Single elbow escape series

• The single elbow escape
  • Done when the opponent has you flat on the mat in half guard with and underhook and cross face
  • How to:
    • Gain a high inside hook with your leg
      • A lower inside hook near the opponent’s ankle will allow them to escape.
    • Bring your inside hand to their hip and your elbow to their knee (blocking it)
    • Point your knee to the ground
    • Bring your knee to your elbow and get your knee to their hip
      • Knee should go into the pocket of their hip
    • Use your knee to push on the opponent and break their cross face and grips
    • From here there are many paths forward, the one shown is an escape to guard
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  • Simple Sweep from escape
    • One you have done your single elbow escape and have your knee on their hip
    • Capture their cross face arm
    • Start lifting them with your butterfly hook
      • If it is hard to lift them you may need to bring their center of gravity forward with your hook or hands
    • Use your other foot to block their ankle
      • You can also block their knee if it is still on the mat, but a good opponent will likely base out to their foot
    • Sweep
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• Single elbow escape to shoulder crunch (sumi gaeshi)
  • This move can be used with the simple sweep from above
    • The simple sweep is a threat to be swept to the opposite side of the captured arm
    • The should crunch sweep is a sweep to the side of the captured arm
  • How to
    • Start with the single elbow escape at the point that you have your knee in the opponents hip pocket
    • Use your butterfly hook to stretch out the opponent.
    • Lock hands palm to palm over the opponent’s should, crunching it to your chest
    • Shift your hips, so you can get your second butterfly hook
    • Bring your opponent forward, so their center of gravity is over you
    • Sweep your opponent to the direction of the captured arm
      • If they are able to base out with their leg, remove one of your butterfly hooks and block their ankle
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• Single elbow escape scoop half butterfly
  • This is done when the opponent is able to counter your shoulder crunch by extending their
  • How to
    • Start with the single elbow escape at the point that you have your knee in the opponent’s hip pocket
    • Use your butterfly hook to stretch out the opponent.
    • Grab a scoop grip on the leg you do not have a butterfly hook on
    • Use your non-butterfly hook their foot shoelaces to shoelaces
    • Use your feet to put their knee to the mat
    • Come to your knees
    • If they go up on one foot
      • Walking behind them by grabbing their other foot and put them to the mat
    • If they stay on a knee
      • Grab their far knee and put them to the mat
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Scoop half butterfly series

• What is a scoop
  • A scoop is and underhook on the leg
• Basic
  • How to
    • Start with one hand over the opponent’s back with the other hand scooping their leg
    • Turn your legs out to separate your opponents legs bringing their leg over you
    • Use your inside foot to hook their leg and bring it up allowing room for you outside foot to get a butterfly hook
    • Use your other foot to hook their ankle
    • Use your legs to put their knee to the mat
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• Rotating around the leg
  • How to
    • Start with one hand over the opponent’s back with the other hand scooping their leg
    • Turn your legs out to separate your opponents legs bringing their leg over you
    • Remove your scoop grip and bring it over their other leg
    • Use your inside foot to hook their leg and bring it up allowing room for you outside foot to get a butterfly hook
    • bring your butterfly hook down to their ankle
    • Use hook to bring their foot forward
    • You can either
      • Bring yourself under your opponent and take their back
      • Bring yourself under your opponent and to their side for a double leg
      • Stand up with their leg for a single leg
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• Details of the scoop half butterfly
  • The scoop series is always done with the inside hook
    • Your ankle should be in the back of the opponents knee
  • The foot pass off
    • Your hooks must be “sticky”, this means you are actively retracting your toes towards your knee

The Double Elbow Escape Series

• The double elbow escape is two elbow escapes, one against their legs and one against their arms
• How to
  • Gain a high inside hook with your leg
  • Bring your inside hand to their hip and your elbow to their knee (blocking it)
  • Point your knee to the ground
  • Bring your knee to your elbow and get your knee to their hip * Knee should go into the pocket of their hip
  • Use your knee to push on the opponent and break their cross face and grips
    • Their hand should go on the floor during this movement to prevent you from easily sweeping them
  • Get your arm inside the arm on the ground, bringing your elbow to their elbow
  • Bring your knee through the space you have created with your hand performing a second elbow escape
  • Enter the clamp position
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Reverse crossface, reverse elbow escape

• This is done when your opponent has a reverse crossface
• How to
  • Make sure your half guard is locked above your opponents knee
  • Use a knee lever to bring their knee to the mat, by bringing your feet to the floor and pointing your knees away from you
  • Get a grip on your opponent’s tricep
  • Bridge on your shoulder and escape your far arm out from under your opponent
  • Come up to an elbow
  • Bring your knee out from under the opponent and in front of their hip
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Elbow escape vs reverse underhook

• The reverse underhook is when the opponent has their arm across your body and under your arm
• How to
  • Use your inside hook to tightly control the opponents leg
  • Use one arm to grab the opponents belt and stiff arm them to create space
  • Build up to an elbow
  • Bring knee out from under your opponent
  • Keep your head higher than the opponent so you win the battle for the back
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