escape
kneebahs
Keenan has an interesting twist on the kneebar that I’ve been hitting in the mornings. I have not held onto the second leg, but I like that idea.
A defense from Coach Brian:
escape body triangles
The same thing, but shorter:
Bodoni alternate:
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triangle escapes
We talked about this one but didn’t spend time on it because we’ve had enough neck issues in the morning class:
We tried to work on Keenan’s concept. Results weren’t great so far.
Here are some nogi ideas:
Here’s Dean Lister using Keenan to explain the defense he used on Keenan at ADCC:
Their match:
Here’s what Chewy says:
Galvao’s version:
Galvao said you need to step over first with the leg on the same side as the arm that’s stuck inside. Here’s a famous example of stepping with the wrong leg first:
Coach Brian:
Royler failing to step over Eddie Bravo to sit back:
The Ghost Escape
If you’ve ever managed to get Travis in side control but then wondered where the heck he went. He probably did this to you. Coach Brian of TeachMeGrappling is very fond of this move as well and likes to end with a D’Arce choke:
More details for skeptics and struggles from the previous video:
It also works with pajamas on:
Side Control Escapes
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:
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Bow and Arrow Choke
In the link below, Emily Kwok shows a bow and arrow choke starting from a mounted position. The grip concept is the same from the back and she shows it from there as well. I know I’ve worked harder than necessary to finish gi chokes because I didn’t grip the collar correctly. Don’t waste your great positioning with a lousy grip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS6ALx73epc
Lachlan Giles is always a good resource. This video covers both the Bow and Arrow Choke and the classic escape from the back:
I’ve often used a variation of this technique:
It feels like an escape, but it’s still death.
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Back escapes
In the sequence below, Lachlan uses a pretty standard back escape. It includes a solution for clearing pesky hooks. That’s a part that I’ve gotten stuck on and will have to practice.
Here’s Saulo explaining his escape:
Below, is a lengthy exploration of back escapes starting with a scoop out of the bottom. It’s nogi, but the positioning is interesting.
I’m going drop another link here at the bottom out of appreciation for a blog started in the same spirit as this one, but with more original commentary:
Escapes!
This is where we started. At the bottom, getting smashed. Danaher’s video shows the most straightforward approach to making space to pry your way out of bottom side control. In addition to this movement, always look out for free legs. Top players can get greedy or impatient and make sloppy transitions to mount or toward other positions. Be prepared to catch their leg in your half guard and start initiating offense from the bottom.
I’ve always had a harder time escaping side control compared to mount. Mount might offer better submission options than side control, but side control is easier to hold. It’s not necessarily wise in a scored contest, but I often let people move to mount so that I can escape from there. From mount, half guard is only an elbow escape away.
If you’ve had enough philosophy and detail and just want to see the move, this is another simple depiction of it. Here, he demonstrates escaping all the way into full closed guard if you’re into that sort of thing:
The other standard mount escape is a roll. The Umpa escape can be alternated with elbow escapes if the top guy is being tough to shake. Don’t forget that the Umpa will land you in your opponent’s guard. Cross chokes and Ezekiel chokes initiated in mount can still be finished in guard, so you can’t relax your defenses yet because you hit the roll.