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Escape · Turtle escape · Fundamental
Sit-out
An escape (turtle escape) you hit from Turtle (bottom), landing you in Standing. Fundamental level.
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How to do it
Works from
Puts you in
- Clear their hands first: get your elbows tight and your weight back over your feet
- Post one foot flat and kick the other leg through underneath you, sitting your hips to the mat
- Keep your elbow tight to block their arm and turn your shoulder in toward them
- Come up to your knees facing them, or keep turning to get behind them
How it connects
- Starts from
- Turtle (bottom)
- In courses
- Foundations I: Survive & escape
Get it right
Key details
- A seatbelt or a hook turns a sit-out into a back take, so deal with those first
- Turn in toward them; never end flat on your back
Common mistake
Sitting out while they have a hook in or a tight seatbelt, which hands them your back.
If they defend it
They follow you around: Granby roll to guard or come up to standing.
Safety and research
Read about itGrapplearts articlesBJJ Heroes
Practice
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