If your butterfly hooks are stuffed by your opponent who’s head is on your stomach and hands clasped under your back:

1. Take your right hand and put it on his opposite shoulder.
2. Pry his neck upwards by rotating your right elbow upwards, while rotating onto your side and left shoulder.
3. Scoot out your hips and recover guard.

Basic sidemount control theory:

Your opponent cannot regain guard if you control the head and hips.  He especially cannot regain guard if you force his head to the side with your shoulder while controlling the hips.

For these tips, imagine you are sidemount on the opponents right side.

Standard Sidemount Control #1:

1. Left arm under head and gable gripped w/ other hand on opposite side of opponent’s body.
2. Right arm and elbow running down his side with the elbow tight into his hips.
3. Left shoulder should be forced into his jaw forcing him to look toward your left hand as much as possible.
4. Left knee should be in his head.
5. Right knee should be in his hip.
6. Butt should be down as much as possible.
7. Your sternum should be touching his sternum.
8. Your head should be buried and turned to the side in his upper left shoulder.

Standard Sidemount Control #2:

1. Left elbow jammed into the opposite side of his head.
2. Right hand on the ground below his butt preventing him from moving his hips.
3. Right knee jammed into his hip
4. Your sternum should be touching his sternum.
5. Move as one unit.  If he moves away, your whole body follows.  Your left elbow should be glued to his head and your left arm stays in the same rigid position.

Both require good head control.  So a major factor to prevent someone from attaining good side mount control is to control their left bicep from restraining your head.

When I am on the bottom:

• Keep elbows in and put my hands on his hips above me.  Push him towards my head so that I can swing my legs over him.  Get in one hook right away.
• When swinging legs to get out – lock core muscles and swing more in a “J” while rotating back and forth on your sides.

Notes

• Must be sitting on shoulder and watching his legs.
• If he gable grips your right leg, you can triangle his arm and get a baby arm-bar.
• Grab toes and sneak foot across belly for mount.

Notes

• If Jean Jacques Sweep in both directions don’t work, the pyramid should be open when he bases out.

Notes

• The overhook is everything. Need to work on making sure that it is tight.

Notes

• Keep my head into his heart to stop getting D’arce’d