We worked on escapes before, but you can always benefit from getting better at escaping. Gordon says it’s the most important thing:
This link is what we covered last time: https://halfguardlife.com/escapes/.
This time, I was specifically looking for video of the first escape shown here:
I found myself attempting variations of that this morning when stronger guys wouldn’t let me do anything else. Note that the video is named 2/3. The 1st video contains the advice on “what to do before you get fully pinned and squeezed:”
The third video of that series contains an entirely different move, which is worth considering down the road, but a bit off the theme of this post.
This next video has a better version of the underhook turn than what I showed Monday (1/10/22) morning. Marcelo still starts with a similar framing concept as the previous video. That portion alone is worth some focus since the rest of the escapes will be blocked if you can’t get out of that head control.
To keep with tradition of this site, here’s my dude Lachlan Giles getting out of side control: