Maintenance: Avoiding The Reguard

Maintaining the folding pass position is crucial to prevent the opponent from regaining guard. When applying a heavy hip roll and sag, there's a risk of creating an opening that the opponent can exploit to pull their legs out and potentially capture your foot or leg, leading to a half guard situation. To avoid this, it's essential to re-contain the opponent's legs whenever they manage to bring one leg outside.

1. Be aware of the space created by a hip roll and adjust your position to minimize openings.
2. If the opponent brings the bottom side leg out, step over it to re-contain it, ensuring they cannot extend it further than your leg's range.
3. Keep your head low and maintain pressure to prevent the opponent from creating leverage.
4. If the opponent tries to finger four your leg, simply move back outside of it instead of stepping up or back, which could lead to them catching you.
5. When the opponent's bottom side leg comes out, step back over the top of it, which can help you transition to an ear-to-ear position and finish the pass.
6. Focus on containing the opponent's legs with the space between your knees and legs, creating a net that encircles their legs and prevents them from capturing one of yours.

By bracketing the opponent's legs in place, you effectively prevent them from reguarding and maintain control to continue your passing strategy.