April 19th, 2010 by jgatienza

Scenario: you are on the bottom and have your opponent in your half guard and he also using the chicken wing

• with your right hand pull the end of his gi on the far side and feed it between his legs to your left hand. *Note if you are having problems reaching it scootch further down closer to his leg and be sure to be reaching around his leg and not over his back.
• once you have a good grip on his gi, post up on your left elbow and push against him, switch your legs (left leg over his leg)
• if he’s pushing into you, throw your hand  under his left leg and sweep him.
• if he doesn’t push you can push just roll him over

If you are having a difficult time trying to achieve the sweep explained above an alternate may be to go for this choke.

• your opponent has you in a chicken wing, turn your trapped hand inside so that it is now  between your bodies.
• with your right hand open up his collar and reach deep with your left hand
• with your right hand reach around his head and pull down at the same time turn your left hand in and lift your left elbow up

This may not finish your opponent but it opens up a sweep for you.

choke, sweep