50/50 Guard Escape Variation when Opponent Hooks the Leg (Advanced)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches how to escape from the 50/50 guard. Lucas is trying to pass the opponent’s guard and the opponent is able to get him in the 50/50 guard. Lucas immediately tries to grip the sleeve with his inside hand and tries to place his outside knee against the opponent’s hips. But in this scenario, the opponent unbalances Lucas and opens the 50/50 guard to slide his bottom leg in and hooks Lucas’ far side leg. Lucas can no longer use the previous escape. He now under hooks the top leg and grips the pants. He uses his other hand to push down on the bottom leg. From here, Lucas now pushes both legs down and moves backwards to escape.