Taking the Back from the top turtle

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 how to take the back from the top turtle

• Step 1

Steve has Travis in the top turtle position.
• Step 2

Steve reaches both hands under Travis’ arms to grab his collars. He also places his left knee next to Travis’ left knee and starts to roll to his left.
• Step 3

He rolls Travis on top of him.
• Step 4

He then sits up and puts his hooks inside, securing the back mount.