Blue belt · Escape · Core
Side control escape: frame & re-guard
The main side control escape: build frames, bridge, shrimp away, and put your knee back in. The goal is getting your guard back, not getting on top.
Step by step
- Frames: near forearm in their neck or collarbone, far hand on their hip.
- Bridge into them to make them base, then shrimp your hips away.
- Slide your near knee into the space between you and them.
- Recover guard: closed, half, or open.
Details that make it work
- Frames are bones, not muscles. Block, don't push.
- Bridge first to move their weight, then shrimp away.
Common mistakes
- Pushing with straight arms (it gives up the arm).
- Lying flat.
Drill it
Partner holds side control: 10 escapes each side.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Guard retention: frames & hip escape Guard · Seated guard
- Half guard bottom: knee shield & underhook Guard · Half guard
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