Side control tips

Don't try to keep your opponent down, rather try to stay on top.

Block the hip and you keep your opponent from escaping.

Single leg finish - "The Best Way" (from knee down)

Action: You go for single leg, knee down and opponent sprawls back.

Reaction:
Step 1. Keep constant pressure with head on opponent's abdomen area and pull in opponent's legs diagonally backwards while circling to the outside.

Step 2. Hook near leg behind opponents leg and pull it in.

Step 3. Take side control by hooking your far hand under opponents far leg and near hand under neck with downwards pressure on head.


Important points:

(Step 1)

• Keep head up. dont curl up like a ball. Be more like a stable table.
  
• Make sure you drive your shoulder in to your opponents leg and pull his leg in tight.

Single leg finish - Take Back Option (from knee down)

Action: You go for single leg, knee down and opponent sprawls back.

Reaction:
Step 1. Keep constant pressure with head on opponent's abdomen area and pull in opponent's legs diagonally backwards while circling to the outside.

Step 2. Place your near leg, knee-down behind opponents leg.

Step 3a. Get your head out and take the back.

or

Step 3b. Wrap opponents knee with hands and pull inwards while driving forward.

Important points:

(Step 1)

• Keep head up. dont curl up like a ball. Be more like a stable table.
  
• Make sure you drive your shoulder in to your opponents leg and pull his leg in tight.
• Your position should be adjacent to opponent
  

(Step 2)

• Own leg is placed parallel to opponents leg.
  

High crotch defense - Head Hump Style

Action: Opponent goes for high crotch

Reaction:

Step 1. Grab opponents chin (attacked leg side)

Step 2. Trust hip forward and toss head to inside centre (own crotch area).

Step 3 Push head down the centre with other hand and sprawl back.

Step 4. Grab arm spin around.

Important points:

(Step 3)

• Use hips to press whole bodyweight on opponent shoulder when sprawling back.

(Step 4)

• Make sure that you keep hips down when spinning around. Go for pressure on, not speed!
• If opponent defends by placing arm to block from spinning around, slide backwards and then spin around.