Escapes

Turtle to Guard

Sitting back through to seated guard from turtle before the opponent gets hooks.

Also called recovering guard from turtle, sitting back to guard, turtle guard recovery.

Where it shows up

3 resources

No-gi Intermediate

Gordon Ryan on escaping the front headlock and turtle together: posture, circling and getting back to a guard or a stand-up.

Gi & no-gi Beginner

Five ways to recover guard from turtle: sitting back, granby, and the sit-out family. A good first study of the position from the bottom.

Gi & no-gi Intermediate

The Fulkerson sit-back escape and granby roll from turtle, a two-move recovery system.