Nogi starts of in Boarder’s guard. He has his posture up and is getting ready to break the closed guard.

Nogi positions his right knee to the middle of Boarder, pushes out with his arms and pivots his hip to break the guard. To help with defense and avoid being pulled down, Boarder’s grips are staggered with one hand higher up on Boarder than the other.

Nogi quickly underhooks both of Boarder’s legs. He keeps his elbows tight, postures low (tighter and lower than the Snowboard Instructors let me pose them), and either grips his hands together or grabs on to Boarders belt. Nogi at this point is controlling/holding boarder tight.

Nogi postures up and starts stacking, while staying tight and controlling Boarder’s legs. The key to doing this with control are the grips from the previous step.

Nogi starts passing on the right side.

Nogi continues to pass. He is applying pressure and continues to control Boarder’s legs. Nogi uses his shoulder to keep the pressure on.

Nogi moves up and secures side control with an underhook on the far side arm.

Nogi works for mount – he starts off by putting his knee on Boarder’s belly…

…and slowly slides it across…

…until he gets mount.

Keeping the arm underhooked and isolated, Nogi slides his left knee up and…

…switches grips with his other arm and either grabs his shoulder or gi to keep the arm secure.

Keeping the arm trapped, Nogi goes into a slight s-mount…

…bases off on either the far side should of Boarder, or on his face, …

…so he can swing his other leg around…

…and fall back into an armbar.