JJU 8-04 to 8-06 Escaping Kesa Gatame, Reverse Kesa Gatame, and Wrestler's Pin
Add to Favorites Remove From Favorites 1839 3928 days ago
Saulo teaches how to escape three variations of side control when your opponent pivots to his side to control you in the kesa gatame (also known as the scarf hold), reverse kesa gatame, and the wrestler's pin where your opponent controls you with the farside underhook.
JJU 8-03 Side Control Running Escape
Add to Favorites 1665 Remove From Favorites 3929 days ago
Saulo explains that it may not always be possible to escape using the traditional side control escape if your opponent is using his hands to block off one side with a same-side crossface and hipblock. In this situation, the running escape may be the key to escaping side control to a neutral position.
JJU 8-02 Side Control Escape to All Fours
Add to Favorites 1612 Remove From Favorites 3930 days ago
The side control escape to guard and escape to all fours are a combination that go well together. If your opponent prevents you from recovering the guard, transition to the knees instead to continue your escape to a neutral position.
JJU 8-01 Side Control Escape to Guard Recovery
Add to Favorites 1886 Remove From Favorites 3931 days ago
Saulo teaches how to escape the side control position and recover guard to bring yourself back to a neutral position.
JJU 8-0 Side Control Escape Drills
Add to Favorites 1731 Remove From Favorites 3932 days ago
Saulo teaches two important drills that are key to master in order to escape from side control. Practice these drills often to absorb them into muscle memory.
JJU 4-0 to 4-5 Side Control Survival
Add to Favorites 2806 Remove From Favorites 3953 days ago
Saulo explains the appropriate survival posture and hand fighting when you are underneath your opponent in the side control position.
Kesa Gatame Escape by Punching Through in Transition
Add to Favorites 832 Remove From Favorites 3995 days ago
Rodrigo Pagani and Renato Vieira teach how to escape the Kesa Gatame position by using a “punch-through” motion to either reverse the position or get back to a neutral position. It is especially important not to let your opponent get a cross face, to utilize the right timing to initiate the escape, to remember to shrimp your hips until you are belly down, and to keep your punching arm straight when punching through for the escape.
JJU 4-4 and 8-5 Reverse Kesa Gatame Survival to Reversal or Back Take
Add to Favorites 2915 Remove From Favorites 3996 days ago
This video contains lessons 4-4 Reverse Kesa Gatame (page 38) and 8-5 Escape from Reverse Kesa Gatame (Page 72) from the JJU Book. Rodrigo Pagani teaches how to survive and escape the reverse kesa gatame by using a hip bump reversal or to use the hip bump to take your opponent's back. This lesson is a variation to what is taught in the book as it ends in a reversal or back take but contains the same core concepts and movements as seen in the book. It's important to take preventative measures and to actively block the cross face in order to be able to initiate these escapes.
JJU 8-06 Escape against Wrestler's Pin
Add to Favorites 1976 Remove From Favorites 4049 days ago
This video contains how to escape the super man grip in side control. This video contains lesson 8-6 which can be found on page 74 of the JJU book.
JJU 8-04 Escape from Kesa Gatame
Add to Favorites 1772 Remove From Favorites 4049 days ago
This side control escape video contains lesson 8-4 from page 70 of the JJU book.
JJU 8-03 Running Man Escape
Add to Favorites 1941 Remove From Favorites 4049 days ago
This side control escape can be found on page 69 of the JJU book. This escape can be initiated when your opponent has the cross-face and the same-side hip blocked.
JJU 4-0, 4-1, 4-5, 8-1, 8-2 Side Control Survival & Escape
Add to Favorites 4331 Remove From Favorites 4049 days ago
This video contains lessons 4-0, 4-1, and 4-5 found on page 35-42 as well as lesson 8-1 & 8-2 found on pages 66-68. These lessons cover how to survive under your opponent in side control and how to posture yourself to make an escape to a better position.