Elbow-Knee Escape

Danaher's mount-escape lesson: the elbow-knee escape and upa sequenced so you are not bridging into a higher mount.

Xande Ribeiro shows a frame-based mount escape that works against heavier opponents, with Bernardo Faria asking the questions. Gi, but the mechanics carry over to no-gi.

Chewy runs through the five mount escapes he still uses at black belt, starting with the upa and the bridge-and-shrimp elbow escape. A good first video for anyone who keeps getting stuck under mount.

Chewy diagnoses the five habits that make mount escapes fail: bad frames, no bridge, escaping too late, wrong timing. As much about the priorities under mount as about any single technique.

A mount escape Chewjitsu likes against bigger people, built on frames rather than a power bridge.

A twenty-minute Knight Jiu-Jitsu guide covering the upa, elbow-knee escape, heel drag and how to combine them against low and high mount. Thorough for a first study of the position.

Gordon Ryan on the elbow-knee escape from mount with an emphasis on keeping the elbows inside and clearing the knee line. Short and dense; assumes you already know the basic movement.

Lachlan Giles explains how to pick the escape based on where the top player's weight sits: bridge when they lean forward, hip escape when they sit back. Good decision-making framework.

Lachlan Giles on removing the grapevines before you can shrimp, a common sticking point when the top player rides low mount.

Brian Glick compares the knee-elbow escape with the kip escape from no-gi mount and when each is the right choice.