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Aaronblue · 04-19-2007, 04:54 PM

The most effective way i've seen to create some space is putting your forearm into their neck. If you are applying it correctly, they will have to move back some to release the pressure on their neck. That should give you enough space to bump and try to regain some positioning.

A few things you need to be aware of:

1) Be careful when you are putting your forearm into their neck because if you leave it exposed for too long, they can push your arm to the other side and use their weight to pin your arm over your neck on the wrong side which leads to a few submissions. Generally it's good to do it when you guys are tight just to create a little bit of space and you don't have to extend your arm and expose it.

2) A lot of times I see people take their inside leg and try to pin it on the other side of the side mounted person's closest leg. It's hard to explain in words but I am referring to the two closest legs in a side mount position. The person on the bottom will try to pin the leg of the person in side mount which is extremely dangerous. It leads to an extremely easy submission that will pop your knee out, and most people don't know about the submission so it's quite likely you can accidentally blow out your knee. The side mount person will make a sudden move to try to free his leg, and your leg is trapped and you can't pull it out so their movement to stop you from trapping their lag will result in your knee being torn. Basically don't ever try to trap their legs by bringing your closest leg over theirs from the bottom of a side mount.

3) A good thing to practice is to take someone's back instead of trying to work back into your guard. It depends on how tight their side mount is and how much space you have to work with but a lot of times you can take your outside leg and step all the way over their back and hook it into the other side and pull yourself onto their back from the bottom of a side mount. Just practice trying to step over onto someone's back and you'll begin to realize when you can go for someone's back and when to simply try and pull guard. Just getting in the practice of noticing when someone's back is available is a good advantage to have. You'll start to see opportunities for you to step over and take someone's back in a lot of other situations.

04-19-2007, 04:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
Aaronblue Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	The most effective way i've seen to create some space is putting your forearm into their neck. If you are applying it correctly, they will have to move back some to release the pressure on their neck. That should give you enough space to bump and try to regain some positioning. A few things you need to be aware of: 1) Be careful when you are putting your forearm into their neck because if you leave it exposed for too long, they can push your arm to the other side and use their weight to pin your arm over your neck on the wrong side which leads to a few submissions. Generally it's good to do it when you guys are tight just to create a little bit of space and you don't have to extend your arm and expose it. 2) A lot of times I see people take their inside leg and try to pin it on the other side of the side mounted person's closest leg. It's hard to explain in words but I am referring to the two closest legs in a side mount position. The person on the bottom will try to pin the leg of the person in side mount which is extremely dangerous. It leads to an extremely easy submission that will pop your knee out, and most people don't know about the submission so it's quite likely you can accidentally blow out your knee. The side mount person will make a sudden move to try to free his leg, and your leg is trapped and you can't pull it out so their movement to stop you from trapping their lag will result in your knee being torn. Basically don't ever try to trap their legs by bringing your closest leg over theirs from the bottom of a side mount. 3) A good thing to practice is to take someone's back instead of trying to work back into your guard. It depends on how tight their side mount is and how much space you have to work with but a lot of times you can take your outside leg and step all the way over their back and hook it into the other side and pull yourself onto their back from the bottom of a side mount. Just practice trying to step over onto someone's back and you'll begin to realize when you can go for someone's back and when to simply try and pull guard. Just getting in the practice of noticing when someone's back is available is a good advantage to have. You'll start to see opportunities for you to step over and take someone's back in a lot of other situations.