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Great post. Very nice responses. But here is the issue:
I have experienced stickiness from the top where pressure is my friend and not the other guys. Some people can be sticky from the bottom to the point where even to lift your arm you are lifting them up.
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Plenty of ways this happens. Main way I can think about it is the person on bottom removes there connection to the floor so when you lift, they go with you.
Frinstance, they do a normal crossside armbar, if the back of their head touches the mat, they have more a connection to the mat and less to you, so if you posture and lift you are only pulling on their legs and you eventually get free.
Now if your opponent does the armbar and tucks his ching (and maybe rolls his shoulders forward) than the connection with the floor is lost and it is more on the opponent so when you lift your trap arm, you take your opponents entire body with him.
That's one way.
With the legs you can turn one leg to an angle with more surface area and keep switching to knock the opponent of balance. That's a little harder to explain. It's better if you see it/feel it.