North South Escape to Closed Guard (Fundamentals)

Professor Lucas Lepri demonstrates how to escape from the north south position and transitions to the closed guard. The opponent starts with the side control on Lucas and then starts to move to the north south position. Lucas places his hands on the opponent’s torso and extends his legs out so he can swing them side to side. As he is swinging his legs, he pushes away to create space. He then brings one leg over the opponent’s head and the other underneath the opponent. Lucas spins to face the opponent and then transitions to the closed guard.