How to Escape the North-South Position in BJJ and No Gi Grappling 

Crazy, I was just watching your 2011 North South video with Marcello Garcia this afternoon and thinking "Must check if Stephan has an escapes video."

Force my way back into side control. .. My white belt heart stopped beating for a second.

When i typed in "how to escape north" the first prediction youtube made was north korea 😂

This was great. I've had one particular BJJ guy who seems to love the north-south position, and has been owning me on it. Time to escape it :)

Great to hear your guys' process. Thanks for sharing.

I like the Cosby grip to create space. Exactly what I was looking for from this position.

Great concepts. Thanks Rob!

Beautiful video ❤️

Great 👍🏼 techniques - thanks 🙏

Thanks for the video

That batman gi is bad ass

anyone ever wonder why side control is not called east - west 🤔

Nice Thanks i need it for my Belt Test :)

A judo guy caught me in a north south choke last week. Nobody had every done one of those to me before and I had no clue what to do.

This should be called the 69 escape 😂

Thanks

Ive seen Firas Zahabi, emphasizing the frame to escape side control. I can see How that would be helpful to get out of N/S

Would love to see a video with attacks from north south (:

IMO the best escape tech was the double Cosby grip one. Everything else left you in potentially greater danger.

Stephan, I like this, because I didn't know any NS escapes. But, I'm talking from my experience, when I'm caught in nourth-south, my opponent is always in sprawl. This means I can't frame on the hip and I can't grab the legs. What then? All the guys I'm fighting with in my gym use north-south while in sprawl only. And they pivot on top of you using chest pressure. I do that myself when I end up controlling my opponent with north-south. This is how we fight. So, what options do I have then? LE: It's okay, I've commented before seeing the entire video. Prevention is the key. Not getting in the position.

I absolutely hate north south. Getting caught in it is just a claustrophobic hell. Hate whenever they just sit there and hold on to it like there’s no tomorrow... bleh

As a bigger guy, I can defend a lot of straight guard passes, but a small quick guy or a taller guy can easily get past and put me in a North South type position. I find myself there a lot lately. Hmmm

I thought high mount was bad...but N/S is just horrible..

Bruh quarantine got me watching some weird crap

Invert triangle

Shout "i will let go if you will"

Is the bald guy from Canada?

Classic

Definitely not digging this whole "getting back into side control" - the guy who put you in North-South will probably start from side control on one side, get you in North-South, then transition to side control from the other side anyway.

North south was instant death in pride. Probably the shitst position to be in

T.L.D.W. Dont get into North South lol

I had to click to make sure these dudes where not in a 69. Disappointed.