Back Control Escape to Closed Guard (Fundamentals)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches how to escape from the back control and get to the closed guard, before the opponent is able to establish the grips. The opponent is controlling Lucas’ back, but in this scenario he is not able to establish the lapel control. Lucas bridges back to defend and the opponent tries to push Lucas back down. Lucas takes advantage of this to immediately push the arm over the head and traps it against his neck. Lucas turns to the side to escape his elbow and then is able to completely face the opponent in the opponent’s closed guard.