Backtake

To prevent the opponent from applying pressure to your stomach or passing with a knee slice:

1. Pass your left arm inside the opponent's leg, behind their knee, and hold your own knee.
2. Keep your hook active and strong behind their thigh to gain the strength needed to lift them and find the necessary space.
3. By placing your arm there, you not only control their knee better but also make it uncomfortable for them to apply pressure.
4. Keep your outside hand active to prevent them from hugging your head, which would stop you from turning in.
5. Pay attention to your outside knee; keep it high to prevent them from controlling it, which would hinder your ability to turn or if your elbow is too open, they could win the hand fighting.
6. Turn your body inward, close off your torso, lift your back off the mat to make it easier to invert, and keep your knee close to you.
7. You can use your hand on the collar to help pull and create the space you need.
8. It's easier to stretch your leg diagonally since you're already on your side, which gives you more strength than kicking upwards.
9. Use your outside leg to gain the momentum needed to kick them.
10. Once you've created space, you can remove your hand to control the space needed to continue the turn.
11. The hand that was on the collar moves to control their heel to manage their leg.
12. After kicking, tuck your leg in to prevent them from attacking it, and bring your knee inward with your foot on their hip.
13. The hand that was behind the knee now grabs the bottom of the pants to control them towards you.
14. Switch the hook from their knee to their thigh.
15. As you pass your leg back, slide the hook to their heel and pull them, kicking upwards.
16. Keep holding the bottom of the pants to prevent them from escaping.
17. Control one hand over and one under, then work to get the top hook in first.
18. As you switch and place the hook, pull and open them up to insert the second hook and secure the back position.

This sequence starts from an inverted guard position. When the opponent tries to pass, establish a strong hook behind their leg and control your knee with your outside hand to prevent them from passing and applying pressure to your abdomen. Keep your hand active to stop them from hugging your head and blocking your turn. Your knee should be kept high, and elbows closed to prevent them from winning the hand fighting and stopping your turn. This position is excellent for pushing them up and finding the space needed to take the back.