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TransitionFundamentalGiNo-Gi

Side control to knee on belly

Move from side control to knee on belly by popping up and placing your shin across their belly. It keeps the pressure on while you look for the next attack.

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Key steps

  1. Grip their far collar or shoulder and their near hip from side control.
  2. Come up onto your toes and lift your chest off them in one motion.
  3. Step one knee onto their belly with your shin across it.
  4. Post your other leg out wide for base and keep both grips as you settle.

Key details

  • Move fast; a slow pop-up gives them space to recover guard.
  • Keep your grips as you rise so they can't turn in to the space.