Upa (Bridge and Roll)

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

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 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.

Stephan Kesting walks through the four mistakes that make the upa fail: not getting a hand to the floor, staying bridged, trapping the wrong side and rolling without bridging. Ideal for fixing a beginner's bridge-and-roll.

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.

Jean Jacques Machado explains why the upa fails against people who know it is coming and how to fix the trap and the bridge direction.