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Systematically attacking From Top Pins: Side Control & North South by Gordon Ryan
Create more submission attacks and control from top with Gordon Ryan’s guide to side control and north south offense
- Use kimuras, triangles, juji gatame, and more in systematic fashion as Gordon shows you how to isolate and submit limbs
- Shut down escapes so you can constantly stay in control with Gordon’s keys to maintenance
- Watch Gordon break down gym footage to talk you through the techniques and system in real-time
- This top pinning system is the same one that Gordon has used to dominate at the elite levels of no-gi grappling, with his coach John Danaher’s revolutionary concepts & dilemmas
- Know more. Win more.
Course Content
Volume 1
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Overview | 5:05 |
| The Battle for Inside Position | 7:09 |
| Bottom Player's Goals | 11:07:00 |
| Top Player's Goals | 14:02:00 |
| Side Control - 2 Pathways to Escape | 19:09:00 |
| Far Side Underhook - Partners Goals | 21:49:00 |
| Reverse Crossface | 25:50:00 |
| Reverse Crossface and V Grip | 29:56:00 |
| Incorporating Knee on Belly | 33:28:00 |
| Pseudo Half Guard Pin | 36:50:00 |
| Kimura | 41:43:00 |
| Inverted Kata Gatame (Darce) | 50:24:00 |
| Guillotine | 57:25:00 |
| Triangle | 1:04:42 |
| Ankle Trap | 1:09:26 |
| Summary | 1:12:57 |
Volume 2
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Side Guard - Introduction | 10:04 |
| Stopping the Initial Knee/Elbow Connection | 15:15 |
| Separating Knee Elbow Connection | 22:45 |
| Addressing a Fully Locked Side Guard | 4:53 |
| Closing Out Side Control Escapes | 9:31 |
Volume 3
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Isolating the Far Arm | 2:04 |
| Securing a Kimura | 9:30 |
| Finishing the Kimura | 13:49 |
| Failed Kimura to Yoko Sankaku | 22:03 |
| Failed Yoko Sankaku Back to Kimura | 6:48 |
| Yoko Sankaku/Kimura Dilemma | 11:45 |
| Gyaku Sankaku | 14:32 |
| Legs Kimura | 42:44:00 |
| Kimura to Juji Gatame | 50:47:00 |
| Kimura to Cross Ashi | 57:25:00 |
| T Kimura Back Take | 1:01:06 |
| T Kimura Back Take 2 | 1:07:09 |
| T Kimura to Yoko Sankaku | 1:10:31 |
| T Kimura to Kimura/Yoko Sankaku | 1:13:51 |
| Closing Out Kimura | 1:19:32 |
Volume 4
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Isolating the Near Arm | 2:59 |
| Shin Pin to Kimura/Yoko Sankaku | 11:55 |
| Kimura/Yoko Sankaku vs Flat Backed Opponent | 18:20 |
| Ushiro Sankaku | 3:00 |
| 5 Submissions From Ushiro Sankaku | 11:54 |
| Hantai Sankaku | 48:16:00 |
Volume 5
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Underclasp Kimura-Segway to North South | 7:27 |
| Closing Out Side Control | 13:21 |
| North/South - Why and When to Move to North South | 19:57 |
| Moving to North/South | 24:09:00 |
| High Tripod | 28:58:00 |
| Maintaining North/South - Countering a Single Knee Recovery | 32:20:00 |
| Countering a Double Knee Recover | 39:59:00 |
| Controlling an Opponent Who Turns Into You | 46:10:00 |
Volume 6
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Securing a figure 4 back head and arm | 9:10 |
| Taking the back | 13:57 |
| Seated head and arm to ushiro sankaku | 23:52 |
| Juji gatame grip break 1 | 27:46:00 |
| Juji gatame grip break 2 | 35:54:00 |
| Juji gatame grip break 3 | 43:04:00 |
| Closing out Juji gatame | 48:27:00 |
| Juji gatame to omote sankaku | 53:03:00 |
| Closing out back head and arm | 1:02:28 |
| North south strangle | 1:07:44 |
| Failed kimura enter juji gatame | 1:14:21 |
| Moving back to side control | 1:21:35 |
| Outro | 1:32:19 |
Volume 7
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Rolling Shawn | 5:03 |
| Rolling Alex | 12:53 |
| Rolling Christos | 22:06 |
| Rolling Placido | 27:15:00 |
Volume 8
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Rolling Commentary Shawn | 9:53 |
| Rolling Commentary Alex | 20:41 |
| Rolling Commentary Christos | 29:57:00 |
| Rolling Commentary Placido | 43:46:00 |