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The Back Escape group encompasses all techniques for escaping when an opponent has achieved back control — one of the most dominant and dangerous positions in grappling. [1] Back control gives the att...

The Hook Back Control subfamily covers back control positions using hooks — feet inserted inside the opponent's thighs from behind — as the primary lower body control method. [1] Hooks are the traditi...

The J.J. Back Escape recovers half guard from back control using a specific hip slide and leg hook technique, named after Jean Jacques Machado. [1]

The Underhook Side Control Escape subfamily covers escapes where the defender establishes an underhook on the near side from bottom side control, then uses the underhook to create a frame and generate...

The Hand Fighting Escape subfamily covers back escape techniques that prioritise defending against the choke through hand fighting while systematically working to clear hooks and turn to face the oppo...

Position Escape covers techniques for escaping from specialised control positions that don't fit within the standard mount, side control, or back escape categories — addressing unique positional chall...

The Seatbelt Escape family covers techniques for breaking the seatbelt grip (over-under arm control from behind) — the most critical first step in any back escape, because the seatbelt grip enables th...

The Rear Mount Escape family covers all techniques for escaping back control when the opponent has established hooks (feet inside the defender's thighs) or a body triangle from behind. [1] Rear mount ...

The Double Hook back control inserts both feet inside the opponent's inner thighs from behind, creating two points of lower body control that prevent the opponent from turning, sliding down, or bridgi...

The Ghost Escape is a dynamic side control escape where the defender slides underneath the opponent by performing a sharp hip escape combined with a body-flattening motion that allows them to slip out...

The Safe Haven is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu back escape concept — a defensive position or escape technique within Eddie Bravo's system for surviving and escaping back control. [1,2]

The Body Triangle Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping when the opponent has secured back control with a body triangle — legs locked in a figure-four around the defender's torso rather than...

The Supine Rear Mount subfamily covers the rear mount position where the controlling fighter is lying on their back with the opponent on top of them, face up, with hooks or body triangle maintaining c...

The Shoulder Walk Escape subfamily covers back escape techniques where the defender walks the shoulders along the mat, sliding downward and out of the attacker's back control by incrementally shifting...

The Scoot And Turn Escape subfamily covers back escape techniques where the defender slides the hips downward and sideways while turning to face the attacker, using the scooting motion to create the s...

The prone rear mount (belly-down back mount) is a back control variant where the opponent is flattened face-down (prone) on the mat while the attacker maintains back mount with hooks in from on top. [...

The Peel And Rotate escape combines grip stripping with rotational hip movement to escape back control while defending the choke. [1] The defender peels the attacker's choking arm by gripping the wris...

Safe Haven is a 10th Planet back escape from seatbelt grip control where the defender pops their shoulder out of the upper body control and slides to the underhook side (not the overhook side, which m...

The Two On One Hand Fighting escape uses both hands to control the attacker's choking arm, creating a two-against-one advantage on the most dangerous arm while working to clear hooks and turn. [1] The...

The Standard Shoulder Walk alternates pressing each shoulder into the mat and sliding the body downward, using the shoulder as a pivot point while the hips shift incrementally toward the escape direct...

The Mount Escape family within the Back Escape group covers techniques for escaping when the opponent achieves mount from a back-control transition — addressing the specific challenge of an opponent w...

The Weak Side Seatbelt positions the choking arm under the opponent's armpit rather than over the shoulder, which is further from the direct RNC finishing position. [1] The weak side requires an addit...

The Under Body Triangle positions the locking leg underneath the opponent's body, typically threading beneath the hip and locking on the far side. [1] The under configuration provides a different cont...

The Standard Frame And Reguard places the inside forearm across the opponent's throat or collar bone and the outside hand on the opponent's hip, creating a two-point frame that generates space. [1] Th...

The Crucifix Escape family covers techniques for escaping the crucifix position, where the opponent controls the back while trapping one arm with the legs and the other arm with their arms, leaving th...

The 10th Planet Escape family covers escape techniques for positions unique to Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system — addressing the specific challenge of escaping the Truck, Twister Side Contro...

The Standard Chair Sit Position is the base-level execution of the chair sit, with the controlling fighter seated directly behind the opponent, both hips on the mat, legs wrapped loosely around the op...

The Standard Kiss Of The Dragon executes the fundamental version of this technique by establishing reverse De La Riva guard, inverting between the opponent's legs, and threading the head and shoulders...

The Short Shoulder Walk uses quick, short alternating shoulder slides to make incremental progress downward out of back control, prioritising speed of each individual shoulder shift over distance cove...

The Standard Supine Rear Mount has the controlling fighter lying on their back with the opponent face-up on top, hooks or body triangle locked in, and seatbelt grip secured. [1] From this position, th...

The Kiss Of The Dragon subfamily covers the specific berimbolo variation where the guard player inverts and threads through the opponent's legs from a reverse De La Riva position, emerging on the othe...

The Granby Roll is a dynamic wrestling escape from the turtle position where the bottom fighter rolls over their shoulder to invert, escape the opponent's top control, and recover guard or create a sc...

The wrist choke from front headlock is a species of the wrist-control-assisted front choke family where the attacker uses the bony edge of their own wrist as the primary choking surface against the op...

Pin Escape covers techniques for escaping from wrestling pins and holds where the opponent controls you against the mat with your shoulders exposed — a critical survival skill in folk, freestyle, and ...

From standing backpack control the attacker secures cross-lapel grips and uses a controlled roll or spin (often dropping level and rotating around the opponent) to increase rotational torque and finis...

The Standard Scoot And Turn slides the hips downward along the attacker's body while simultaneously turning toward the bottom hook side, working to slip below the attacker's control and turn to face t...

The Guantanamo Escape is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique for recovering half guard from the mounted position, using a specific hip movement combined with knee insertion that differs from the standar...

The RNC Shoulder Walk Escape uses a walking motion on the shoulders to slide the body downward and out of the attacker's back control while defending the choke. [1] The defender plants the shoulders o...

Single hand collar rear chokes use only one hand gripping the opponent's collar from back control, while the other arm reinforces or controls posture. [1,2] The one-hand collar choke is the defining t...

The one-hand collar choke from back control uses a single deep collar grip with wrist rotation to press the knuckles or forearm blade into the carotid artery while the collar fabric compresses the opp...

The Standard Berimbolo subfamily covers the core berimbolo technique — the foundational inversion from De La Riva guard that spins underneath the opponent to take the back. [1] This is the original be...

The Crucifix Roll subfamily covers escape techniques that use a rolling motion to disrupt the crucifix position, using the momentum of the roll to free the trapped arms and reverse or escape the posit...

The Standard Crucifix Roll executes the fundamental crucifix escape by bridging explosively and rolling toward the side where the arm is trapped by the opponent's legs, using the rolling momentum to d...

The Choke Escape family covers all techniques for escaping choke and strangulation submissions once they have been initiated. [1] Choke escapes are among the most urgent defensive techniques in grappl...

Zombie is an advanced rubber guard control position within the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system where the attacker maintains an overhook on the opponent's arm while threading one leg across the opponent's...

The Snap Roll subfamily covers quick, explosive rolling escapes from turtle that use a snapping rotational motion to create separation from the opponent and transition to a guard or standing position....

The Standard Berimbolo Technique executes the full berimbolo from De La Riva guard by hooking the DLR leg deep, gripping the opponent's belt or pants, inverting by pulling the hips overhead, and spinn...

The Standard De La Riva Sweep executes the fundamental DLR guard sweep by using the DLR hook to stretch and off-balance the opponent backward, controlling the ankle of the hooked leg while pulling the...

The Standard Inversion Escape from north-south bridges the hips upward, rolls onto the upper back, and swings the legs over the body to hook around the opponent, recovering guard through the inversion...

The Body Lock Wall Takedown subfamily executes body lock takedowns while the opponent is pressed against the cage wall, using the wall as a control surface that prevents backward retreat. [1] The atta...