Artemis BJJ (7 Easton Rd), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK – 31/10/2022
Brief Model:
- Get one leg flat on the ground, different knee raised
- Flip barely in your aspect, simply lifting your shoulder
- Step your raised-knee leg over each your flat leg and their leg
- Utilizing your elbow to assist pry their leg up, drag their foot over your leg along with your heel, additionally bringing your flat leg knee up
- Flip your hips out to the flat leg aspect: you may then go to half guard, or shrimp to full guard
Full Model: My private favorite mount escape is the heel drag, by far the very best share manner for me to get out from underneath mount. It is also fairly easy, another excuse I prefer it a lot. You are in mount, your elbows in place for defence, down by their knees. For this escape to work, you might want to have considered one of your legs out flat, similar to earlier than. Once more, you additionally have to get in your aspect: a slight bridging movement will assist.
The large hazard at this level is that the particular person on high will change to technical mount. I like to recommend simply lifting your shoulder barely, relatively than turning all the best way in your aspect: that stops exposing your again an excessive amount of. Ensure that your neck is secure in the event you mess up they usually do handle to start out turning to technical mount. You additionally do not wish to allow them to settle into technical mount: instantly put together your frames to start out escaping earlier than they safe the place. You could even be capable to disrupt them as they attempt to shift, utilizing that window of alternative as they’re adjusting their base to enter into your escape.
If they do not get to technical mount (otherwise you’re in a position to work again to the earlier place the place you may barely in your aspect), wedge an elbow inside their knee. You’ll be able to both make a body towards their hips, or in the event you’re involved about your neck, regulate with the intention to nonetheless pry your elbow underneath their knee whereas defending your collar along with your arms (I want the latter). In addition to chokes, you additionally have to be cautious of their cross-face. If they’ll management your head, they’ll flatten you again out, which is able to make the escape much less efficient. Use a mix of your elbow and shrimping to shove their knee backwards, in your flat leg aspect.
Convey your different foot over each your flat leg and the leg they’ve subsequent to it. Meaning you should utilize the heel of that foot to tug their leg over your flat leg. As quickly as you get it over, lock half guard and shrimp in direction of their trapped leg. In half guard, you wish to get onto your aspect as shortly as attainable: in the event you keep flat in your again, you’ve got already carried out their work for them, as they’ll wish to flatten you out with a view to move half guard. In the event you’re comfy in half guard, you can keep there and work your assaults.
Alternatively, preserve shrimping within the different route, with a view to free your different leg, similar to you’ll with an elbow escape. It is also value noting that some folks, like Roy Dean, suggest simply pinching your knees relatively than absolutely triangling your legs round theirs, in order that’s value attempting too. To assist get better full guard, you can too carry your arm throughout to their reverse shoulder, impeding their motion whereas aiding yours. Emily Kwok has a useful tip too: if their foot is simply too flat, making it onerous to get your heel in for a drag, slide your flat leg exterior to roll their heel up. That can create the house you want with a view to insert your heel between their foot and the mat.
A really comparable escape, which I do not use a lot, is the foot carry. Dean reveals these two escapes in sequence on his wonderful Blue Belt Necessities. The foot carry is for once they have some house beneath their in-step. Individuals will not usually do this, in my expertise, but when they do, this time simply step over your flat leg. Use your foot to hook beneath their instep and carry it over, then as earlier than lock up half guard (your legs are already in place), or shrimp to get better full guard.
Just be sure you pay specific consideration to shoving on their knee with this variation, as it’s simpler for them to slide free (although if that occurs, you may all the time change to the heel drag). With each escapes, it is very important get the knee of their trapped leg again behind your legs. In the event that they nonetheless have their knee previous your legs, it makes it a lot simpler for them to maneuver straight right into a half guard move, by driving their knee to the mat and sliding by means of.
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Instructing Notes: I can not consider something I forgot. Emphasising the leverage of the three motions (elbow underneath knee, knee to elbow and push down on ankle) is useful, I believe that is one to maintain highlighting.
