Master Fabio Gurgel demonstrates an energy-saving method for regaining posture inside Closed-Guard: Prevent your opponent from clinching around your upper-body and securing a grip behind your neck, back, and shoulders; keep your hands on the inside as frames posting against their biceps. Never place your hands on the mat, especially beside their head and above their shoulders. Resist the urge to place a frame across their face to create distance for an escape; doing so may lead to an attack from your opponent. Instead, keep your hands on the inside, drive forward stacking your opponent, and then rock back down onto your shins, lifting their back up off the mat. Next, insert a cross-facing frame while still monitoring your elbow away from the centerline, and keep an outward pressure against your opponent's grips. Your opponent may think they can reach your belt since they are essentially caught mid-sweep in a Hip-Bump scenario. However, your inside-hands will immediately send your opponent away the moment they attempt to release their clinch for a different hold. When they fall back, look to retain your vertical posture and begin implementing an offensive.