The initial starting position is the same "home base" used when attacking from the knees: right hand on the sleeve, right foot in the biceps, left hand controlling the same-side lapel, right at the collarbone. During this intermediate position, your partner may still be squatting down in combat base, with their right foot forward, in which case you can go for the triangle described below. However, once your partner stands, all this goes away.

Never fear; start by pulling yourself underneath your partner, utilizing the shin-on-shin hook to pull yourself in close, or else just put your left foot on the ground and reverse shrimp your hips underneath your partner. Use all of your grips to pull yourself under! Once your hips are under your partner's hips, step on their hip with your left foot (a la "single leg X guard), but then swivel your foot behind their knee. You can sweep them without this adjustment, but it's much harder, and the passing game changes completely.

The main idea here is to make your partner take a small step forward to keep their balance, and then you can just reach down with your right hand, grabbing their ankle. Now just push them backward with your hips. This will bring your partner to the ground, setting up the following guard pass technique.