If you have wrestled you know this position. You got stuffed on a shot and you are carrying your opponent’s weight. Letting of of the leg can be dangerous in BJJ, because you can get hit with the d’arce, with a head on the inside single, or guillotined with your head on the outside. Back in the 1990s, we were all taught how to recover from a bad shot using the John Smith methods. Here, I show the mechanics of what really makes this work.