Bottom guy just lets you out of the half-g. I can see that you start with blocking the leg with your right hand, but then proceed to control the upper body so the bottom guy could just keep his legs crossed and not let you advance. Are you applying some pressure I can't see from here that makes your partner open his legs up?
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The videos we take are for our own reference. Sometimes in the dvd series there is a lot of extra chatting. So making the short clips helps us do a quick review as opposed to scrolling through a 20min segment.
There is a lot of pressure on this pass. Like @jiujitsu said, you will almost allow your opponent pass your half.
We'll do some walkthrough technique videos for these. I will say, whether its the wizzer/overhook, the quarter nelson head control, or the worst, the cross-face with head/tee-pee pressure, some of these are really nasty. You almost WANT your opponent to pass.
It may not look like much, but try drilling them when we release the videos, or you can check out the DVD series: The Catch Wrestling Formula by Neil Melanson.
We are working on making top half very, very, uncomfortable, and punishing that pesky underhook, rather than fighting for those underhooks. Don't get me wrong, I'm def more jits than catch wrestling, but I'm not a big guy. A lot of the small details in this series has helped my top half pressure vs great bottom half players.
+1 on cross face teepee. whether you use the shoulder of justice or the top of your head they will almost always one up for the pass.
It's very uncomfortable for sure.