Escapes and Reversals

[Hardball]

The chop-sokey thing was a joke, man. Just a joke.

I saw a DVD by that name just last week. It was a narrative about the old chinese martial arts movies.

[EmptyneSs]

Are you prying your way out of the headlock? What method do you use to escape the bearhug? Arms trapped or arms free?

for the headlock you could put one hand on his back, one hand pulling down on his arm around your neck and slip out behind him, and using his own arm to chicken wing him from behind.also, if you can manage to get your legs behind him, you can grab his waist and lift his body high, slamming him into something.

[Hardball]

One of my favorite escapes is escaping from a standing rear forearm choke by quickly shooting my elbow back and then reverse hammer fist to the private parts.

[Hardball]

Escape from a wrist grab; two methods.. 1) the rotation method were I just rotate my closed hand around my enemys wrist 2) the twist and pull method. Just step back, twist and pull out of it. I like #1 best.

[Hardball]

escape from ude garami (figure 4 arm bar), reach over and grab your own (trapped) hand, clasp then together then reverse the arm bar.

[Hardball]

I posted a few in hopes of hearing more escapes from the defend community. I'll post more if the participation is here. So far, I am impressed with what has been written.

[blitz]

Headlock escapes: 1- If someone doesn't move around you can get a hip toss. 2- If someone keeps moving around just sit down on the ground and roll over him so you end in the mount.

Grabs: If someone is grabbing your shirt, jerk his body towards you downwards.
If someone is grabbing your wrist rotate your hand around and pull.

Escapes: How to escape a guilltoine from the guard.
How to escape a full nelson.
How to escape a bearhug.
Escapes from the mount.

Reversals: How to reverse a single leg.
How to sweep someone if he is on your back.

Just a few ideas, there are lots of things you can teach.

[blitz]

Double post =(

[7r14ngL3Ch0k3]

This has happened when ive grappled against other wrestlers on my team; I have them pinned(side mount) and they guillotine me and i switch to mount. Theyre still putting a lot of pressure on my neck and im being slowly choked out(even though theyre being mounted). I used to just try to break free from their hold(by putting pressure on their face and push off), but its so much easier to just lock your arms around their head and pull into them. I think this is like a side choke. Will it work when youre in guard and the person on top has a tight neck hold( like a guillotine)?

[sapatiero]

This has happened when ive grappled against other wrestlers on my team; I have them pinned(side mount) and they guillotine me and i switch to mount. Theyre still putting a lot of pressure on my neck and im being slowly choked out(even though theyre being mounted). I used to just try to break free from their hold(by putting pressure on their face and push off), but its so much easier to just lock your arms around their head and pull into them. I think this is like a side choke. Will it work when youre in guard and the person on top has a tight neck hold( like a guillotine)?

Yep - the standard escape from a guard guillotine is to
a) protect your neck by holding the wrist of the choking arm
b) reach over their shoulder with your other arm & hug them
c) post up onto your feet & put your weight through your 'hugging' shoulder into their neck
d) turn your head away from the choke as you lift the choke off.
e) get posture

It works - I haven't been caught by a guillotine in years. Anyone who's been doing BJJ more than 6 months should know this one (I would hope)

[danfaggella]

My favourite escape/reversal chain is this: My opponent is mounted on my chest. i) fake bridge and roll and use his reaction to get the elbow-knee escape. I now have half-guard. ii) I now get the arm on the side where his leg is trapped under his armpit, grabbing his back; the other hand grabs his pants on the inside of his knee (on his free leg). I'm on my side, balled up around his knees. I reverse him by unhooking his leg, pulling with the arm grabbing his back, and pushing with the arm grabbing his knee. I end up in cross-side.

I pull this off a lot - i) or ii) (or both) at least once per training session.

Wow, I just figured I would say I use that escape constantly, for some reason I thought I was the only one.

Also, I learned the majority of my escapes from BJJ, my wrestling escapes rarely come into play.

[elliotNess]

Does anyone know an escape from the "DOUBLE LEG GRAPEVINE" ?

[OmaPlata]

from a headlock, reach up and put your forearm in the guys throat and then reach behind his thigh, picking him up and slamming him on his back, taking top control and pounding him Tito style

[Tom Yum]

from a headlock, reach up and put your forearm in the guys throat and then reach behind his thigh, picking him up and slamming him on his back, taking top control and pounding him Tito style

what if the guy headlocking you weighs 300 lbs? You will not be able to pick him up, unless you're a powerlifter/wrestler. If he has a thick neck or tolerance to pain, your forearm at his throat is going to piss him off and maybe make him red in the face.

You have to coordinate it to where you get his head to move, change his balance (body follows the head), scoop and use your legs to move him onto the ground since you will not be able to pick up a 300-lb er with your other free hand in one scoop

If you push his chin or rather palm strike through his face, it will move him off balance. Remember Hackney vs. Yarbrough? It's then easier to lift one of his legs once he's redirected and you can drive him into the ground, landing into a side mount or some variation of a half-guard.

[Tom Yum]

for the headlock you could put one hand on his back, one hand pulling down on his arm around your neck and slip out behind him, and using his own arm to chicken wing him from behind..

If one of your legs is behind him (or both), you can do an upwards ridge-hand strike to his balls from the back side, that would loosen the grip. Then you could uppercut the same target from the front side.

also, if you can manage to get your legs behind him, you can grab his waist and lift his body high, slamming him into something.

If he's within 50-lbs of your bodyweight, you could lift him high. What if he's a good 100-lbs heavier?