What leads here, and where this position leads.
Sitting your weight directly on their face or head.
Why it failsIt is unsafe for the training partner and your base is on a round, mobile object.
FixShift the weight onto the shoulders and chest, with your hips just past the crown of their head.
Keeping both arms free while you settle in.
Why it failsThey frame on your hips, spin out to guard, and you have controlled nothing.
FixTrap at least the near arm — under your armpit or with a grip at the elbow — before you settle.
Sitting your weight back toward their feet so your hips leave their shoulder line.
Why it failsA gap opens by their head and they slip out sideways to turtle or guard.
FixBring your knees back in toward their shoulders and close the space around their head.