I has a question.

[Stephen Rae]

When youre in chilldog or even mission control for that matter, whats stopping your opponent from simply sliding his body out and back, and passing your guard? Im a pretty skinny guy, and I have this problem ALOT when in chilldog, especially when rolling against bigger guys (all the time). Am I doing something wrong? Please help!

[antonio]

I'm a smaller guy also, and it's not always the easiest position to hold against the biggest guys on the mat. However, if you work your leg curl, and your clinch, and just squeeze (especially the knee you're holding when in new york/chill dog) it works against most. However, there are options always, the toss and high guard armbar works well against people trying to back out, and if nothing else works, you may have to bail and arm drag their big ass.

[Griffin Lambert]

Hit em with the pump.

[Jason Hyatt]

If you've got the flexibility, double bagger. Otherwise it's all about the clinch, leg curls, and squeezing the knees. Don't underestimate the importance of BOTH leg curls and squeezing the knees. If he tries to literally just slide out of MC without posturing he's backing right into a triangle if your fast enough; an armbar if you're not.

[AJ Camacho]

Their arm and shoulder should be trapped so tightly between your knee and your lat that any escape on their part should be dragging you back or lifting you off of the mat.

I don't know if this is your problem but around here a lot of guys who play around with rubber guard think that the control is in grabbing your own ankle. In reality, grabbing your own ankle just keeps them squared with your tools in hand and ready to attack. What keeps people trapped is the knee hug.. the knee hug is like a super over hook that can't be limp armed, that is literally 4 inches away from being an omoplata.

[Stephen Rae]

Thanks for all the advice guys, about to go roll in an hour or so, so we'll see how it goes.