Half Guard pass to mount:
- Turn to your side so you are on your hip, facing opponent
- Move leg in guard towards opponent’s butt, the closer the better
- Use your elbow to push opponent’s guard past your knee
- Slice your knee to the ground to the other side in a three quarters mount
- Use your free foot to pry guard if it is still caught on your foot
Alternative:
- From the ground, drag knee across opponent’s belly and knee slice on the other side and then square up for side control
Half Guard pass to Side Control:
- Tripod yourself with your two feet (very wide apart), and their your head on the mat or shoulder on their face cross facing them
- Just up and get your hips very high
- Pry their guard to lower it below your knee if you need to
- Knee slice pass
- Square up and get Side Control
Half guard, side tripod:
- Using first method, of guard pass, get the opponent’s guard below your knee
- Tripod to the side
- Get your shin of the leg not stuck in guard on opponent’s bottom leg/foot, and your knee by their waist or belly, the purpose is to hold leg in place
- Use your free hand to pull or push their top leg to create a gap to slide your leg/foot out of
- Push opponent’s leg to the ground and get Side Control
