Side-Control Subs & Escapes

1/8 - Valley
First class back in the Valley in several weeks. Just Gary and I. Went over side-control submissions and escapes.

Set-up: Side-control to bottom player's right side.

Transitions
If opponent turns into you and gets the underhook with their far side arm (L), get your R arm under their L and around their neck. You can use your L hand to push their head down and/or towards you to help feed your R hand behind the L side of their neck. You'll want to be as far up their arm as possible. Sprawl back, then move to their other side while keeping as much weight on them as possible.

Submissions
1. From the transition above, instead of sprawling and moving to other side, keep your L leg out to their L side, rotate around and bring your R knee up to their upper back. Slide L leg snug against their face/neck. Maintain grip on arm, but slide toward the hand a bit so that you can get the americana. Gable grip your L hand to your R.

2. Similar to above, but if they turn or straighten their arm, take the arm bar by sitting up a bit to position your R knee against their torso and pinch legs together to finish.

3. Instead of sliding your arm under the L side of their neck, get the underhook and slide it under the R side of their neck. Grab your L bicep with R hand. Little fuzzy on this one.

Escapes
1. R elbow is in tight, turn into them and get knee on their hip. L arm past the near side of their neck (their L) and grab the belt. Hip into them, and as they push back, kick R leg out and bring them across your body to the L.

2. Same as above, but they aren't hip-to-hip, but higher up on your torso. This time they roll more or less over your head.

3. Set-up is that both of their arms are across your body and below your L elbow. Slide L arm across their face, around their neck and back towards you. Gable grip your hands together, squeeze tight and walk into them. You'll a feel a point where you have momentum and they're going to roll over. Kick up and you'll end up in side-control with head-arm control. Can immediately move into arm triangle choke by grabbing your elbows and squeezing.

Rolling
One brief 5min roll with Gary. Right off the bat I went for the guard pull that I learned at James'. Did a little open guard, then closed guard, somehow took the back and did a berimbolo type choke. Awesome. Reset, pull guard again, think I got passed, then he got to side-control and choked me with I'm not sure what.