Knee On Belly Escape to Half Guard to Back Take (Fundamentals)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches how to escape from the knee on belly and get the back control by forcing the opponent to the half guard. The opponent has the knee on belly on Lucas. Lucas starts to escape by placing his outside hand on the knee, and the inside hand controls the ankle of the same leg. Lucas bridges up to shift the opponent’s weight forward. This allows him to push the leg down into his half guard and he underhooks the arm to control the back. Lucas now pendulums his legs and comes up, hugging the back with the seatbelt grip. He now pulls the opponent back and sets his hooks in to take the back.