Gi & no-gi Beginner
Chewy's two effective options for escaping a tight north-south.
Escapes
Escapes
Framing on the hips, spinning to turtle, the leg hook escape and recovering guard through inversion.
North-South Bottom · North-South
The other side: North-South Top
Techniques in this topic
Resources
5 resources
YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Giles on escaping north-south and choosing the correct escape based on arm position.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Machado on the body mechanics of the north-south escape: the devil is in the hip movement.
No-gi Intermediate
A longer no-gi north-south escape system, step by step.
Written instruction
North-South Escapes
BJJ Atlas BJJ Atlas
Written map of spinning out and recovering from north-south.