Onganju

Principles of Breaking the Clinch: Overhooks are your Friend
Okay, lets say that the situation is that you want to take the opponent down and they begin to secure a MT Clinch on you. You start pummeling your hands inside (see the Principle of Inside Control above), but they begin to step back to create distance. In fact, so much so that you don't think that you can shoot soon enough before eating a knee to the face. What are you options then?

This is where securing a set of Overhooks on your opponent can come in handy. In order to set the overhooks on your opponent:
1) Pummel your arms up inside of your opponents.
2) When your hands come up from inside the opponent's arms, hook them over and around both your opponents arms.
3) When your arms come fully around your opponent's arms, clasp your hands together and crunch your grip together hard while lowering your base. At this point, you are doing so in intent to wrench the opponent's elbows and shoulders out of socket in violent fashion. Also, when your hands are clasped together and your base is lowered you create a defensive barrier for any knees that may be fired by your opponent. Both your arms and your opponent's arms will be in the way of your upper body.

Once the overhooks are secured you have few options for action.

Option #1: Drop back and pull guard. Very few opponents will actually be able to stay upright when you do so. If your guard game is good, this may be a very viable option for you.

Option #2: Step in deep and hip throw your opponent. With this option, the likeliness of landing in full side control is very high is you decide to go to the ground with your opponent. If you decide to stay standing, make sure to control the arm opposite the hip you used to throw your opponent. They will be in prime position for an armbar or shoulder lock once they hit the ground.

Option #3: Go for a Yoko Otoshi or Tani Otoshi (Side/Valley Drop) by stepping back with either your left or right leg, and when the opponent follows your step with their mirroring leg step your leg far past theirs, and break your balance to that side with all your body weight. Your opponent will land to the side of you over your leg, and you can continue over to secure side control or full mount.

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