Pulling to Side Mount

Travis Tooke is one of only a handful of non-Brazilians to achieve the rank of Black Belt from Carlos Gracie Jr. and at only 23 years of age, became one of the youngest BJJ Black Belts in the United States. His name has appeared numerous times in Grappling Magazine and he is among the top Jiu-Jitsu competitors in the country.
You can visit Travis at TravisTooke.com

Here Travis shows pulling your opponent into the side mount position from the turtle

• Step 1

Steve is balled up in the turtle position so Travis cannot attack very well.
• Step 2

Travis secures the back of Steve’s belt and blocks his near arm.
• Step 3

Travis then pulls Steve into him to take the side mount