Half guard recovery: Top player needs to pass the legs to side control, bottom player then needs to shrimp out and recover what is almost an invisible half guard. Lower leg is through their legs whilst higher leg (hamstring) is on the far shoulder. The drill continues as a pass and recovers drill. It is a great drill to develop fluidity of the hips and awareness of your back of the floor. It is generally better to be on your side.
Side control battle: Player on top needs to maintain side control or reverse side control and ultimately go for top control. Bottom player is looking to escape side control by sweeping, getting to their knees and recovering half or full bottom control. Develops top control as holding becomes a waste of time, more useful to use the body weight to control. The visual analogy I like is that of a wet blanket.
Achieving top control from side control: Establish strong control of his torso and head. Raise the far shoulder of the ground and pass with the following methods.
• Shoot the shin on to belly and pass.
• Passing the leg over dynamically (high arc).
• If they defend the pass by crossing the leg at the knees, pull on the blade of the foot. This should start him trying to defend a lower limb submission therefore he will want to pull the foot away. As you let go the foot will open a nice gap to enable the pass.
Takedown from kneeling clinch free form: Drill stops when one players hands touch the floor or is taken down. Was a really nice drill to develop some creativity. I worked double underhooks – body lock – lever down. I also tried a judo style throw by inserting my hips below his, extending a leg and throwing over. Similar to this video Lee created from standing but kneeling. If done quickly I found success with it on at least 2 occasions
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