Alexander Volkanovski and Craig Jones on a no-gi back escape that works when the top player is riding you belly-down.
Escapes
Back Escapes
Clearing the hooks and getting your shoulders to the mat on the choking-arm side to escape back control.
Also called escaping the back, back escape, escaping back control, shoulders to the mat.
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YouTube videos
Matheus Diniz on three ways to defend the back in no-gi, mixing survival posture with the first movements of the escape.
Chewy's longer class on escaping back mount the way black belts do it: shoulders to the mat, clearing hooks and not giving the choke while you move.
Knight Jiu-Jitsu's complete guide to escaping back control, covering hooks and the body triangle.
Matt Arroyo's back-escape system: protect the neck, get a shoulder to the mat and peel the hooks in a repeatable order.
A focused drill on the shoulders-to-the-mat back escape, the first movement every other escape depends on.