Jiu-Jitsu Based Self Defense Solutions by Eli Knight
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Escapes and Attacks From Bottom Side Control by Eli Knight reviews
Escapes and Attacks From Bottom Side Control by Eli Knight has 52 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.81 out of 5. 85% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from October 3, 2021 to September 16, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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Who reviewed Escapes and Attacks From Bottom Side Control by Eli Knight
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| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | 5 | 5.0 |
| Black | 3 | 4.67 |
| White | 2 | 5.0 |
| Purple | 2 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 2 | 4.50 |
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The reviews
Escape
Very good and detailed and thorough
Eli knight
Decent. Some techniques work some don’t work as well.
Eli knight
Very good. Recommend
Easy, understandable
Works 100% of the time almost evey time.
Escapes and attacks from bottom side control
Another great series by Eli Knight. I love his teaching style. He gives the how and why, along with the everything else. Please add more series by him.
escapse is base
I spend most of my BJJ training time practicing escapes. I believe that escaping is the essence of BJJ. If you can escape and avoid disadvantageous positions, an opportunity will eventually come to you. It is the simplest way to win. I recommend this DVD
Helpful
very helpful
Amazing
Love it great video
Great course
Knight Jiujitsu IS technical and efective. Great course.
Effective & Unique
Everyone I trained with was able to shut down my escapes from side control before I put the techniques on this tutorial into my arsenal. Now I am legitimately effective at escaping againts pretty good opponents.
MRU Moves Ready to Use
Understandable and you can see where you add your next moves to it
Great side control bottom instructional
Eli Knight does a wonderful work here. A complete course, showing answers to every possible position you may find yourself on bottom of side control.
Great Fundamentals
I really like Eli's technical and accessible approach.
very good escape and efficient defence
imprime your game dramaticly
one of my favourite side control instructionals
This guy is properly legit - finally an instructional that covers a move that I thought I invented, 'the Turkish'
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗one of my favourite side control instructionals
This guy is properly legit - finally an instructional that covers a move that I thought I invented, 'the Turkish'
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Thanks!
its great to mix escapes with submission, that your opponent thinks twice about passing your guard
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Thanks!
its great to mix escapes with submission, that your opponent thinks twice about passing your guard
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Excellent
Excellent video. Eli does a great job demonstrating and breaking down each step of the technique. Great flow and easy to understand.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Excellent
Excellent video. Eli does a great job demonstrating and breaking down each step of the technique. Great flow and easy to understand.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great series!
Excellent series of videos with clear instructions and a range of techniques that are immediately applicable. Highly recommended!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great series!
Excellent series of videos with clear instructions and a range of techniques that are immediately applicable. Highly recommended!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great for beginners and advanced alike
In a world of convoluted jiu jitsu instructionals, Eli Knight is simple and informative in describing the cues for techniques that many overlook, Always a pleasure watching his content, but this instructional in particular has really helped my bottom side control from top and bottom.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great for beginners and advanced alike
In a world of convoluted jiu jitsu instructionals, Eli Knight is simple and informative in describing the cues for techniques that many overlook, Always a pleasure watching his content, but this instructional in particular has really helped my bottom side control from top and bottom.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Good
Especially the last section. I would liked if uke used different colour gear. Everything is black…
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Good
Especially the last section. I would liked if uke used different colour gear. Everything is black…
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Respect
Eligh is one of my favorite instructors. Been watching him on youtube for years. Got this instructional and dont regret it. His techniques are clean and crisp. I think everyone should buy his video.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Respect
Eligh is one of my favorite instructors. Been watching him on youtube for years. Got this instructional and dont regret it. His techniques are clean and crisp. I think everyone should buy his video.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great Course
If you want to learn how to get out of a bunch of different problems from bottom side control, this course has lots of answers with clear, to-the-point explanations.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great Course
If you want to learn how to get out of a bunch of different problems from bottom side control, this course has lots of answers with clear, to-the-point explanations.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great Video!
Very informational video that I can continue to review and learn from.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great Video!
Very informational video that I can continue to review and learn from.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Must have for side control bottom improvement
E. K. delivers a great no-gi instructional about escaping side control, kesagatame and north south position. Done via reversals or guard recovery. Extrordinary is also the submission from the bottom section. So this instructional delivers a whole gameplan for sidecontrol bottom! The explanations are on point! Recommended!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Must have for side control bottom improvement
E. K. delivers a great no-gi instructional about escaping side control, kesagatame and north south position. Done via reversals or guard recovery. Extrordinary is also the submission from the bottom section. So this instructional delivers a whole gameplan for sidecontrol bottom! The explanations are on point! Recommended!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻I really like the way
I really like the way he teaches. It’s easy to follow and understand.
I really like the way
I really like the way he teaches. It’s easy to follow and understand.
A solid instructional teaching effective techniques (long review)
This instructional teaches escaping from the bottom position where you are either pinned in side control, north south, scarf or broken scarf hold. In the context of this instructional you will be taught to either replace the guard, reverse the position (i.e., going from the bottom to the top position) or submitting the opponent from the bottom position. Three volumes cover escaping or reversing and the last volume deals with submissions from the bottom. The content is logically ordered. The instructional is taught in No-Gi and has a total runtime of 1 hour and 24 minutes. As shown in this instructional Eli Knight is an effective instructor. He provides background to the material, clearly explains the techniques and the demonstrations shown are clear, consistent when repeated and easy to follow. However, it would have been preferable not to have both the instructor and Uke wearing predominately the same coloured clothing. Eli Knight stays on point and there is no unnecessary discussion or banter. In my experience the techniques taught are effective. It is refreshing to have an instructional where demonstrations of escaping a pin are performed by a smaller and lighter person (i.e., the Uke – Anya) against a larger and heavier person (i.e., Eli), showing that a well performed technique and leverage is central to the technique being effective. In my opinion you can be confident that the techniques will work against most people. Eli Knight in his commentary notes that the techniques may not work against all opponents, as some people will have the knowledge and skills to counter them. I respect this honest comment. The number of techniques taught in this instructional is a subset of all the available techniques, which is expected as this is not advertised as an encyclopedia of all relevant techniques. Video (quality including range, lighting and focus) and sound are good. There are lots of instructionals that teach escapes from pins, however most don’t include a range of submissions from the bottom. There is some assumed knowledge in this instructional (e.g., bridging and basic movement), but for most people this should not be a problem. For me I think this is a worthwhile purchase if you are wishing to improve your positional escapes. If you already own several positional escaping instructionals there may be some repetition in the techniques taught, however there are some tweaks that Eli Knight teaches that might improve the efficiency of your escapes and this was true for me.
A solid instructional teaching effective techniques (long review)
This instructional teaches escaping from the bottom position where you are either pinned in side control, north south, scarf or broken scarf hold. In the context of this instructional you will be taught to either replace the guard, reverse the position (i.e., going from the bottom to the top position) or submitting the opponent from the bottom position. Three volumes cover escaping or reversing and the last volume deals with submissions from the bottom. The content is logically ordered. The instructional is taught in No-Gi and has a total runtime of 1 hour and 24 minutes. As shown in this instructional Eli Knight is an effective instructor. He provides background to the material, clearly explains the techniques and the demonstrations shown are clear, consistent when repeated and easy to follow. However, it would have been preferable not to have both the instructor and Uke wearing predominately the same coloured clothing. Eli Knight stays on point and there is no unnecessary discussion or banter. In my experience the techniques taught are effective. It is refreshing to have an instructional where demonstrations of escaping a pin are performed by a smaller and lighter person (i.e., the Uke – Anya) against a larger and heavier person (i.e., Eli), showing that a well performed technique and leverage is central to the technique being effective. In my opinion you can be confident that the techniques will work against most people. Eli Knight in his commentary notes that the techniques may not work against all opponents, as some people will have the knowledge and skills to counter them. I respect this honest comment. The number of techniques taught in this instructional is a subset of all the available techniques, which is expected as this is not advertised as an encyclopedia of all relevant techniques. Video (quality including range, lighting and focus) and sound are good. There are lots of instructionals that teach escapes from pins, however most don’t include a range of submissions from the bottom. There is some assumed knowledge in this instructional (e.g., bridging and basic movement), but for most people this should not be a problem. For me I think this is a worthwhile purchase if you are wishing to improve your positional escapes. If you already own several positional escaping instructionals there may be some repetition in the techniques taught, however there are some tweaks that Eli Knight teaches that might improve the efficiency of your escapes and this was true for me.
Fantastic Instructionals, Close Attention To Details
This is one of the best instructionals I have bought here on BJJ Fanatics. The level of granularity is amazing and the camera angles are well shot. Already on my 2nd watch-through.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Fantastic Instructionals, Close Attention To Details
This is one of the best instructionals I have bought here on BJJ Fanatics. The level of granularity is amazing and the camera angles are well shot. Already on my 2nd watch-through.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻I hate being crushed in side control!!!
And now i already had some success not being overwhelmed by my peers.. Higher belts still play me like a full that i am, but i love this instructional!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻I hate being crushed in side control!!!
And now i already had some success not being overwhelmed by my peers.. Higher belts still play me like a full that i am, but i love this instructional!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻escapes
great details
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻escapes
great details
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Eli knight
Followed Eli knights YouTube for years. Always nice to have help from an instructor you like! Was very lucky to get it on sale
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Eli knight
Followed Eli knights YouTube for years. Always nice to have help from an instructor you like! Was very lucky to get it on sale
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Saver
This video I watch as a beginner to save me from being smothered, im still using some of these escapes today and they work against all levels!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Saver
This video I watch as a beginner to save me from being smothered, im still using some of these escapes today and they work against all levels!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Clear explanations and simple techniques
Video contains simple escape techniques that work well. I would have liked to see more of how to turn the escapes from bottom side control to offense. Also, please avoid dressing both the professor and uke in the same colour (black in this case): it is hard to see where the legs and arms are!
Clear explanations and simple techniques
Video contains simple escape techniques that work well. I would have liked to see more of how to turn the escapes from bottom side control to offense. Also, please avoid dressing both the professor and uke in the same colour (black in this case): it is hard to see where the legs and arms are!