Not getting stuck under pins is the first skill. Start here.
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Full-length seminars on the positions in this course.
Rory van Vliet
For Side control (bottom): A full course of escapes back to guard from bottom side control
Rory van Vliet's complete free course of side control escapes that end with your guard recovered.
John Danaher
For Mount (bottom): Long-form lesson on escaping bottom mount
John Danaher explains how to escape mount, published free on the BJJ Fanatics co-founder's channel.
Priit Mihkelson
For Back control (defend): Escaping when someone has your back
Priit Mihkelson's Zen Camp 2018 class on escaping back control, from the BJJ Globetrotters camp archive.
Roy Dean
For Side control (bottom): A full seminar on getting out from under side control
Roy Dean's full seminar on reliable escapes from bottom side control, filmed and published on his own channel.
James Clingerman
For Mount (bottom): A complete system of mount escapes taught over a week of classes
James Clingerman’s mount-escape system, recorded over a week of classes at his academy in Indiana and published on his own channel.
John Danaher
For Side control (bottom): Long-form lesson on escaping bottom side control
John Danaher's long-form lesson on escaping side control: why pins hold and how to get your elbows and knees back inside.
Priit Mihkelson
For Side control (bottom): Where the arm triangle usually comes from
Priit Mihkelson's Summer Camp 2022 class on defending the arm triangle, also called the side choke.