Jiu-Jitsu Escapes | 5 Ways Out of The Mount 

I’m a martial arts instructor and I absolutely LOVED this video! Accurate, well articulated, not long winded, and great execution. Terrific resource! Hats off to you!

Me: "Oh that looks so easy! I will try that next time." Next class, forgets everything.

0:35 - Escape 1 1:12 - Escape 2 1:56 - Escape 2 (variation w/ shrimp, stand and run down) 2:46 - Escape 2 (variation again) 3:22 - Escape 3 4:21 - Escape 3 (variation) 4:46 - Escape 4 5:24 - Escape 4 (demo without partner) 5:40 - Escape 4 (past UFC example) 6:17 - Escape 5 6:58 - Escape 5 (again) 7:43 - Summary

I am starting BJJ at my fiance's gym. His best friend is the instructor and he's amazing. Before I started I had to tell him that I was attacked by a male coworker and assaulted, violently, several years ago. I had zero ground game because I didn't know anything to defend myself with. Just kicked as hard as I could until he pulled a knife on me to make me be still. My coach is gently training me, only having me roll with girls for now. The last mount, the high one, makes me panic if I get stuck in it. THANK YOU for these. I won't forget them and it will help me get through class without a full-blown PTSD experience. Gratitude, sir.

I actually used the "pants off" technique last night in my BJJ class against a high blue belt (I'm a total noob white belt)... he was like "WHOA!" of course... he was ready for it the next roll :-P But it was super easy to learn (without practicing it first)... I just visualized it and went with it... Great teaching! Great Lesson!

I know this vid is 5 years old and you’ll probably never read this but I just wanna say that this was super easy to follow and I really appreciate it. I’m finding BJJ difficult and this helped. Cheers.

Guys, this could save somebody's life

I'm a white belt. My brown belt coach, great guy, loves to mount me into an arm bar. I know as soon as he sees I can defend out of mount, he will get me some other way, but we gotta start somewhere. Thanks for the video. I needed it.

Before u tube people learned the hard way and now we take advantage of using this valuable training of others years of hard work. This channel is real technical knowledge. Im a white belt and this training is saving me on the mats. The upper belts enjoy white belts because that tap means success. I don't worry about tapping my main goal is just passing the guard. This stuff works. I support this channel because years of hard work is mine when i have an extra 10 min. to press a button and train. I save so much money in gas and time. Its cheap insurance for survival. If your a white belt you can't afford not to.

I like how this expands past the Gracie approved way of escaping the standard mount by capturing the posting limb and rolling the opponent in that direction. Another thing I'm taking away is the importance of having a good shrimp escape. Can't be lazy with those!

I'm a 5 week white belt and I was able to do this last escape today in class! Thank you for such excellent teaching!

I'm a complete beginner...week three. Been watching videos to try to become more comfortable with the terminology and follow through of the basics we've been learning. I really appreciate this video. It's clear, in both word and action which helps me SO much. Now I just need a few hundred hours on the mats! 😆

This tutorial just made my bottom escapes so much better!!! Night and day difference! Thank you!

I’m not gonna wear pants just so that technique won’t work on me. One less thing I’ll have to worry about.

The technique at 6:20 is called a Scorpion and it is effective if you're flexible. I've done it a few times in both gi and no-gi. I learned it on this video, thank you Knight JiuJitsu!

I escaped being mounted by my professor using the last one from this video tonight! I wasn't able to get his foot on the way out, but I could tell he was shocked lol! He immediately turned up the heat, swung back around and put me into side control. I think I was so surprised I executed the technique on the first try and on my professor no less that I was too slow to follow up. Thanks for all the great videos...loving it!

Essential techniques. Everyone should have a solid handful of techniques for escaping the most basic ground position.

This is gold, the one where you "put your pants on" is awesome

I’m two weeks in and these escapes comes in clutch. People think I’ve been doing BJJ longer but I’m glued to these videos.

What a coincidence. Yesterday, during class, I was taught the first two escapes . Today, I was browsing and saw this video. Love it.

I was just thinking, "but what about the high mount", right before you showed it. Lol.

When I watched the video I got amazed by the simplicity and the quality of the explanation and when I read a lot of comments I realized I am not the only one who is appreciating your effort thank you very much , greeting from Egypt

The last escape from the high mount, is especially invaluable to MMA and self defence IMHO. Thank you for uploading videos with great content.

OMG THIS IS SUCH A LIFE SAVER, TEHSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WAY HEAVIER THEN ME ARE ALWAYS GETTING ME IN MOUNTS. THANKYOU!

I was in a fight on the receiving end of a full mount once! After the blows started raining down I some how got out of it, but I swore never again. Thanks for the video. I look forward to covering this in BJJ class.

I watched this earlier in the day and for my evening BJJ class I hit escape four against a higher belt and my instructor was impressed. I still lost the match but getting better!

The last two escapes are sick!

I really only learned the one simple technique of grabbing the arm, securing the leg and then rolling. A lot of unique and cool ways to get out of the full mount. Great video guys

Tracing the arm back after a failed clamp to the chest... What a great move! Thanks for sharing these techniques, and for yet another informative, articulate video.

Seriously, you're a very gifted instructor. Being able to explain with clarity what for me is a topic I'm unfamiliar with as my martial arts background is from a striking base. Well done!

Getting out of a mount has to be the most important thing to learn for the real world. Damn, so cool.

Pure gold…I have this one saved and watch it repeatedly as I keep working through my cycle of foundational skills

All these mounts are terrifying and a random attacker would in no way anticipate those moves. Thank you , I'm a girl and I feel stronger after learning these moves. Hope you guys come to 🇮🇳 India.

'Perfectly integrates an escape and guard pass in the same technique, then tightens his black belt...' I like your style man 🤣💪🤙

I had to come back to this after a few years just to say that escape 5 is my best mount escape and I get the most submissions off of it. People dont know it. Epic thank you.

I am also a GJJ practitioner, and I am pretty familiar with these techniques but still I would like to thank you so much for the video. And I think you are a great teacher.

Incredible instruction, great flow through whole lesson.

Eli thank so much for this video! I have watched a ton of vids on mount escapes and this by far the most informative one I have ever seen!

the art of jiu-jitsu is so beautiful yet it can change someone’s life

Just started Jiu Jitsu last month. This video was extremely helpful, especially against higher belts I'm sparring with in my classes. You broke the instructions down into simple steps to follow, tried it at home, tried it during sparring and I'm happy I did.

Great explanation! I’ve experienced all that on the mats except the last one. I love it when an experienced BJJ guy shows real stuff not just basic 101, etc

When you finna bust but she won't get off

Your escapes are great. I always feel that I have no plan when I’m in the bottom, but I’ll try your steps. The variety of escapes will give me more confidence to get me out. Again, thank you 🙏🏾🇨🇦

The more i watch your videos, the more impressed I get.

This video was awesome. I just subbed. Simple in explaination but carefully broken down. I am a black belt in TKD and have gotten a lot of requests as to how to respond to being on your back and the only sweep I've ever learned was the simple "grab the collar/arm secure the leg and bridge" but I've always felt like the problem with traditional martial arts is that there is a "one size fits all" approach. I know I might be overdoing it but that's one of the coolest things about BJJ is that you guys literally go over ever scenario. Much respect and I'll definitely be checking your videos out more!

I needed this. I always get stuck in mount and have no way that but the bridge escape. Now I will practice these. Thank you!

So helpful! I’m a woman who started jiu jitsui about 8-9wks ago and get stuffed in mount a lot and can’t seem to get out! I’m gonna watch this frequently until I can escape in a live roll

instructions unclear i became a ninja

Thank you master , very good useful lessons , I do appreciate! All the best from South Australia 🇦🇺

These seem like really good examples clear and concscice. I don't like examples that are too complicated and long because I just get lost. a few escapes like this with clear instruction its the best.

Thank you for those. Especially the last one. I often roll with a guy, heavier, who’s loves being in full mount with all of his weight shifted forward, knees to my armpits both hands on the mat. Looking forward to trying this.

I'm a white belt looking for ways out of mount, your video is the best I've seen on RU-vid. Thanks.

Notes for myself 3:22 full mount escape into full guard 6:17 full mount escape to standing

I know I'm watching this waaay late, but it was super helpful! After I had only been to 7-8 lessons, I would always get destroyed if anyone got me in mount. They would either walk their knees into my armpits, make the high narrow mount or just flatten out on me. It's true what they say, "You learn more from making mistakes", and these escapes really stuck in my head. Since then I just kept rolling with just the first two you mentioned, but I look forward to trying out the last couple you mentioned :)

Thanks again. I keep coming back to these basic vids of yours, they are just so valuable. I guess I've watched this particular video around 50 odd times in the last 2 years.

Potentially one of the most comprehensive video demos I have seen. Thank you.

That final one is gonna be very helpful, I train mma and normally dominate on the ground but this one time I got high mounted and got smashed and didn’t have an answer I’ll definitely incorporate this. Great video

Great video man, I already knew 3 or 4 of these but always good to see them again to refresh and to add on. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Steven thanks for this video, I know it has been out for a while but 5 months ago I took my first class and it was a huge help! I watched it over and over, not fully understanding everything going on except the message you were trying to get across. Ever since I watch this video once per month and each time as my understanding grows I'm seeing things I didn't before and there so much valuable info here. Just watched it again today and so many little things I get now and I know I'm just getting started. Again thanks, your video gave me some tools and confidence to survive my first 5 months. FYI I (someone else commented on the same thing) love the slow mo breakdown, makes my life so much easier!

Excellent details. Love the "shrimp to the side that's light when they post on the opposite side and go to single leg x" - will be working that this week.

Great tutorial, thank you! Just went over some of these mount escapes in class earlier today and your lesson here really helped to solidify them. That high mount escape is something else.

I love watching this videos, really solid and begginer friendly ways to defend yourself, maybe it would not work against someone with training but will be useful on a street fight against an untrained opponent

You are a gifted instructor! Your instructions are so clear. You're students are lucky to have you as their teacher!

Wow that explanation of kipping as removing pants really helped me grasp the concept

Excellent. Thank you so much. I'm gonna try some of these tonight

This is so good! One of the only videos I actually understand, you explain everything so well 😊

Exactly what I’ve been needing! It’s awesome that he goes through so many different scenarios too. Thanks man!

Love that leg control!!! Great stuff, sir! Keep it coming!

As has previously been said, this is very good instruction - simple, easy to understand explanations with no extraneous information and good demonstrations. Thanks for sharing this information for free, bottom of mount was always my worst position.

Thank you so much this will help me in grappling so much. Thank you for showing this to everyone in the world and me.

I’m super new only been training a month or so and find myself always in the mounted position can’t wait to try these thanks for the video!

This is one of the best simple mount escape videos i have seen!!! Great stuff, thank you!!

“I’m going to grab his pants. I hope he has pants on” 😂😂😂 you had me dying 💀

Thanks a bunch man! I just started classes so of course I end up getting mounted by blue belts, this video made it super easy to understand for someone with no background. Looks like I'll be starting a mini marathon of videos on this channel

Great demonstration very insightful

thanks a million . im doing aikido . so i will do this practice in the gym tomorrow . these are great escapes that no one has told me or thought me . God with you .

Thanks man! I’m new to Bjj and this really helps! Keep up the good work!

This was extremely helpful. I learned a lot. Thank you

These are the best jiu jitsu videos I've ever watched. Clear instruction, helpful examples, and great audio and visual quality. Thank you for sharing!

I'm here because I am a beginner and got completely smothered in full mount last night. I had no idea what to do and got my ass beat hah. These make so much sense and I will try them next session. Thank you

What a great video. What a great exponent. What a great instructor.

Great techniques! I've been doing MMA for a year and often get stuck in a mount. Right when I thought "but my opponent always stands by my armpits" you guys showed what I can do it that position! I'll try to apply this next time!

Very nice. Thanks for the great techniques!!

My first escape was to push the knee down and underhook and come up, but we are learning the arm pin and shrimp. thanks for the vid, really helps

After that last escape, I could see the Walls of Jericho being applied

This truly is an amazing style.

I wish I could train under this guy, he keeps things so simple and practical. I love his videos.

Those little details on WHY made all the difference, thanks.

This video is the best I've seen in in 2018.... I appreciate you taking the time to post this incredible video my son troy has been t ranning for only one month but I'm going to show him this clip I'm 100% sure that when he is on his back on the mat he will have a better respond for his opponent thanks guys!!

Thanks for the video... helped me alot in clearing my concepts 💯☮️💖

My 9 year old son has been doing jiu-jitsu for one month. I've noticed he gets stuck when someone has the mount on him. Im going to drill that very first mount escape you demonstrated with him before his jiu-jitsu class tonight. I'll drill those other escapes with him at a later time. Great video.

Great video! Thanks for sharing .

Have been studying judo for about a year but looking to try jiu-jitsu as well. This was very informative and helpful. Thanks!

Believe it or not at the 2019 Panpac tournament I did the escape 5 .. Fully inspired by this video... practiced it at class when the situation happened... it works :-) and people worndered what the heck just happened??? hahaa love it.. thank you! inspirational .. btw i got a 3rd place in my division :-)

Awesome escapes. Thanks for these

Thank you (both of you) for share your knowlegde with us!!!

man you make JiuJitsu look smooth!!

I've been out of the martial arts for a long, long time now. This way very easy to follow, tremendous explanation of these techniques. I would encourage anyone to watch this because such a high percentage of altercations will end up on the ground. If you're on top, not many worries. What if you're on the bottom of a larger, stronger man however?...

Probably the best Jiu-Jitsu video I've seen yet.

Excellent video. Thank you!