Escapes

Escaping the Body Triangle

Attacking the locked foot and turning into the triangle to escape or leg lock the body triangle.

Also called body triangle escape, breaking the body triangle.

Where it shows up

3 resources

No-gi Intermediate

Gordon Ryan on breaking and escaping the body triangle from the back rather than waiting to get choked.

No-gi Intermediate

Giancarlo Bodoni's body-triangle escape from the back: creating space at the hips and sliding out without exposing the neck.

Gi & no-gi Intermediate

Knight Jiu-Jitsu's complete guide to escaping back control, covering hooks and the body triangle.