Turtle Position Escape to Closed Guard (Fundamentals)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches how to escape when in the turtle position and shows how to get to the closed guard. Lucas is in the turtle position and the opponent is controlling the back while posting out with the leg. Lucas protects his neck and then grips the opponent’s far side leg. He uses his other hand to post on the mat. Lucas now starts to come up and then slides his leg out, to then slide it back in as he turns in and faces the opponent to get the closed guard.