Half Guard Knee Slice

Here's a nice pass to counter ones Half Guard. I call the "Half Guard Knee Slice". This
tech is a great pass. I use it all the time and it's highly effective. It's very hard to stop.
Most people with strong legs can give you a little trouble at first but when you find the
right leverage, it's cake for you.

• Opponent's Half Guard/Your Half Mount

Here I'm holding Half Mount, sitting in my opponent's Half Guard with my right leg trapped and my left leg free. I have my right arm under hooking my opponent's left shoulder as my left arm is under my opponent's head with my both hands in Palm-to-Palm grip.
• Pummeling Arm In Position

To get this pass started, being that my right arm is under hooking my opponent's left shoulder, I then begin to pummel my left hand/arm in and under my opponent's right shoulder finding space underneath his armpit area.
• Breaking Opponent's Grip

Once my arm is though, I then begin to walk my arms out & upward to brake my opponent's grip. As I walk my arms up, my weight is laying heavy on my opponent's chest so that it restricts his breathing as he's thrying to muscle to keep his grip.
• Broken Opponent's Grip

As I break my oppoent's grip, I then continue to walk my both arms upward in a 45 degree angle. This keeps my opponent's short so that he doesn't grab hold of my arms with his. NOTE: I like to place my arms on the elbow joint as I walk them up so that my opponent can't bend his elbows to wrap his arms over mine.
• Sprawling Legs Back

Keeping my hips tight against his, I sprawl my legs back and on my toes. NOTE: Notice how I'm not on my knees. My knees do not touch the mat. I stay on my toes so that I can hold on to that pressure I have on his hips with mine.
• The Knee Slice

I then slice my knee right through over and across my opponent's stomach all the way out until it hits the mat on the other side. I slice through like as if I've stole first base and I'm sliding on second base. I slide low and tight so that my opponent still feels my pressure.
• Pressure On Opponent's Face

As I'm making my pass and knee slice, I then drop my shoulder on my opponent's head/face so that he doesn't try to sit up and so that he doesn't see what I'm doing.
• Pulling Out the Trapped Leg

Once my knee is out and on the mat, I then start to cut the corner turning into my opponent as I pull my right leg out. NOTE: With my left knee on the mat and my shin and foot is on my opponent's belly as I pull my leg out, there's enough leverage to make a clean pass without my opponent having enough leg strength to hold my leg with his legs.
• Pulling Out the Trapped Leg II

Here's my right leg coming out as I cut the corner and turn into my opponent.
• Different View

Here's another view.
• Leg is Free

Now once my leg is free, I then start to collect my opponent's head with a Cros Face to establish side control.
• Collecting the Head

I begin to collect the head to gain side control so that I can establish a dominant postition on my opponent and secure the pass.
• Cross Face

And here comes the Cross Face. I free my right arm as I'm turn in to him and I collect my opponent's head by scooping it underneath it. NOTE: Notice how I keep my left arm underneath my opponent's right shoulder. I do this so that when my right arm comes underneath his head, my left hand will be there waiting for my right hand to join together, Palm-to-Palm.
• Establishing Side Control

And here I am with a perfect pass and establishing complete side control position.