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2025-06-08T14:10:45.000Z false Comprehensive guide to escapes and defenses in grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, organized by categories with links to video tutorials.
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Grappling Escapes and Defense Guide
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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

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Technique 2

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Technique 3

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Mount escape

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Knee elbow escape under mount

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5 mount defenses

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Against mount

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From back to mount

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↔️ Side Control Escapes

Ghost escape from side control

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Classic side control escape

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Other 100 kilos escape

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Simple half-guard escape

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Side control to knee shield to roll

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🐢 Turtle Escapes

3 turtle escapes

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4 turtle escapes

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🤝 Guillotine Defenses

Clearing the guillotine

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Standing guillotine defense

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Guillotine defense von flu choke

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Gary Tonon anti guillotine

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Guillotine escape

Technique 1

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Counter technique

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Ground guillotine escape

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🔺 Triangle Defenses

Triangle choke defense

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Classic triangle defense

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Multiple triangle defenses

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Triangle escape - Craig Jones

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Armbar defense

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🥊 Takedown Defenses

Sprawl escape

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Body lock escape after sprawl

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🛠️ Various Defenses

Hand on face block

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Arm Triangle escape

Technique 1

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Technique 2

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Against stack

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Against bigger opponent

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Against 100 kilos

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100 kilos tips

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Anti Craig Jones octopus

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💪 Kimura Defenses

Counter to kimura trap from side control

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Counter kimura trap from under side control

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🦵 Leg Lock Defenses

Counter guard calf and hook

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Counter knee on belly guard

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Triangle escape to leg bar

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🔙 Back Control Escapes

Back control escape

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Reset bottom hook from the back

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Breaking back grabbing

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🤲 Framing and Defensive Concepts

Framing as a White Belt

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Very good side control defense

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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.