The first technique was a leg triangle choke from guard. This went something like this:
i) Opponent is in your closed guard and postured up; collapse his elbows with your hand grips and use your closed guard to collapse him so he comes forward.
ii) Swim your left arm under the opponent's right armpit to tightly secure the underhook and secure the underhook by gripping the left collar of the opponent's gi, then using your right arm to grab the opponent's belt.
iii) Get wrist control using your right hand to grab the opponent's left hand; then open your closed guard and hip escape onto your left hip with your left foot on the opponent's right hip; stuff the opponent's left hand so you can bring your right leg inside the opponent's arm then chop it down on the back of the opponent's neck.
iv) To secure the leg triangle, bring your left leg to lock the right leg in place; to close the space you need to angle out and tighten the choke around the opponent's neck so you need to hip escape onto your right hip; to close the leg triangle, pull the trapped arm across his neck and pull his head down.
The next technique was a sweep from an unsuccessful leg triangle choke from guard. This went something like this:
i) Opponent is in your closed guard and postured up; collapse his elbows with your hand grips and use your closed guard to collapse him so he comes forward.
ii) Swim your left arm under the opponent's right armpit to tightly secure the underhook and secure the underhook by gripping the left collar of the opponent's gi, then using your right arm to grab the opponent's belt.
iii) Get wrist control using your right hand to grab the opponent's left hand; then open your closed guard and hip escape onto your left hip with your left foot on the opponent's right hip; at this point, though, the opponent tries to escape but you get him into half-guard
iv) Ensure your right leg hook is tight then flatten your left leg against the floor with your left foot pushed tight against the opponent's knee.
v) From here, use your right knee to sweep the opponent over onto your left side so you end up in a sort of sitting up side control; with the opponent's right arm trapped and his left arm at your mercy there are options such as a straight armbar, an Americana or an omoplata.
In sparring I did OK and I was pretty relaxed. I struggled to control one white belt who today was just much faster, stronger and better, but after this I rolled with one of my blue belt friends and defended myself OK and did the same with one of the purple belts, too. I was still tapped all over the place but I felt I was at least doing the right things some of the time.
Highlight of the day, though, was doing a spot of no-gi rolling with an MMA fighter. He was just so calm and controlled and fluid and he also emphasised the importance of the underhook when we were both operating from half-guard.
LESSON FROM TODAY: Drill triangle chokes; remember the underhook as it's hugely important.
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