82,2 recovery

I'll go to open mat training today at 15:30 ( BUT it starts at 14 so can not make it!). Otherwise it's a recovery day. Yesterday was a thuff day for some reason.(You can tell because I lost 1,6 kg even thou I ate a meal, cake and ice cream after training:-)

And I was lost in open guard drills. I'll look for some solution, but maybe I should stick to one or two passes that have worked for me? And for concepts - it's not good to focus only on relaxation. They were cleaning the floor with me, because I was just breathing. Concepts might be a hierarchical system and grips/control needs to be first, maybe balance second.

I want to start my open guard pass by gripping pants near knees and pushing or pulling opponents feet to the mat. (I had problems with feet on my elbows or feet on my hips/ chest situations.)So what to do when I am gripping pands near knees and opponents feet are on my elbows and I feel like a puppet? Here is one of many youtube passes. Why didn't it feel so easy, when I was rolling yesterday?

What am I trying to do when I have an open guard? Sweep? Keep opponent away? Pull him to closed guard? Here are some options:-) I have not used my legs very much in open guard so here is something to try.