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Practical Jiu Jitsu 3: From The Bottom To The Top Without Losing Teeth by Michael Heinz

Practical Jiu Jitsu 3: From The Bottom To The Top Without Losing Teeth by Michael Heinz

  • The third installment in the Practical Jiu Jitsu series focused on escaping bad positions and finishing from the top
  • Michael Heinz covers escaping pins, surviving mount, headlock escapes, rear naked choke, cross sides top, mount control, and opening closed guard
  • Every technique is broken into "Fundamental" and "Extra" categories so you can build a solid base and then expand
  • A complete 7-part system designed for self-defense and practical grappling scenarios


What Will You Learn?

Michael Heinz returns with the third volume of his Practical Jiu Jitsu series, delivering a comprehensive system for getting from the bottom to the top without losing teeth. This 7-part instructional covers every critical scenario: escaping cross sides bottom with guard recovery and turtle escapes, surviving and exiting mount with bridge escapes and shrimp escapes, schoolyard headlock escapes, the rear naked choke from standing and ground, pinning and finishing from cross sides top, maintaining and smashing in mount with americanas and gift wraps, and opening closed guard with multiple breaks and passing sequences. Each section is organized into fundamental techniques and extras, giving you a clear progression path.

Technique List

Part 1: Escaping Pins - Cross Sides Bottom

  • Introduction
  • Warm Ups for Surviving and Escaping Pinned Positions
  • Warm Ups for Finishing From the Top
  • Intro to Escaping Pins - Cross Sides Bottom
  • Fundamental - Taking Weight and Defending Mount Takes
  • Fundamental - Guard Recovery
  • Fundamental - Going to Your Knees to Escape
  • Fundamental - Circling in Turtle Bottom
  • Extra - Preventing the Cross Face
  • Extra - Running Man Escape
  • Extra - Bridge Escape
  • Extra - Escaping Underhook Sit Out 1
  • Extra - Escaping Underhook Sit Out 2

Part 2: Surviving and Exiting Mount

  • Intro to Surviving and Exiting Mount
  • Fundamental - Two-Handed Strangle Defense
  • Fundamental - Sport Bridge for Understanding Connection
  • Fundamental - Overwrap Bridge
  • Fundamental - Dealing with the Sitback
  • Extra - Escaping Punches From Mount
  • Extra - Low Mount Bridge
  • Extra - Knee Elbow Escape
  • Extra - Shrimp Escape
  • Extra - Opponent on Arms Escape
  • Extra - High Mount Escape

Part 3: Schoolyard Headlock Escapes

  • Intro to Schoolyard Headlock Escapes
  • Fundamental - Falling to Good Posture
  • Fundamental - Preferred Escape by Getting on Top
  • Fundamental - Shrimp Escape
  • Fundamental - Bridge Escape
  • Extra - Breaking the Headlock on Top
  • Extra - Lethal Weapon Choke to Armbar
  • Extra - Guard Recovery When Opponent Is on the Knees
  • Extra - Head and Arm Escapes

Part 4: Rear Naked Choke

  • Intro to the Rear Naked Choke
  • Fundamental - Single Arm Mechanics
  • Fundamental - Double Arm Finish
  • Fundamental - Overcoming Hand Fights
  • Fundamental - Standing Control
  • Extra - Jedi Spin and Finish
  • Extra - Sit Down and Finish
  • Extra - Turtle Top Smash and Finish
  • Extra - Seated Control

Part 5: Pinning and Finishing - Cross Sides Top

  • Intro to Pinning and Finishing - Cross Sides Top
  • Fundamental - Prevent Roll Away to Mount or Back Control
  • Fundamental - Beating the Push to Cross Face Underhook
  • Fundamental - Beating the Push to Classic Hands
  • Fundamental - Americana Off the Face Push
  • Extra - Knee on Belly
  • Extra - North-South Kimura
  • Extra - Strikes From Cross Sides
  • Extra - Shoulder of Justice to Mount

Part 6: Maintaining and Smashing in Mount

  • Intro to Maintaining and Smashing in Mount
  • Fundamental - Not Getting Pushed Off
  • Fundamental - Low Mount Control
  • Fundamental - Americana
  • Fundamental - Dealing with the Belly-Down Roll
  • Extra - High Mount Control + Strikes and Armbar
  • Extra - Side Mount vs Escapes
  • Extra - Gift Wrap
  • Extra - Torso Grip Break to Guillotine

Part 7: Opening Closed Guard

  • Intro to Opening Closed Guard
  • Fundamental - Move If the Legs Are Open
  • Fundamental - Legs to Chest Passing
  • Fundamental - J Point Posture and Opening From the Knees
  • Fundamental - Knee in the Middle Guard Break
  • Extra - Clearing the Head and Freeing the Arms
  • Extra - Standing Up with a Tripod vs a Lunge + Guard Breaks
  • Extra - Miscellaneous Guard Breaks
  • Extra - Strikes and Submission Concerns
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