00:01 - When trapping arms from the back, we have to use our top leg to trap the arm which means our opponent will go into a turning escape to defend. We will need to use our arms to stop the turning escape so our legs are free to trap the arm. We can do this by either being heavy on the top shoulder or taking the bottom shoulder off the mat.

00:01 - When we are attacking from side control and the defender has their near elbow inside of our hip, it can be risky to try to drive our knee across into mount as the defender will likely use an elbow escape to recover. To remove their near arm from our hip, we can switch our head to the near side to go into a near side head block and work for a second underhook before transitioning into mount.

08:18 - Open guard the top player is trying to complete the guard pass to north south. The bottom player is doing a good job of keeping their knee / elbow connected on the near side. The top player initially takes a V-Grip on the ankle and brings the knee up to his shoulder. Once the knee hits the shoulder, he tries a near side knee pull. He uses that to get an underhook on the opposite side. Once he has the underhook on the far side, it is only a matter of time and he completes the guard pass to north south.