Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Escape from Side Control: Elbow-Knee

professor gino in this morning with some basics on escaping from side control. he went over two variations - one with a bridge and one without. he said his back problems make him use the bridgeless technique more often. i put my right knee up to avoid the mount and slide my left foot away from my right to give some additional room to move my hip to my left. i then insert my right knee and make a brace with my right elbow. i push off uke. i move on to my right elbow and move my elbow back so i can move my body back as uke comes forward to attempt to pass again. this body drag using the elbow may be an easier alternative to trying to replace the guard.

for the bridged version, i bridge into my opponent and then fall away to insert the foot. using one or both feet for the bridge is ok. (using only one allows a better mount defense).



the first variation on this video is close to what i was taught except that instead of doing an elbow drag, he does a more traditional guard replacement.

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