opponent’s left shoulder and grip for the “Kimura” shoulder lock

3. Here I am establishing my grip on my own wrist for the Kimura.

4. Note that my left leg is out at 90 degrees and that my toes are “live.”

5. My opponent grabs his own belt to defend against the Kimura, so I start to untuck his lapel on that side….

6. …feeding the lapel through to my left hand.  This isolates his far side arm and pins my opponent’s back to the mat.

7. With my right arm free, I continue to pass the half guard as normal, freeing my right leg.

8. With this particular pass, I always work towards north/south- see part 2 for why.

LEVEL: Basic

Here I have my partner in my closed guard.  This means that my ankles are crossed around his back, over his hips.

I reach deeply inside my opponent’s collar.  I’m taking a cross grip here.

With my guard still closed, I take a same-side sleeve grip.  Note that my left elbow is pulled in close to my body.  This makes it very difficult for my opponent to resist the grip by pushing on my shoulder or planting on the ground with his right arm.

From here, I will simply pull my opponent forward.  This is probably the most neglected, and yet, most important element of a scissor sweep – the off-balance.

Now comes the “scissor” part.  My right leg extends, pushing my opponent’s torso forward.  My left leg scoops, taking away his base.

I follow to the top position, but I don’t slack off here- my right foot is ready to continue hooking my opponent’s left hip.  I use this to prevent his escape, and I follow to the top position….

…where I can achieve the full mount, complete with my right hand in my opponent’s collar.  I don’t let go of the sleeve grip with my left hand until I have established dominant top position.

From here, I base with my left hand, making sure I don’t get rolled back to guard with an “upa” escape.

Walking my hand all the way over to the other side of his neck, I “find the seam” that my right hand has created under my opponent’s neck.  I grab the “seam” with my left hand…..

And I drop my head to finish the choke, bringing my elbows to my sides.  This is just before my head drops.

1.I have established a classic “butterfly guard” position, complete with the near side underhook. If my opponent will allow me to grab his left arm with my right hand, I will go to a classic “bread and butter” butterfuly guard sweep

2.However, my opponent is smart, and keep’s his left hand away. So I dive underneath my opponent

3.Establishing a standard X-guard position

4.My opponent attempts to post, so I snatch away his base with my free left hand, continuing to hook his leg with my right hand

5.I lift with my legs, sweeping my opponent, and achieving the top position

6.Note that I have a solid knee-on-stomach position, which sets up the armlock, when I’m ready to step over his head

1. In this variation, I am gripping the inside of my opponent’s knees. Note that I force his feet to the floor by fully extending my arms and putting weight down.

2. I begin the classic “toreando” (AKA “bullfight”) pass by stepping to my left with my left foot first.

3. Instead of completing the pass, I intentionally step into my opponent’s legs with my right foot, switching my hips on the way down. A good grappler will always sit up when his feet are pinned to the ground, which makes the classic finish to this pass all but impossible.

4. Instead of passing a good guard in one motion, I put two passes together: toreando and the hip-switch half-gaurd pass.

5. I finish in reverse kesa gatame side control, ready to mount or finish my opponent.

1. My opponent has picked up my left leg with a low-single takedown attempt.  Note that his head is on the inside.

2. “Live toes” are very important here.  I don’t want my opponent backstepping to finish the takedown.   My leg is right where I want it.

3. I reach over his sholder with my left hand, grabbing his belt.

4. I make sure to weigh down heavy on that right shoulder of his;  otherwise, I risk being lifted by a good wrestler or judo player.

5. My right hand grips his sleeve at the wrist.  I don’t necessarily need to break his grip.  The function of this sleeve will be to turn his upper body.

5. Here, I hop and turn, transferring my left leg from the back of his left knee to the back of his right knee.

6. I begin to lift his leg with my leg, utilizing a bowing motion (my whole body lifts, not just my leg) and I start to turn.

7. With my foot facing the same direction as my opponent’s foot, I hop towards his heel.  All of his weight is on that heel.

8. I take my time and hop several times, closing the distance as my opponent loses his balance.

9. I finish by not following him down, but rather push my hips forward.  Now I’m ready to pass his guard.

1. The position begins in the closed guard.  My opponent is between my legs.  I begin by flaring his right elbow out with my left hand, setting up a basic wristlock.

2.My opponent defends the wristlock, so I duck my right hand underneath his tricep…

3. And follow through by sitting up over his back.  Eduardo Telles calls this position the “Octopus Guard.”  It is an apt name:  you are draping all four limbs over your opponent’s back.  At the very least, it’s easy to remember, so we’re going to call it that for this technique.  ;)

4.Since my opponent is wearing the gi, and he is not significantly shorter than me, I will grab his belt to weigh down on his back.  I bait him to step over my right leg by opening my guard.

5.From this point on, my intention is to take my opponent’s back.  Of course, I have the option for the calf-slicer (if it’s legal in my division).

6.As I come up to take his back, my opponent is no schlep:  he understands immediately what my intention is.  He sits to his back to avoid giving up the most dominant position in all of jiu jitsu.

7.I am waiting for this opportunity.  I roll over my right shoulder (a “ninja roll”), securing what Eddie Bravo calls the “lockdown” with my feet….

8.Which enables me to push my partner away with my hips.

9. I don’t want him to be able to turn all the way to his knees;  otherwise, we’ll end up in the same position we started in, so my left hand reaches under his left arm, preventing him from rolling further.

10.My second (left) hook comes over his hip, taking his back.

11.Note that from this position, I am all set for the “single wing” choke, kata-ha jime in Japanese, or “single wing choke” in American.

12.I finish the choke by leaning slightly to my left, with either a sadistic smile or gas-passing giggling.

From Closed Guard, Double Sleeve Grip Control

As your opponent opens your guard, place your right foot on hip, and your left foot into “De La Riva” Guard. Keep Double Sleeve Grip Control.

Push with your legs to off balance your opponent

As your opponent becomes off balance, use your arms as a steering wheel and sweep your opponent by lifting your De La Riva Guard in the direction of your opponents momentum

Maintain Double Sleeve Grip Control, Place your knee on the mat while hooking opponents leg with your foot

Pass your opponents guard by stepping back, away from the direction your opponent if facing

Keep you entire weight on your opponent during the transition. Maintain full control during the movement.

Establish a good Side Control Base.

LOOK FOR THE SUBMISSION!