You need to practice each of your individual side escapes until you're able to do them well against moderate static resistance (this means they just use their weight and strength to resist). At first, you don't want them to switch to another side control position when practicing.
Then you need to start linking the escapes together and be able to flow from one to the other smoothly as your opponent changes positions to keep up with you. Your goal is to "get ahead" of them in the sequence or get them to make a mistake.
You won't be able to do this sparring against a heavier person. You need to practice this during warm ups where you can tell your partner how much and what kind of resistance to give you.
Don't bother trying to push against him using your arms. This wastes energy and won't work against bigger people.
The most basic posture is to put the lower 3rd of each forearm (near the elbow) on his hip bone (with your lower arm) and on his trachea (with your upper arm). You want to keep a solid frame like this and use your BRIDGING to push that frame up into him. Then ROLL into him and onto your shoulder. You want to shift his weight just enough to give you space to SHRIMP your butt away and make more space to either get your leg in or go to your knees.
Imagine your arms are pieces of metal that have been welded into an "L" shape. You're not bench pressing him; you're pushing that frame up into him using your legs and hips by bridging and rolling.
Almost every side escape involves bridging like this to make space. You're almost never pushing with your arms and if you are, it's only to supplement the bridge and roll movement in some small way. |