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This is a simple move I've been using a lot lately. It came to me while I was doing passing the guard drilling and kept getting triangles. Everyone was doing the escape where they drive my knee to the mat but I didn't really feel like fighting too hard to finish the triangle like this, so I just made this move. It has worked well on everyone ever since.
It can be used as a re-counter or as a sweep in itself. Or maybe it's a re-counter
that is a sweep. Either way, I'll start by showing it as a re-counter to their triangle escape attempt.
Shazam! I've got a triangle.
They grab my kneecap with both hands and drive it to the ground.
They're going to try to escape by sprawling into me and posturing towards where my legs are crossed while pulling my knee down. If done right, this will force my triangle open.
So before they can do all that, I start doing my re-counter.
Keeping my triangle closed tightly, I twist and try to go belly down and put my chest on the mat.
As soon as I've twisted, I do push-up...
...and walk backwards on my hands...
...ending in a mounted triangle.
