Smash Pass Counters: Knee Lever

Counter the smash pass with a knee lever from the butterfly half guard:

1. Start with the same setup, entering into the butterfly half guard and placing your hand on the opponent's hip.
2. Feel the opponent driving forward, attempting to flatten your butterfly hook.
3. Use the leg that is not the butterfly hook to elevate, but if the opponent's weight is driving back, making it hard to elevate, prepare to switch strategies.
4. Turn the knee of the leg controlling the half guard outward, placing the foot on the floor to trap the opponent's leg.
5. Use the left knee to turn into the opponent, performing a dummy sweep to off-balance them.
6. This movement can also set up a butterfly sweep. Attempt the dummy sweep and switch to the butterfly sweep as needed, or vice versa.
7. The goal is to come up into the best position possible, ideally shooting your knee across the opponent's leg to end up in the mount.
8. Combine these movements in a chain, reacting to the opponent's counters, and continue chaining attacks until one is successful.
9. Establish an overhook, frame against the opponent's arm, and place your butterfly hook. Push your hand into their hip and feel their backward pressure.
10. Trap with the left leg and move the left knee to the side, then immediately come up on top into the mount position.