I was searching Youtube for some of Gokor's fight footage and stumbled upon this short clip of something very simple and fundamental: posturing out from under Op's side control. The thing that struck me was how Gokor uses his mat side knee to swing in to gain half butter fly guard after creating space. It also prompted me to conceptualize using the same movement but from half guard. With extremely limited success I had been trying to monkey foot in the top side leg to get a hook--an attempt to gain X guard from half guard. This almost never worked and the Op invariably passed guard. Gokor's example in the above clip seems more efficient and conservative but it also allows greater control of the Op and subsequent transitions. I plan to explore whether or not the move is effective from half guard also.
