First Five Escapes You Need to Know | Jiu-Jitsu Basics 

upa escape from mount - 0:55 elbow escape from mount - 1:51 replace guard from side control - 3:11 back mount escape - 4:50 knee cut guard pass - 6:30

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White Belts - Save👏This👏Video👏!!! It's going to be what keeps you alive until Blue. 🤙

I really appreciate how you explain and demonstrate everything in a way that’s easy to understand. From a clueless white belt, thank you.

Learning BJJ is like learning to realize the truth because all of the moves are tested whether it is practical or not. I love it! It's like solving the puzzle.

I used that trap and bridge sweep last night on a blue belt and it worked flawlessly. I’m a white belt starting out thank you for your in depth knowledge and wisdom

As expected well explained. Great fundamentals. Greetings from Germany

• Upa Escape from Mount 0:42 • Elbow Escape from Mount 1:53 • Guard Replacement from Side Control 3:15 • Back Mount Escape 4:55 • Knee Cut Guard Pass 6:30 Definitely watch the whole video all the way through. But then skip to review whatever. You're all welcome.

Just started BJJ a couple weeks ago, and this info is great to go in with. I’ve gotta say though, if I close my eyes I feel like I’m listening to Vince Vaughn teach haha. Keep it up man! Very informative. 🤘🏻

great stuff as always, thanks so much for this! I always find it hard to remember them in the heat of the moment, i guess that just comes with practice tho

Here in 2020! Crazy I never seen that guard pass, definitely going to try it tonight.

I am brand new to jiu jitsu and this is gold thank you for sharing your wisdom professor 🙏

Always great tips. Love the vids!!!

Great video. Really helpful for us beginners. Thank you.

The first move. Bingo! Thumbs up!

Outstanding content. Thank you 🙏🏻

Love this guys videos, just 4 months into training and he has helped me tremendously. I hope to visit Knight BJJ in Kentucky soon in 2020.

I'm a white belt 3 months in and your videos have helped me progress greatly. Thank you!

Good video - and excellent detailed verbal explanations of the moves.

As always, great video bro. 👏🏼

We did something similar last class, but it’s nice to have something I can save on my phone. Great video!

More great detail from Eli Knight! Thank you sir.

Amazing! I was having a bear with a guy in side control and couldn't make any progress a bit back. I'm excited to try out this technique for that. Thanks!

Another great basics video, thank you 😊

Excellent instruction. Thank you!

these videos are really helpful, thank u

This is pure gold. Thanks for the awesome content Professor!

Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Just started BJJ so going to try these out in the next positional sparring session.

Thank you coach!

i love it. both videos ive seen are amazing for me az a roockie. thanks

Essentials! Love these. Escape videos are so good! Thank you 🙏🏻

Even when showing "basic" techniques, you always show little details I've never seen before, which makes these techniques all the more powerful. I love the fundamentals, man

This is great stuff!

The best tutorial for me, thanks a lot.

You look such better with beard! And thank you again for your awesome content, Sensei! :)

love your breakdowns there super helpful espically this one its my second week now been ending up in worse positions than normal while rolling with afew of the higher belts yesterday have a class at 6:30 tonight wish me luck wit these

Knowledge is power !!!

Thanks for taking the time to record and share this bro.

Love these videos def would love to do a training down there

Awesome material!!

Good teaching as always. Being more "self defense oriented" I like drilling these escapes with some striking blended with them.

Thanks for these. I kept trying to ghost escape from side control this week and just got smashed. Will definitely use these moving forward.

This stuff is so clever.

I love the outro music on these videos!

Thank you so much for the video man, the side control escape especially was exactly what I needed to know

Thank you . 🙏 Very helpful. 🙂👍

Much respect professor 👏

Just what I was after Eli. Thanks.

Excellent !!!

Thanks professor ,

These are slightly different than what I am currently being taught as a beginner white belt. I intend to try them as an alternative when the others "don't work" when I have a chance. I really like that they are not gi grip dependent as using gi grips is still one of many things I am struggling to learn effectively.

I understand that you are teaching principles of how human bodies can move and operate against each other in a certain type of combat scenarios, and there is much to be shown about such a complex topic. What seems strange to me however, is that there isn't a flood of fools criticizing you for "doing too many steps without the adversary doing anything" and "this will never work in a real fight against a non-cooperative adversary", as can be seen on in comment sections of some other taijutsu schools.

As always, great 👍🏼 stuff - 2 questions: for the trap & roll from Bottom of Mount, I was taught to look the opposite direction from the way you are rolling - thoughts 💭? Also, defending the RNC, I was taught to go down to the choking arm side as well, the way you show, but I’ve seen others prefer the other non-choking arm side?

Man, this is probably the best jiu jitsu channel of youtube. It would be great if you a make a video of lots of half guard sweeps or lots of half guard passes. Just saying . Thanks for all your stunning videos :3

Thank you that you exist!!

It all depends on your strength, balance and speed. However, you need to repeat it a lot to be able to perform the techniques quickly. I must say thank you ❤

Ahhh. The last one. Thank you. I needed an alternative to what I was attempting. ❤

Guys keep up the good content.

Great video

Awesome bro

Just beautiful

The details you give us are invaluable friend

Nice there is a lot to learn here.

Great breakdown! Do you have a series on comparing and contrasting a set of techniques 1 for 1, Gi vs no Gi?

Just discovered your channel. Great stuff!

knight jui jitsu has such good content!!! all i can remember each time is one peice of the move and work that

Great instructions as always. When I’m bottom side control. I escape sometimes by swinging my legs for momentum and sit up rolling them over and then I’m in side control. Does it make sense??

It always used to be in Self-Defense that a flat leg went over the calf and knee to bridge and roll. Now it is always the foot step over and not the press of the back of the thigh on the leg! You always see now the step over! Also can you demonstrate some full back mount flattened out escape ideas! Some with cranks and rear chokes on!

Great well rounded video!!

I think you’re the best explainer of bjj

Best BJJ Instructional Website I've seen by far!

Professor Eli has one of the smoothest knee slice passes ever! I didn't even feel it. He already had a choke locked in, unbeknown to me, before he even started the pass. Surprise choke! So slick!

Thats real shit, thank you😊

Perfect video for me. Day 23 White Belt! Thanks Eli👊

Muy buenos escapes 👍

Nothing is more frustrating than good defense. I'm 5'3 bout 120ish and I've gone with guys twice my size. And I can tell how my opponents pick up the intensity and try to force a submission 😂😂 thanks for the upload man 🤙

Well explained

Oh yeah that's the moves!

This guy is Awsome

BJJ - the most sophisticated and technical advanced style of making another man give in to your need of intimately long, close-range man-to-man body contact 😍

Weird question lol. What did you do before BJJ? Wondering because you are really good at speaking and teaching. Your ability to explain is on another level

I can't get enough of these videos, as a white belt. I have already used some of these techniques to survive my intermediate classes when we roll! Thanks, guys!

Love from N.Z👊🏾🔥🔥

Thaaaaank you.

Awesome.

Great technique, love the channel. Could I ask, why the blue panel on your belt. Most times I see a red panel. Could you explain

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If your white belt is as crispy and new as mine (2 months).... slow this awesome video down to 0.75 (Added bonus, Eli sounds drunk as hell at that speed... :-) )

I am a total beginner in bjj (3 weeks old). This video helps a lot in teaching me how to escape during rolling. Thanks for the vids

on the second escape what do you do with your knee when you say “clear it”

About first two escapes, i would say that Bridging works better when opponent is low and Shrimping when opponent is high, isn't it? Anyway nice escapes, fine explanation as always.

I wanted to ask your opinion on a detail with sweeping from mount to inside closed guard. I've seen it taught differently in combative/self defence context versus sport BJJ context. So you're under mount, you trap an arm and a leg and then you roll them over so you end up inside their closed guard. In the video here, you sat up straight away. I've seen in self defence context a focus on preventing your opponent shrimping to get their shin across your stomach so that they can't kick you away with that leg. If you sit up straight away then it is an option that someone could do, albeit probably not a very common response. I've never seen this consideration dealt with in sport bjj (other than being wary of the shin across the belly being the first signs of an incoming scissor sweep). What are your thoughts on this? I know in the video you mentioned briefly that how you would handle being in closed guard would vary by ruleset, but what are some considerations you would need in a self defence context when "escaping" from closed guard? Even though the chances are low of someone shrimping then pushing you away with the shin before sending kicks at you, is it still something worth considering? Thanks for the great content as per!

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First step for me is to learn how to bend my knees like the instructor did. I can learn the techniques, but I can't execute due to lack of flexibility. I am working on that first and also lose 20lbs.

How do you escape mount if they hook-and-post? I've only taken like eight classes but seems the most common thing to happen is when I get mounted I can't escape once my head being held/controlled in any way.

Gos less you for posting these videos . I’m a struggling white belt . I want to become the best ever . I appreciate you very much

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6:32 Passing the Guard

Thank you sensei . This video will stop me from getting smashed hahaha

Great content man