The first thing you want to do is break your opponent down so they cannot pass your guard in no-gi grappling or strike if it is MMA.

From an overhook with head control you are going to transition to the T-Frame control which gives you a lot of control of your opponent's posture while allowing you space to work for a submission or sweep.

Starting from an overhook with head control you ...

Keep the overhook as your clear your opponent's neck so that you can drive your forearm into their neck.

Then you grab your right wrist with your other hand while keeping the overhook tight so that you can create a T-Frame on your opponent's neck.

Here you open your guard and pivot your body by stepping on your opponent's left hip or the floor. Makes sure to keep the T-Frame nice and tight here.

If your opponent tries to block your leg as you go for the armbar you maintain the tight T-Frame and use it to give you leverage to collapse your opponent's arm so you can...

Set up the Triangle...

Grab your heel with your left hand while grabbing your right knee with your right hand, thumb up to lock in the Triangle and ...

Pull their head down to get the tap.

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