Twisting Triangle Escape, Standing Butterfly Guard Pass, Single Leg Defense

Arm through is kept tight to your body, free hand should be pulling down on the opponent's choking leg, and the walk towards the trapped arm has already begun here.

Twisting Triangle Escape:

-         Start with opponent locking in a triangle.

-         Take your free arm and grab up high (near the knees) on the pants of the opponent’s leg next to your neck.  Pull the material down to force the leg off your neck and get some breathing room.

-         Take the arm that is through the triangle bring it close to your opponent’s crotch, keeping your elbow tight (preventing an easy arm bar).  Use this hand to help your other hand pull the leg off of your neck..

-         Start to walk yourself to the side that your trapped arm is on.  At the same time, lower your head/shoulder to the ground.  (You can step over your opponent if you need more of a twist to break the hold.)

Rather than grab the lower leg as in this picture, push the lower knee away with your far hand.

Outside (Standing) Butterfly Guard Pass:

-         You are standing, opponent is in front of you in butterfly position.

-         Fake to one side, then move to the other.

-         Cross your far arm over and push his close leg back.  (You might also need to use your close arm to push his far leg back.)  At the same time, advance with your close leg and slide the knee towards your opponents body.

-         Drop onto that knee, keep head down, establish side control.

Push opponent's head away, try to under-hook his close arm, work your trapped leg to the other side of the opponent's body.

Single Leg Defense:

-         Opponent shoots and grabs a single, standing back up.

-         Work your leg out from between opponent’s legs to the outside of his body.

-         Push opponent’s head hard to the opposite side of your leg.

-         Under-hook opponent’s arm and kick your leg through to break the hold.