Survival Posture

Saulo Ribeiro on surviving side control before you try to escape: the survival posture, where the elbows go and how to stay calm under pressure.

Matheus Diniz on three ways to defend the back in no-gi, mixing survival posture with the first movements of the escape.

Chewjitsu on what a new white belt should focus on when they cannot hit submissions yet: position, frames and surviving.

Chewy on the sequence that has to happen before any mount escape works: free a leg so you can bridge, get the hands together for inside frames, then start the escape.

Chewjitsu's advice for white belts who keep getting flattened in side control: how to breathe, frame and stop the position getting worse before working on the escape itself.

Andre Galvao teaches an extended class on defending and escaping side control, covering arm safety, frame structure and how to stop the top player advancing. Long but thorough.

Brian Glick on the most basic move in BJJ: tapping correctly, and the wrong ways people do it.

A beginner's guide to staying safe under mount before trying to escape: where the hands go, how to breathe and what the top player wants you to do.

How to defend collar chokes, including the cross collar choke from mount: fighting the second grip, chin and shoulder position and when to abandon defence and escape.

Priit Mihkelson's full camp class on side control bottom: staying on your side, elbow and wrist positions that deny the underhook and crossface, and why he rejects the classic flat framing posture.

Priit Mihkelson on actually completing the escape from side control bottom once you are under real pressure, following on from his defensive posture material.

Short, clear look at the objective under back control: survive the neck first, then work the escape. Good first video for white belts.

Short clip on surviving under mount: elbows in, hands protecting the neck and not giving the top player a straight arm to work with.

The BJJ Project on the objective and mechanics of surviving side control: what the top player needs, and how the bottom player's structure denies it.

SBG's three fundamentals for surviving the bottom of mount: posture, frames and not letting them climb. Concept-first rather than a single escape.

Priit Mihkelson's quick introduction to Defensive BJJ: survival as a system, not a collection of escapes.

Priit Mihkelson explains the reasoning behind his side control bottom position and why he thinks it makes more sense than conventional frames. Short conceptual talk from his own channel.

Defensive BJJ's five-position system: a longer look at surviving before you try to win.

Rosie Rollz (Rose Miller) on why escapes stall: survival and frames have to come before the shrimp, or the pin just resets.