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🧠 Turtle to Back Take Problem Solving Drill

Professor Brian demonstrates a great positional problem-solving drill from the turtle position using an underhook and thigh pry.

This drill helps develop strong back-taking pressure while giving the bottom player a chance to practice escaping.

How the drill works:
1️⃣ Your partner starts in turtle.
2️⃣ You start with an underhook controlling the neck and a thigh pry with your other hand.
3️⃣ Your goal is to take the back.
4️⃣ Your partner’s goal is to escape the position.
5️⃣ If you successfully take the back or they escape, reset and start again.

💡 Focus on staying heavy with the underhook and using the thigh pry to control their hips. The constant reset helps both partners improve timing and reactions under pressure.

🦋 Body Lock Butterfly Guard Pass

Professor Brian demonstrates a strong, pressure-based method for passing the butterfly guard using a body lock and controlled hip movement.

This is a great sequence for learning how to pin the legs, flatten the bottom leg, and advance into a dominant position.

How the pass works:
1️⃣ Establish a body lock and try to pin your partner’s legs to their body while flaring your elbows.
2️⃣ Straighten one leg behind you to free (or reduce) the hook — trapping their shin across your waistline is the main goal.
3️⃣ Move to the side and use your chest to flatten their bottom leg.
4️⃣ Pin the bottom leg with your forearm and bring your knee between your arm and their body.
5️⃣ Stay heavy while controlling their arm.
6️⃣ Lift your hips up and away, turn, and drop your hips straight down to the floor.
7️⃣ Once your hip is on the mat, walk backwards into them to force their hips to rotate away.

💡 The key is staying heavy and using your chest and forearm to keep the bottom leg pinned. Once the leg is controlled, the hip drop and backward walk make the pass much cleaner.

🧠 Side Control to Mount Problem Solving Drill

Professor Brian demonstrates a great positional problem-solving drill focused on advancing from side control into a secure mount.

This drill builds pressure, control, and the ability to hold dominant positions under resistance.
How the drill works:

1️⃣ Start in side control with head and arm control.
2️⃣ Your goal is to advance to mount and hold it for 4 seconds.
3️⃣ Your partner’s job is to recover any form of guard.
4️⃣ If you lose mount or side control at any point, reset and start again.

💡 Focus on staying heavy and controlling their near-side arm and head as you transition. The 4-second hold forces you to settle and stabilize instead of just reaching the position.

🔄 2-on-1 Scissor Sweep Flow Drill

Professor Brian demonstrates a continuous warm-up flow using a 2-on-1 wrist grip into a scissor sweep, then immediately reversing roles.

This is a great drill for developing timing, grip control, and smooth transitions between sweeping and escaping mount.

How the drill works:
1️⃣ Collect a 2-on-1 wrist grip.
2️⃣ Pull their hand over your head so they lean over the top of you.
3️⃣ Hit a scissor sweep and land in mount.
4️⃣ Your partner escapes the mount, collects a 2-on-1, and scissor sweeps you back.
5️⃣ Continue flowing back and forth without stopping.

💡 Focus on the 2-on-1 control and using their forward lean to make the scissor sweep effortless. The continuous nature of the drill builds better timing and recovery speed.

🧠 Arm Drag vs Body Lock Problem Solving Drill

Professor Brian demonstrates a great positional problem-solving drill that pits the arm drag against the body lock smash.

This drill helps both partners develop timing, reaction, and decision-making under pressure.
How the drill works:

1️⃣ You start seated on your butt. Your partner starts on their knees.
2️⃣ Your goal is to hit an arm drag and take the back.
3️⃣ Your partner’s goal is to get inside and land a body lock smash.
4️⃣ As soon as either person successfully hits their move, reset and start again.

💡 This is an excellent drill for training both offense and defense in a common standing-to-ground exchange. Focus on reading your partner’s pressure and reacting quickly.

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🦵 Single Leg to Mount to Armbar Warm-Up

Professor Brian demonstrates a smooth warm-up flow that starts with a single leg takedown and finishes with a tight armbar from mount.

This is a great drill for connecting the takedown, pass, and submission into one continuous sequence.
How the drill works:

1️⃣ Start by grabbing a single leg.
2️⃣ Rotate with your head connected as you force them down.
3️⃣ Cross-step pass and settle into mount.
4️⃣ Control their hands as you swing your leg over their head.
5️⃣ Fall back into a tight armbar.

💡 The key is staying connected with your head during the takedown and keeping control of their hands as you transition into the armbar. Smooth pressure from start to finish makes the whole sequence flow better.