Cross Collar Choke from Closed Guard (Fundamentals)

Professor Donovan Espinosa teaches how to get the cross collar choke from the closed guard. Donovan has the closed guard on the opponent and the opponent is posturing up by placing their hand on the chest. Donovan starts to break the opponent down by swimming his hands under the arm as he pulls the opponent in with his legs. With the opponent now closer, Donovan opens the lapel with the same side hand so he can feed his other hand to it. He now crosses the other hand under his own arm to grip the opposite side lapel. Donovan now finishes the choke by curling his wrists in and uses his legs to keep the opponent from posturing up.