Iss yuuuge honor for me to have Erkan Mete with me to help show how to escape the front headlock position while standing.

A viewer had asked me to cover this

Self Defense training is far more than just a series of headlock escapes. This is where many schools fail their students by not giving them the training in the non-technique aspects of a conflict – the ones that actually teach any Self Defense, that is.

One of the other big fallacies in most Martial Arts Self Defense training is that fights start at full aggression.

There is often a build up of aggression and to be effective in staying safe, you need to know how to manage the aggression (both verbally and physically) while attempting to de-escalate it.

This means understanding ranges and how they must be managed, as well as angles (two of the four things I always teach to control in any conflict).

If you like my particular focus and style of teaching, you can get this kind of instruction almost daily for only $10/Month.

Just go here (https://www.patreon.com/roymarshjiujitsu) and subscribe.

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You can read my thoughts on Pressure and Control here:

My Game (Pressure Concepts)

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BIG NEWS!
My new BJJ Instructional is out.
I recently traveled to BJJ Schwerte where I taught a 2 day Group Private on my Back Game.

Mirco Wendt and the students there were kind enough to let me videotape it and release it on my Selz site.

In this seminar I focused a lot on how to control the back and also how to make fundamental submissions more effective.

And, as with my other instructionals, I try to really provide conceptual frameworks so you don’t just get a bunch of quick techniques with very little detail that you’ll forget as soon as you leave the mats.

If you’re interested, you can find the instructional (and my other ones) here: https://roymarsh.selz.com
Also, I want to give a big thanks to Erkan Mete for filming and to Björn Fiegler for being my Uke.

From the Headcoach of BJJ Schwerte:
“The back control & attack seminar was again an amazing seminar with you and covered lots of details I kind of missed out or did “sloppy“ through my almost 10 years of grappling experience.

Now as I am able to review the seminar again online, it is even better 🤗🙏🏻.

I can’t thank you enough, Roy. Of course, as a bjj purple belt I knew “some“ backmount control stuff before, attacks like rear naked choke and bow and arrow choke, you name it, but never in such details and in depth like now after attending the seminar.
It was an eye opener and all of our team could improve our skills and knowledge immediately.

The fundamentals about back control you taught us really skyrocketed our performance on the mat and gave us a deeper understanding of not only how to do certain things, but why!
For example I first learned the rear naked choke in 2010 and hit it for sure hundreds of times in rolling, but now it is 100% tighter and more effective
See you soon for the next seminar.

Mirco Wendt

We’ve covered early and middle timeline back escapes in our last two videos.

Now, Erkan and I cover a late escape when they’ve locked their seatbelt and pulled you to the choke side.

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It can be especially difficult to escape side control when your opponent switches their arm position. You’re also in constant danger of a kimura attack.

This effectively stops the re-guard – and if they’re keeping weight on you, you may not be able to turn over for the single leg escape.

Here, I show an option for when you’re trapped in this position. As with most reversals, it’s important that you practice your timing and getting the feel for when their weight is compromised.

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The Single Leg is one of the Most effective Takedowns for BJJ, MMA and Wrestling.

Here, I cover some basics concepts on what the Dangers are and show two defenses to the takedown.

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This is one of my favourite armlock set ups from the Closed Guard.

For me, it’s much harder to escape or defend because I don’t open my legs as much and he can’t use his other arm to help protect his trapped arm.

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This is a sweep I really love to use.

I see a lot of people have trouble with it because they’re not maximising the force that they can exert into the sweep.

Here, I show some details to make it work better for you.

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The scissor sweep is a core sweep of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Here, I cover how to think about dealing with opening the guard and how to defend and pass this sweep.

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This is a topic that comes up at some point in all BJJ Discussions.
Should there be tests as part of the Belt Promotion process?

I recently saw this topic brought up again in a forum and was debated with the usual arguments.

Here, I give my opinion which hopefully goes a little more in depth into the debate.

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I call this throw the Drop Hook Sweep.

Focusing on the details (especially finding the correct angles) makes huge differences in the success of your techniques.

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In my experience, a lot of people don’t really focus on these critical details in trying to sweep their opponent from the butterfly guard.

Because of this they’re not doing the sweep as effectively as they could and are therefore forced to transition to other positions.

Here, I discuss what angles to attack (and why) as well as how to break posture and why.

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This is from a seminar I did in 2017.

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It was on one of the most difficult tasks people have in grappling which is avoiding being pinned and, if pinned, how to escape.

Here, I cover some basic but crucial concepts on shrimping that I think many people don’t learn or forget and that makes all the difference.

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