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Basic Mount Escape for BJJ: Foot Drag

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

Learning Defense and Escapes Early On If you’re just starting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and you’re working principally on submissions, that’s fine. However, you’re likely to find yourself feeling like a soccer team with a couple of star offensive players and … Continue reading →

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Basic Mount Escape for BJJ: Bridge and Roll

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

Bottom Mount: A Great Place to Leave Quickly Even an absolute newcomer to BJJ knows intuitively that being mounted is bad news. In mixed martial arts, bottom mount is an especially lousy place to be because of the risk (or … Continue reading →

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Escapes from Mount using a Butterfly Hook

Posted on April 20, 2012 by admin

Step 1: Getting the Butterfly Hook Turn to one hip. Here, for the sake of having a common frame of reference, we’ll say your left. As is usually the case, you can reverse these directions to execute the escape on … Continue reading →

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