Purple belt · Escape · Core
Ghost escape from side control
You slide your hips under theirs and come up on your knees beside them. Use it when they ride side control high on their toes.
Step by step
- Frame: forearm across their neck or collarbone, other hand on their near hip.
- Bridge into them so they lift their hips and come up on their toes.
- Turn onto your side facing them and pull your knees in.
- Thread your top leg under your bottom leg and slide your hips out under theirs toward their legs.
- Come up on your knees beside their hips, head tight to their side.
- Grab a leg for a single or recover guard before they turn to face you.
Details that make it work
- This works when their hips are high. If their hips are flat on the mat, frame and re-guard instead.
- Keep your head tight to their hip as you come up so they can't spin behind you.
Common mistakes
- Turning your back to them with nothing blocking their hips.
- Coming up slowly and far away, so they front headlock you.
Drill it
10 reps each side, partner in side control on their toes, ending on your knees.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Turtle: defend & recover guard Escape · Turtled
- Single leg (run the pipe) Takedown · Standing
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