North-south Escapes Flashcards
What are the steps to the north-south TRANSITION escape, using a anticipation method?
Often when we are in side control and we elect to use a REVERSE CROSSFACE FRAME to escape, our opponent will elect to transition to a north-south pin.
To do this he will need to get his own reverse crossface and hip block (modified side control) before he transitions to N/S.
- after opponent switches to his reverse crossface, we use our initial reverse crossface to duck under his arm to get the inside position under his arm pit (he put his arm over your reverse crossface to get his own reverse crossface)
- our other hand/arm comes from the framing position on the hip, towards our own chest so our opponents torso is now on top of our forearm frames
- we keep this inside position with our forearms as he transitions around to N/S
- as he moves over head to N/S we bring our legs up towards our chest
- the knee on the side of our initial reverse crossface, comes deep inside that elbow towards the opponents sternum, so your ankle is close to his head and shoulder
- your secondary leg comes over the shoulder more extended over his back, by the other side of his head
- kinda like a long-short scissor position with your legs
- use a scissor guard motion with your legs to turn underneath your opponent to realign with him back into guard
What are the steps of the DOUBLE OVER North-south escape method?
Our opponent has successfully got into the N/S position, and has a double-over position.
This means his both arms are over the outside of our arms, which should be in the ‘prayer-like’ inside-position, elbows close to our sides.
We need to get our knees inside his shoulders/collar bones
•using our elbows/forearms as frames inside our opponents shoulders/biceps we need to bring our feet in close to our buttocks and perform a strong bridge/bumping action to bump our opponent overhead
•this creates space between our opponents chest and ours
•our elbows now rise to keep the space and our hips come back to the floor
•while framing with our elbows to keep the Opp overhead
THE AIM IS TO TRANSFER THE ENERGY CREATED FROM THE HIPS TO THE ELBOWS IN ONE MOTION
•bring both knees up towards your chest
•bring one knee into the space and connect to one elbow on the same side inside the gap UNDER the opp’s head
•the other knee/leg goes over the opp’s head
•you have one leg under the head (the penetrating knee) and one leg over the head (the hooking leg)
•use your top hooking leg to push off and rotate around your opponent while you’re bottom penetrating knee comes through to the outer hip
•you should now be realigned with your opponent and have a scissor guard on him
What is the double under north south pin, and what are the steps to escape it?
The double-under N/S pin is where our opponent is in the N/S position with his elbows underneath our armpits/biceps.
Unlike the double over escape, a bridging action won’t be adequate to move his head away to create enough space to escape so we must
- lock into our Opp’s hips with either a belt grip OR thumb posting inside his hips with our hands/thumbs
- we bring our both feet together and up off the mat
- WHILE FRAMING ON HIS HIPS we apply a pendulum action with our legs by swinging them from side to side, creating enough momentum to change the angle of us relative to our opponent, OUR AIM IS TO SWING OUT ENOUGH SO WE BECOME PERPENDICULAR AND FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR OPPONENT
- when you have created enough space and angle (you’ll almost be perpendicular and also a lot further away from his hips) you can thread your top elbow/hand through, underneath your opponent and reach for his leg
- get a wrap around grip around the back of his knee ONE HANDED
- back heist (scissor up) to your knees
- base with your other hand outwards and stay tall
- opponent wil want to square out and sprawl
- keep your head high, your inside ear aims for his far hip
- reach through with basing hand and pull out the heel of the Opp’s grounded foot
- go into passing
How can we use the body movement of ‘jackknifing’ (penduluming the legs) to escape double-unders N/S with an elbow escape?
While framing on the Opp’s hips with a belt grip or thumb posting on the legs:
•use the action of jackknifing (penduluming side to side) to create distance from your opponent’s hips and also to create a perpendicular angle where your on your side facing his hips
•use a stiff arm frame on his hips with your top hand
His hand will still (or should still) be framing on your bottom hip preventing you getting guard (if it’s not you can just bring your legs back inside)
•while stiff-arming with your top hand, bring your free bottom elbow in tight towards hips
•scissor up off your knees
•post on his bottom hand with your bottom hand and bring your bottom knee inside his bottom defensive arm
•release your stuff arm frame
•realign with your partner, push off him etc
•put him back in some form of guard
What do we do if, when escaping double unders with the elbow escape variation, our opponent manages to run around to take our backs?
We use the shoulder roll to follow his circling behind us, and put him back in guard
What is the OVER-UNDER N/S variation and why is it the most difficult to escape?
The over under escape is the most difficult N/S variation to escape. This is because the under grip gives them control over us, and the over grip is good for attacks.
How do we escape Over-under N/S pin using an elbow escape?
We can elbow escape on the ‘over’ side of the over-under pin by :
- we ‘jackknife’ (pendulum) over to the OVER side of our Opp’s pin
- bring your elbow and knee together and elbow escape the Opp’s arm, sliding your shin through in front of his bicep
- your hand slides from Opp’s tricep down to his wrist
- so you now have a quasi-spider guard effect
- while holding his wrist, push with your shin with the intent of moving the Opp down your body
- frame on his hip
- elbow escape with a v-frame
- realign with Opp
- regain guard
How can we go from an over-under N/s pin to a double under n/s escape?
We create space and punch our arm through, forcing our opponent into a double under pin.
Or anticipate our opponent attacking on the ‘over’ side and then punching our hand though
Then you use the double under escape method:
- frame on hips
- pendulum to create space between opp and also perpendicular angle
- top hand reaches through to single leg grip
- back heist to knees
- base out with free hand
- your inside ear to opp’s far hip
- reach through and grab the opp’s heel of grounded leg, pull it through to flatten him to floor
- keep hold of leg
- go into passing (over under pass)
