Elbow Escape from Bottom Mount

Establish frames and keep distance.

• Keep your elbows tight to your body
• Place your forearms on their hips
• Keep one leg straight
• The other legs goes outside of the hips

Bridge your hips up to create initial space.

• Push off the mat with your feet
• Lift your opponent slightly off your chest

Shrimp your hips out to one side.

• Push off your framing arm
• Create an angle between your body and theirs
• Keep your bottom leg close to the ground by rotating your hill to point up

Bring your bottom knee inside their mount.

• Slide your knee through the created space
• Drive your knee and connect it with your elbow

Turn to your side and shrimp again.

• Continue to push with your frame
• Create more space to bring the second knee in

Recover to half guard or full guard.

• Bring your second leg inside their mount
• Establish a strong connection with your legs