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Originally Posted by Zankou
The problem is that he turns away from me as in reverse scarfhold. That switch of the hips effectively hides his leg from the arm I do have in the pocket (it is down by my hips), and with his weight on my upper body, I can't get any space to drive into him. Not to mention he is generally trying to kimura my "left behind" arm and/or put the other leg over into mount.
Sucks.
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I haven't had much trouble with the reverse scarf hold passes since I worked on Stephan Kesting's counters from his latest DVD. I actually learned it first from Mike Sweeney, a brown belt in Canada who shot some footage, but Stephan shows nearly the same thing. I think Saulo shows something like it too.
What's important is not letting your arms get trapped or pinned. Keeping the underhook at this point usually puts you in a kimura. Instead, get your arms into a tight "boxing" posture (elbows in, hands by face) and use your elbows in his back/ribs to force him down towards your hips. Don't let him slide up towards your head and kill your arms.
From there you can reach down and grab his outside ankle. Your other hands grabs his belt, keeping your elbow against his back. Quickly put in your butterfly hook, then lift him (with the hook, by the belt and by the ankle) and switch your hips under him and take out your bottom leg. You can take the back from here but most people turn to face you too fast and you end up with half guard on the other leg instead.
That's the one I use. There's another version that Trog uses a lot. Get your arms in the same position (elbows jammed into his back). Turn towards his hips and get up on your elbow. Keeping your other elbow in his back, grab his belt. The moment he frees his leg to pass, switch your hips hard and throw him on his face by yanking his belt. At the same time, scoot your hips out and pull your bottom knee through. Again, you may be able to take his back but usually they turn and you end up in full or half guard.