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date: 2025-06-08T14:10:45.000Z
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summary: Comprehensive guide to escapes and defenses in grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, organized by categories with links to video tutorials.
tags:
- BJJ
- Escape
- Defense
- Grappling
- Survival
- Positioning
title: Grappling Escapes and Defense Guide
author:
- Anonymous
---

# Grappling Escapes and Defense Guide

## 🛡️ What is an Escape/Defense?

**Escapes** and **defenses** are crucial techniques in grappling that allow you to survive and get out of unfavorable positions or opponent attacks.

The objective of escapes and defenses:
- Neutralize opponent's attacks
- Escape from dominant positions suffered
- Return to neutral or favorable position
- Avoid submissions
- Create counter-attack opportunities

These techniques are essential for survival in grappling and form the foundation of a solid defensive game. They allow practitioners to stay safe while looking for opportunities to reverse positions.

## 🏔️ Mount Escapes

### Mount escape

#### Technique 1
{{< youtube utMuY2XNwQY >}}

#### Technique 2
{{< youtube tSo9WAFMMFY >}}

#### Technique 3
{{< youtube k96NXwppHIw >}}

### Mount escape
{{< youtube ZQT2mkINkyc >}}

### Knee elbow escape under mount
{{< youtube LErt3TDxdYg >}}

### 5 mount defenses
{{< youtube PSiK4dQeuKc >}}

### Against mount
{{< youtube c7GIFEAzk1Q >}}

### From back to mount
{{< youtube _eZHx3DIkgs >}}

## ↔️ Side Control Escapes

### Ghost escape from side control
{{< youtube 9Z5CeR5aphg >}}

### Classic side control escape
{{< youtube Ff09MSeXVZY >}}

### Other 100 kilos escape
{{< youtube e27gKAkre5w >}}

### Simple half-guard escape
{{< youtube 82HW0SDvVHc >}}

### Side control to knee shield to roll
{{< youtube uJ0NcbgNXp8 >}}

## 🐢 Turtle Escapes

### 3 turtle escapes
{{< youtube 1cA-ESYyJRo >}}

### 4 turtle escapes
{{< youtube FEX8X6Lec5I >}}

## 🤝 Guillotine Defenses

### Clearing the guillotine
{{< youtube KdM76ewa9cY >}}

### Standing guillotine defense
{{< youtube TN7rBNmZhvU >}}

### Guillotine defense von flu choke
{{< youtube TN7rBNmZhvU >}}

### Gary Tonon anti guillotine
{{< youtube GBUyJS2UGIk >}}

### Guillotine escape

#### Technique 1
{{< youtube Ze_zlkPUzto >}}

#### Counter technique
{{< youtube cPS99jYJgeo >}}

### Ground guillotine escape
{{< youtube M9o-GfbB8gc >}}

## 🔺 Triangle Defenses

### Triangle choke defense
{{< youtube p7lqLg2TPOQ >}}

### Classic triangle defense
{{< youtube 3iS7ugc0jeM >}}

### Multiple triangle defenses
{{< youtube ABopdaptXVw >}}

### Triangle escape - Craig Jones
{{< youtube nAfacsveF-U >}}

### Armbar defense
{{< youtube Mj1Kvda-x0w >}}

## 🥊 Takedown Defenses

### Sprawl escape
{{< youtube m1FcOC6Ko3k >}}

### Body lock escape after sprawl
{{< youtube BGWcya2Gh3E >}}

## 🛠️ Various Defenses

### Hand on face block
{{< youtube 2ah_Xabi5u0 >}}

### Arm Triangle escape

#### Technique 1
{{< youtube J4J2NwUAUU0 >}}

#### Technique 2
{{< youtube J4J2NwUAUU0 >}}

### Against stack
{{< youtube soWWHOmlr0c >}}

### Against bigger opponent
{{< youtube MkI4vFMkz2s >}}

### Against 100 kilos
{{< youtube ZYiy8o-6ke8 >}}

### 100 kilos tips
{{< youtube rfncrzTSR6U >}}

### Anti Craig Jones octopus
{{< youtube 82HW0SDvVHc >}}

## 💪 Kimura Defenses

### Counter to kimura trap from side control
{{< youtube x3eciy2RsPU >}}

### Counter kimura trap from under side control
{{< youtube -1mmQQ4F9dA >}}

## 🦵 Leg Lock Defenses

### Counter guard calf and hook
{{< youtube ccJIF_zUfHg >}}

### Counter knee on belly guard
{{< youtube UeSZGRUW2Gk >}}

### Triangle escape to leg bar
{{< youtube 4E1ZYyPNIPI >}}

## 🔙 Back Control Escapes

### Back control escape
{{< youtube YUrh5x27NF4 >}}

### Reset bottom hook from the back
{{< youtube 1vjFm05o2VE >}}

### Breaking back grabbing
{{< youtube _9CsguuMuJ8 >}}

## 🤲 Framing and Defensive Concepts

### Framing as a White Belt
{{< youtube o61VFVDuA3s >}}

### Very good side control defense
{{< youtube n4tmi8GlbWs >}}

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*This guide is a compilation of escape and defense techniques in grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Each video presents a technique demonstration. Make sure to practice under qualified instructor supervision.*