Options from Elbow Escape
From Elbow Escape, you can:
- Move to Half Guard — Only one of opponent's legs trapped. Modern half guard is offensive — underhook to take b…
- Move to Closed Guard — The fundamental guard. Your legs lock around the opponent's waist, controlling their post…
- Move to Open Guard — Feet and grips active, legs no longer locked. The parent family of every modern guard — s…
- Move to Butterfly Guard — Both feet hooked under opponent's thighs from a seated position. Strong sweep platform; d…
- Move to Sit-up Guard — Seated, one hand framing, other gripping collar or sleeve. Sets up guillotine, arm drag t…