Today we learned how to work out of half guard to get to either a submission by kimura or at least get to mount.

Starting from inside your opponent’s half guard you maintain your base by keeping the free leg out a bit to make sure they can’t roll you over. You take the arm that was under the head and move it to the other side of their head, while keeping your wight down. You then slide your free knee next to their hip, under their leg. You start to work your knee free from the half guard. If they try to stop the knee by putting their hand on it, grab the wrist and slide the arm by the head further down the arm so that you can grab your own wrist for the arm lock.

For the submission, you put their hand next to their body and while maintaining your weight on them, you pull the arm up and behind their back.

If they bump and roll you over, keep the arm lock, get into full guard and move your hips to the side of the arm lock. Move the leg of the side you moved to up so they can’t roll in that direction and finish the lock.

If they are really strong and don’t let you bend the elbow to get the arm lock then keep working for the arm lock while sliding your knee out. Once your leg is almost free, the arm that is holding the wrist moves underneath their arm and forces it up while the other arm goes to the other side of the head. Put your shoulder into their face to maintain pressure, and free the leg to get to mount.