Guard Recovery

Brian Glick's full breakdown of the knee-elbow escape: the diagonal bridge that lets you get the elbow inside, then walking the hips away to connect knee and elbow and recover half guard.

Short version of Brian Glick's knee-elbow side control escape, ending with the knee inserted and the leg back in play.

Chewjitsu shows a simple hip movement that makes it easier to slide the knee back in and recover guard after creating space under side control.

Stephan Kesting on the first side control escape to learn: rebuilding knee-elbow connection, framing, bridging and recovering to butterfly guard, plus how to stop the top player running round to the back.

Absolute MMA fundamentals class on side control bottom: preventing the pin from settling in the first place, then the frames escape back to guard. Part one of a series.

Jean Jacques Machado on the small detail with the knee and hip that decides whether your shrimp actually gets you back to guard or just moves you sideways.

Quick tip: add a bridge before the shrimp so the passer's elbow disconnects from the mat and there is room to bring the knee inside.

When the passer blocks your hip and the knee-in does not work: escape belly down to the knees, then windshield-wiper the legs back to collect them in guard.

Keenan Cornelius shows a late-stage guard recovery for when the pass is almost complete and the top player is landing in side control.