Side Control Escape Fundamentals
Let me teach you how to improve your side control escapes with a simple and fundamentally sound system that is useable from White to Black Belt.
What you'll learn:
- How to gain confidence with your side control escapes in BJJ. (Whether you're using the specific techniques I show or something else, I'll help you learn how to become cool, calm and confident from the bottom of side control.)
- ​The single biggest mistakes grapplers make with their Side Control escapes.
- ​How to unstuck your way out of even the tightest side control positions
- The 3 types of frames that you’ll use to escape side control. Do you know all 3?
- ​The “Black Belt” training secret for improving your side control escapes. (You can do this during every roll and can start doing it tomorrow!)
- ​The best time to switch from guard retention to full blown side control escapes.
- ​The fastest way to develop your side control escapes and defense.
- ​The #1 WORST mistake you can make with your arms when escaping side control. (If you get submitted with Keylocks, Kimuras & Armlocks all the time, then this tip will help fix you improve your ability to survive on the mat almost instantly.)
- ​A “back door” way of escaping side control that makes you difficult to hold down.
- ​The Black Belt methodology you should use for all BJJ positions that everyone ignores when it comes to escapes.
- ​A solo movement to help you come up with your escapes faster. (Most White Belts & newer grapplers don't do this, unless they've wrestled.)
- ​A step-by-step proven and effective method for defending the guard pass and escaping side control once you get smashed.
- ​How to eliminate panic when you’re being smashed on bottom.
- ​The 4 Most Common Reasons Your Side Control Escapes Suck!
- ​Improved finishing abilities with your submissions. (Think about it, it’s really hard to go 100% for your submissions if you’re worried about being smashed if you fail. Take the fear out and you unlock a new aspect in your game.)
- ​50+ Videos giving you hours of detailed instruction to dig into. (More importantly though, is that the videos are relatively short and laid out in an intuitive fashion so you can address the specific issue you're having. This way you don't have to search for hours to find 1 useful technique or move.)
- ​Why you need to stop defending the guard pass in order to have better escapes.
- ​The truth behind my most controversial escape that most don’t think works. (I get criticized for this one even by Black Belts but I've used it countless times on the mats against tough grapplers. So, let them think it doesn't work. You and I can benefit from it.)
- ​Why most grapplers hate escaping side control and how to make it a position you actually ENJOY! (Yes, yes, I said that right. When you use the system I teach you might actually come to enjoy escaping side control. There are periods where this is how I start every single roll because I find it fun.)
- ​The weirdly named position I use to defend guard passes that works like magic. (I picked this up from 1 of my friends as a young Brown Belt and it was a gamechanger for my guard retention and side control escapes.)
- ​What wrestlers know about escapes that most BJJ practitioners don't. (Every wrestler learns this movement and it will make your escapes and guard retention so much stronger. Sadly, most BJJ coaches never wrestled and don't know it.)
- ​How to conserve your energy in the bottom of side control. (If you get gassed out on the bottom, then I'll teach you how to stop that and keep your energy for the right opportunity to escape.)
- ​The single best time to go for your side control escapes. (Hint: If you feel them squeezing, it's not the right time.)
- ​How to frustrate a guard passer without doing anything. (Well, I mean you'll be doing something. But to the person on top, it'll look like you're doing nothing, but they'll be unable to secure side control.)
- ​How to get more skill growth from the open mats in your gym. (Most people have open mats in their gym but they don't get as much skill from them as they could.)
- ​Specific adjustments to common escapes to increase their effectiveness. (Seriously! Be sure to watch the over 50+ videos inside the members area where I teach you the small details that I've picked up over in over 20 years of BJJ and grappling.)
- ​How to retain your guard even if you're not super flexible. (I'm nearly 40 years old and I've never been super flexible or bendy. I'll show you how to have a good guard retention and escape game without having to fold your body in half.)
- ​Some of the best rolling exercises to keep you safe against younger faster grapplers. (Most people hate the rolling drill, but it'll improve your escaping ability and your ability to stay safe during training!)
- And much more!
Side Control Escape Fundamentals
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Intro - Start Here!
3 lessons- Overview
- 4 Reasons Why Your Side Control Escapes Suck
- Better Defense Will Improve Your BJJ Offense
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Side Control Escapes Before You're Flattened Out
10 lessons- Intro To The Iron Squirrel
- Intro to the Underhook Escape
- 3 Types of Frames
- Solo Movement To Come Up Faster
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Shrimp Based Escapes
- Using Hand Elbow Frames to Shrimp
- Using Frame Shrimps Before You re Flat
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Underhook Based Escapes
- Setting Up the Underhook Escape Before You re Flat
- Underhooks Before You're Flat
- Initating The Underhook Escape Before You re Flat
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Shoulder Roll Escape
- Shoulder Roll Escape Before You re Flat
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Side Control Escapes When You're Flattened Out
22 lessons- Overview to Off Balancing Techniques from Side Control (Add To Tight Position Section)
- Getting Up to Your Side VS a Low Opponent
- Palm-to-Palm to Create Space in Tight Side Control
- Dealing with the Near Side Underhook
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Shrimp Based Escapes
- Frame Shrimp VS Tight Side Control
- Basic Frame to Shrimp Escape
- Defending the Mount
- Bicep Bridge to Frame Shrimp to Half Guard
- Butterfly Sweep VS Tight Opponent from Bicep Bridge
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Underhook Based Escapes
- Jackhammer to Underhook Escape
- Getting an Underhook From Tight Frames
- Leg Pendulum to Off Balance Tight Forward Opponent
- Leg Pendulum to Underhook Escape (Stationary Camera View)
- Jackhammer Escape Details
- Ghost Escape (Stationary Camera View)
- Ghost Escape When You're Flat
- Using Underhook to Get Knee Wedge
- Jackhammer Escape When You re Flat
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Shoulder Roll Escapes
- Shoulder Roll Escape (Stationary Camera View)
- Shoulder Roll VS Tight Opponent (Stationary Camera View)
- Shoulder Roll to Underhook Escape (Stationary Camera View)
- Shoulder Roll When You're Flat
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Strategies On Implementation
4 lessons- How to Implement Escapes and Defense
- How to Become Efficient With Your Energy when Escaping Side Control
- Ideas to Develop Your Side Control Survival Abilities
- If You Panic in Bottom Side Control Do This
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Kesa, Reverse Kesa & North South Escapes & Counters
9 lesson- Counter to Headlock or True Kesa Gatame
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Kazure Kesa Gatame
- Basic Kesa Escape
- Leg Pendulum Kesa Escape
- Frame Shrimp VS Kazure Kesa Gatame
- Leg Swing Escape VS Kazure Kesa Gatame
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Reverse Kesa Gatame Escapes
- Stiff Arm Reverse Kesa Escape
- Reverse Kesa Counter to Back
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North South Escapes
- Leg Pendulum Escape from North South
- Sneaky Punch Choke Counter from Side Control North South
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Guard Retention Basics
10 lessons- Chin Press Vs Tight Guard Passes
- 8 Reasons Your Guard Retention Sucks
- Defending The Over Under Pass
- Defending The Stack Pass Early
- Wrestling Switch Counter to Tight Pressure Passes
- Elbow Frames To Defend Tight Guard Passes
- Hand Frame ReGuarding Options
- Head Push Vs Tight Guard Passer
- Stiff Arm Guard Pass Counter
- Thread Pass Counter
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Additional Details On Underhook Escape
5 lessons- Single Leg Finish from Underhook Escape
- Double Leg Finish from Underhook Escape
- Lazy Arm from Dogfight
- Clemson Roll Under from Dogfight
- Re-Guarding Finishes from Underhook Escape
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Group Coaching
4 lessons- Small Starting Points + Books to Get
- Let The Body Do It's Job (Take The Head Out of It) + Q&A
- Dealing With The "Middle" (How To Overcome Slumps)
- Survey for Camp Dates
