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Originally Posted by Aesopian
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.
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I am fine if I can get both arms behind him into reverse scarf. You have all sorts of options then. The problem is that he is extremely good at trapping one arm behind (generally because I am going to half guard from a mount escape, or some other such thing).
Maybe I'll check out Kesting's dvd again and see what he says about such a thing. I recall him explaining defensive positions for the arm that is caught behind, but not really explaining how to get out of the position.