Gordon Ryan – The Pillars of Defense: Back Escapes

GORDON TEACHES YOU EVERY DETAIL OF HIS SYSTEM ACROSS 8-VOLUMES SO THAT YOU CAN START DEFENDING AND ESCAPING WITH MORE TECHNIQUE AND CONFIDENCE

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Start escaping from some of submission grappling’s worst positions with this 8-volume instructional series from Gordon “The King” Ryan as he shows you how he stays safe and gets away from back control. With techniques, strategies, and live rolling footage to break it all down, this is a total guide to getting away when someone takes your back and is ready to finish the fight.

Gordon Ryan is a 3-time ADCC Champion, the best no-gi grappler in the world today, and he is back with BJJ Fanatics to show you his game, broken down so grapplers of all levels can understand and benefit. As the best back attacker in submission grappling history, Gordon is uniquely suited to show you how to decode the defense and prevent the attacker from finishing you as you escape their control.

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Learn the hand fighting tactics and fundamentals necessary for controlling the strangling arm and keeping yourself in the fight as you use spinning escapes, headlock escapes, and more to break away from their positional control. Gordon takes you into extreme detail on every step, giving you everything you’ll need to know to succeed.

Get out of some of grappling’s worst positions on the back, including how to break body triangles and how to free trapped arms. With Gordon’s help, you can begin attacking with the confidence that even if they take your back, you have the escaping ability to get back out and start attacking again.

SO, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU GET?

PART 1

• INTRO TO ESCAPING THE BACK
• OFFENSIVE GOALS
• DEFENSIVE GOALS
• OVERVIEW
• INTRO TO DEFENSIVE HAND FIGHTING
• STICKY GRIPS
• SECONDARY HAND INTERCEPTION
• COUNTERING A GARROTE – PRIMARY HAND REACH BACK
• COUNTERING A GARROTE – SECONDARY HAND REACH BACK
• THUMB POSTING OUT
• THUMB POST VS. LOCKED STRANGLE (STRANGLE ARM)
• THUMB POST VS. LOCKED STRANGLE (SUPPORT ARM)
• END GAME
• NEGATING AN ATTEMPTED ARM TRAP
• FREEING A TRAPPED ARM (KIPPING)
• FREEING A TRAPPED ARM (LIMP ARM)
• OPPONENT COUNTER LIMP ARM STEP OVER BOTTOM HOOK
• COUNTERING A LOCKED STRANGLE (LOCKED LEGS)
• COUNTERING A LOCKED STRANGLE (UNLOCKED LEGS)
• CLOSING OVERHOOK SIDE, HAND FIGHTING

PART 2

• INTRO TO UPPER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)
• DOUBLE OVER CONVERSION
• ORIGIN OF THE HEADLOCK ESCAPE
• BASIC HEADLOCK ESCAPE
• HEADLOCK ESCAPE – ENTER THE LEGS
• AVOIDING MOUNT
• BASIC TWO ON ONE PASS
• TWO ON ONE PASS/HEADLOCK COMBO
• COUNTERING A HALF CLAW RECOVERY
• CLOSING OUT UPPER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

PART 3

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• INTRO TO LOWER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)
• STEPPING OVER THE BOTTOM HOOK
• COUNTERING A LONG HOOK
• COUNTERING A DEEP HOOK
• COUNTERING A BUTTERFLY HOOK
• CLOSING OUT LOWER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)
• INTRODUCTION TO BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)
• 4 BODY TRIANGLE SCENARIOS
• PASS OFFS
• BASIC ESCAPE TO TOP SIDE TRIANGLE
• ELBOW WEDGE
• FAILED TRAP SWITCH SIDES
• BOTTOM SIDE BODY TRIANGLE
• CLOSING OUT BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)
• INTRO TO HIGH BALL RIDE (OVERHOOK SIDE)
• UNDERSTANDING WHY UPPER BODY ESCAPES DON’T WORK
• OVERVIEW
• KNEE OFF THE HIP TURN TO TURTLE
• BAITING TURTLE TO STEP OVER THE BOTTOM HOOK
• 2 OPTIONS WHEN OPPONENT COVERS THE HIP
• CLOSING OUT HIGH BALL RIDE (OVERHOOK SIDE)

PART 4

• INTRO TO CROSS BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)
• OVERVIEW
• ESCAPING – NO UPPER BODY CONTROL
• ESCAPING – ARM CONTROL
• ESCAPING – UPPER BODY CONTROL
• CLOSING OUT OVERHOOK SIDE ESCAPES
• INTRODUCTION TO ESCAPING THE UNDERHOOKS
• DIFFERENCES IN HAND FIGHTING
• COUNTERING CROSS WRIST GRIPS
• FREEING A TRAPPED ARM
• STRANGLE ESCAPES
• INTRODUCTION TO UPPER BODY ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• CONVERTING TO DOUBLE OVERS
• CONVERTING TO DOUBLE UNDERS
• ELBOW CUTTING VS HEADLOCKS
• BASIC ELBOW CUT
• DIFFERENCES IN AVOIDING MOUNT/ENTERING ASHI
• 2 ON 1 PASS TO ELBOW CUT
• 2 ON 1 PASS CONVERT TO OVERHOOK SIDE
• CLOSING OUT UNDERHOOK SIDE UPPER BODY ESCAPE

PART 5

• INTRO TO LOWER BODY ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• CLEARING THE BOTTOM HOOK/ENTERING ASHI/AVOIDING MOUNT
• COUNTERING A LONG HOOK
• COUNTERING A DEEP HOOK
• COUNTERING A BUTTERFLY HOOK
• HAND ASSIST CLEAR THE TOP HOOK
• CLOSING OUT LOWER BODY ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• INTRO TO BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDES)
• TOPSIDE BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• BOTTOM SIDE BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• TOUCHING ON POST REAR MOUNT
• CLOSING OUT BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

PART 6

• INTRODUCTION TO HIGH BALL RIDE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• ESCAPING HIGH BALL RIDE (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• INTRODUCTION TO ESCAPING CROSS BODY RIDE (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• ESCAPING CROSS BODY RIDE (UNDERHOOK SIDE)
• INTRO TO DOUBLE OVERHOOK ESCAPES
• CONVERTING DOUBLE OVERS TO UNDER OVER
• 2 ON 1 PASS
• USING SECONDARY HANDS TO CONVERT TO A 2 ON 1
• IMMEDIATELY PICKING A SIDE
• COUNTERING A STRANGLE
• CLOSING DOUBLE OVERHOOKS
• INTRO TO DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS
• CONNECTING TO DOTS
• CLOSING OUT DOUBLE UNDERHOOK ESCAPES
• TURNING ESCAPES
• OUTRO

PART 7

• ROLLING – CHRISTOS
• ROLLING – ALEX
• ROLLING – DREW
• ROLLING – CHRISTOS
• ROLLING – ALEX

PART 8

• ROLLING COMMENTARY – CHRISTOS
• ROLLING COMMENTARY – ALEX
• ROLLING COMMENTARY – DREW
• ROLLING COMMENTARY – CHRISTOS
• ROLLING COMMENTARY – ALEX