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Escapes and Attacks From Bottom Side Control by Eli Knight
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Eli Knight shows the best strategies for escaping from the bottom and transitioning immediately to dominant attacks.
- Go over the fundamentals of guard retention and pass prevention to maximize the effectiveness of your first line of defense.
- Check out the best escapes from side control and pair them with swift transitions into attacks and submissions.
- Never get stuck and dominated in the scarf hold again with these creative escapes.
- Look at all of your best options for getting out of headlocks, north south chokes, cross faces, and so much more.
Course Content
Volume 1
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Introduction | 0 |
| Concepts - Guard play & retention - Pass prevention - Side control escape - Submission opportunities | 0:51 |
| Frames and structure, positional relationship | 4:05 |
| Basic Guard replacement - bridge, shrimp, replace | 9:02 |
| Escape Upa/elbow (uphill) | 17:38 |
| Turkish series (uphill with guard replace backups) - Turkish 1 | 27:34 |
| Turkish 2 | 35:05 |
| Funk | 39:05 |
| Head wrap | 44:10 |
Volume 2
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Headlock/Kesa escapes - Climb escape | 0 |
| Pick up escape (leg not available for climb) | 5:52 |
| Bridge Escape | 9:41 |
| Leg hook in arm reversal | 13:36 |
| Broken scarf escape | 17:37 |
Volume 3
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Cross face escapes - Basic guard replacement concepts/Jail break (with and without frame) | 0 |
| Godfather | 6:22 |
| Ghost (without and with darce finish) | 10:40 |
| Roll over escape | 14:23 |
| Trap and roll | 19:51 |
| North/South Escapes - Pump and pendulum from arms in | 23:33 |
| Pump and twist from arms out | 28:02 |
Volume 4
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Submissions from Bottom Side - North americana | 0 |
| South americana | 6:50 |
| Reverse triangle | 10:41 |
| Kimura, wrist lock, Americana from triangle hold | 14:13 |
| Buggy choke/fly trap | 17:43 |
| Outro | 20:45 |