Fundamentals of Side Control Escapes by Pedro Sauer
113 reviews · 4.97 / 5
Pedro Sauer · Combo
Avoiding Mount by Pedro Sauer has 77 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.95 out of 5. 96% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from August 2, 2021 to June 24, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
21 of these reviewers gave their belt rank when they submitted the review. BJJ Fanatics asks for rank, age and years training at the point of review, so this breakdown is self-reported by the customer.
| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | 8 | 5.0 |
| Purple | 6 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 4 | 4.75 |
| White | 2 | 5.0 |
| Black | 1 | 4.0 |

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Good
As always great details from Master Sauer
Effective techniques for both escaping and preventing bad positions.
Master Pedro Sauer shows once more some very important detail in each one of the positions,
Very good instructional
Master Sauer's mount safety/escape instructional covers a wide range of techniques centered on leverage and efficiency; presentation is bullet-point style with limited details and depth.
A great breakdown of little details.
OG Pedro Sauer stuff is always good to learn!
I took a lot of basic details out of the dvd which helps me to control more the speed
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Very good, great details on preventing mount.
Absolutely essential for white belts. Escapes and sweeps are easily explained and are based on mechanics, making it easier to remember and apply in class.
Pedro is a great teacher, very easily explained and taught by a world class guy!
Pedro Sauer is a master teacher, amazing details, especially for smaller people
It's Pedro Sauer, need I say more!
Great instructional. Definitely helped my escape and evade the mount
Amazing small details that will twart the efforts of the mounter
Excellent mount avoidance and escapes
new to BJJ but I am using these techniques to survive against the purple belts.
Pedro Sauer delivers again
Great techniques which do work!
Great explanation of details and positioning to both prevent the mount, stay safe while being mounted on as well as escaping from bottom mount.
Beautiful stuff
great
Was struggling a lot with escaping heavy side mounts, but Pedro Sauer’s instructional has changed my game! I’ve seen such an improvement in my side control escapes! I’m finally comfortable being uncomfortable!
This has been a great study tool to expand a deeper understanding of this theory.
Great details for smaller, older people
Great instructional Very informative and helpful Well done 👍�
Another phenomenal instructional by the legend. So detailed and focused on efficiency. If you focus your training on these details you will never look back. Your jiu jitsu will substantially improve. So humbled and grateful for the opportunity to access Master Sauer's teachings!
Professor Pedro Sauer created an outstanding series on avouding mount by forcing side control and knee on belly reversals and transitional escaping/reversal when get mounted via mount, modified mount and s-mount. Also ideas for slx guard recovery and leg attacks are given. The leg work is highly efficient. Recommend!!
Old school basics. Pedro Sauer is a great teacher.
proffesor Sauer always has amazing details regardless how simple or advanced the technique this instruional will progress your jiu jitsu rapidly highly recommend
the side mint to knee on belly to mount
Pedro Sauer is Amazing Instructor. Very Detailed Instructional. Not only Variations rather mechanics behind. For me the best Mount Instructional!
Professor Sauer showcases several old school techniques for escaping/reversing side control, escaping Knee on Belly and surviving then escaping various mount positions. The techniques in this are a little more complex than perhaps most beginners are capable of, but there are still many great lessons to learn from this series. Once your elbow escape from all main pins is strong, testing yourself by trying out some of these escapes would be a wonderful training goal. The survival tips from mount and modified/technical mount are lifesavers. Put them into practice and opponents will struggle to submit you.
This is definitely one to have on your list. Professor Sauer has done a tremendous job putting this instructional together. I love how we can have access to the OG's of jiujitsu via the BJJ fanatics platform.
Just one word: Amazing! Obrigado Mestre Sauer. OSS :)
Amazing defensive techniques
One of my favorite instructionals. Excellent details and very helpful!
great
Incredible details to understand and add onto the mat 🙏�
great details!
There is so much to train into my game in this instructional, it is taught in a simple and clear way! Super intuitive,Thanks so much for sharing this great way to look at a difficult position to get out of but also making it easy to do and to understand! Osss
simple lessons that elevated my defense. old school fundamentals that have improved my body awareness and sweeps.
P. S. created an outstanding series on avouding mount by forcing side control and knee on belly reversals and transitional escaping/reversal when get mounted via mount, modified mount and s-mount. Also ideas for slx guard recovery and leg attacks are given. The leg work is highly efficient. Recommend!
Useful! I use this in training
Great instructional with excellent details
Very good material. Old school basics.
Thank you Master Pedro Sauer for sharing your skills. I like the emphasis on the feet-fighting. Such small details make a big difference how to defend the position or to look for the sweep. Great material. Thank you
Master sauer is a Great teacher and these lessons were WELL worth it for me, it improved my defense a lot and it’s very easy to understand and replicate the techniques
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