A mixed class and my second of the week. The key point taught today was a control grip from on top in side mount.
The key detail was passing the hand near the head under the collar of the man on the bottom's gi, then using that grip to force the blade of the arm into the side of his face and drop your weight to apply shoulder pressure to pin the shoulder. The other hand controls the opponent's gi trousers so whenever he tries to turn into you, you flatten him back out.
The escape positions from this for the man on the bottom are to either prise the arm on the collar up so it can be attacked and you have space to escape, or to reverse turn and go to turtle.
I did OK in sparring and threatened a few submissions, but I'm still some way off the pace. It's good to be back, though.
Things to remember: Control grip from side control.
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