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Side Control Escapes: Basics To Advanced Concepts by Andre Galvao reviews

Side Control Escapes: Basics To Advanced Concepts by Andre Galvao has 53 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.94 out of 5. 94% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from October 5, 2020 to October 11, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed Side Control Escapes: Basics To Advanced Concepts by Andre Galvao

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The reviews

• Will help your bottom side control

  Will definitely help your escapes from bottom side control which a lot of beginners like myself struggle with.

  Matthew N.October 11, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• usefull

  very usefull

  john t.May 16, 2026Verified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• ZPL

  Great Video

  AnonymousMarch 25, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt10-12 yrs training

• Galvan

  Technical, you can score from anywhere

  J J.October 25, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• awesome

  very usefull instructionnal

  john t.August 7, 2025FranceVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Bottom side control

  Good instructional on bottom side control escapes and counters, also covers some sub escapes and also north south escapes. He delves deep in the follow ups to your escapes.

  claude g.July 24, 2025CanadaVerified buyer13-15 yrs training

• Andre Gavao

  He is the teacher of Aptos for a reason. Concise and to the point. ADCC champ

  J J.June 23, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• review

  Nice DVD

  Igor I.June 15, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• good

  good

  john t.March 15, 2025FranceVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• cool

  very cool instructionnel

  john t.March 9, 2025FranceVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Basics to advanced concepts by Andre Galvao

  side control escapes

  Jason A.January 28, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• Excellent Escapes

  Detailed cross body escapes

  ShongThiam L.January 16, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• top explanations

  Excellent explanations

  GuillaumeNovember 21, 2024FranceWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• insane

  very cool instructionnal

  john t.November 9, 2024FranceVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Great side control bottom instructional

  André Galvão is a great teacher. Very detailed and well thought lessons.

  Rodrigo A.June 29, 2024BrazilVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Side control tips

  Very instructive set of escapes.

  Jorge F.June 28, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• ANDRE GALVAO

  SIDE CONTROL ESCAPES

  Gerard D.May 28, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• its awesome!

  definitely needed this! I've been having trouble with side control lately and added instructional helps!

  Kristian A.April 3, 2024United StatesBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• For sound fundamentals

  Great instructional which I return to time and again, to improve my side control escapes through the use of frames etc. Also good for guard game.

  Paul T.January 21, 2024NZVerified buyer

• SuperB

  For everyone something, from basics to advanced with plenty of details for sure

  SimoDecember 30, 2023DEVerified buyer

• Side Control Escapes

  Excellent instructional. Covers more than just escaping the position.

  Blaine L.December 26, 2023USVerified buyer

• Awesome

  Great concepts

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  Vladimir B.November 21, 2023USVerified buyer

• Great video on side control

  Great video on side control escape from a Master!

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  Maurizio C.November 19, 2023ITVerified buyer

• Really great

  Really great details to improve side control escapes.

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  TedNovember 16, 2023USVerified buyer

• GREAT

  Top level Nothing else

  ClaudioNovember 8, 2023ITVerified buyer

• Galvani side control escape

  good stuff

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  Greg A.October 24, 2023USVerified buyer

• Solid

  great instructional, a must have

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  DanteMay 20, 2023ITVerified buyer

• Gameplan

  With this instructional you will get a great gameplan to escape from Side control. I love the teaching!

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  Andreas S.May 1, 2023DEVerified buyer

• Side Control Bottom Mastery

  Survive - defend - escape - attack. Andre Galvao developed a great instruction about how to behave and act when you are in side control bottom. He offers an excellent breakdown of all different kinds of side control. Based on that you will get specific sets of techniques for each kind of side control and each stage of progress of beeing in side control and getting attacked. You get escapes and guard retention and escapes straight into submussion attacks. A. G. explains with great detail and easy to follow. He provides a great understanding of jiu jitsu overall explained via side control top and bottom for self defense and sport! Highly recommend!!!

  MarkusApril 10, 2023ATVerified buyer

• Masterclass

  Galvao is building an awesome, successful team and it’s not hard to see why with this instructional. Excellent details and techniques that will improve your escapes no matter what level you are at. You can never spend too much time on side control escapes :)

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  Ben T.December 5, 2022GBVerified buyer

• Very good!

  This is seriously good!

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  Devin C.December 3, 2022USVerified buyer

• Great instructional already applying concepts

  Great instructional already applying concepts on the mats

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  Jorge F.December 3, 2022USVerified buyer

• One that I keep coming back to

  A great instructional with many details about framing and escaping side control. I find myself coming back to this one frequently to address areas I'm having trouble with

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  Matt P.October 8, 2022GBVerified buyer

• So many options and methods principles that you will remember

  Andre Galvao is an excellent and passionate teacher. I have used this when I was a whitebelt. I was told to always wait and learn and thats when I wanted to go to the next level. Thank you BJJ Fanatics and Andre Galvao for making this. The Kipping motion was new to me.

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  Daamin F.September 23, 2022USVerified buyer

• Effective and helpful instructions!

  It help me a lot to learn side control escape! Amazing instruction . I

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  YONGHO J.September 3, 2022KRVerified buyer

• Escapes!

  Having trouble in side control? If so, this instructional is just what you are looking for.

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  Aaron T.June 2, 2022USVerified buyer

• Great Breakdown

  Andre provides a good overview of many fundamental side control escapes.

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  BrandonMay 2, 2022USVerified buyer

• Mkay.

  Good

  Wesley A.April 19, 2022USVerified buyer

• Great fundamental escape concepts

  This series has definitely helped improve my chances of escaping and re-attacking from side control.

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  Adam B.February 18, 2022USVerified buyer

• Very simple and easy to

  Very simple and easy to understand.

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  William S.February 4, 2022CAVerified buyer

• Great Escapes

  Great Content! Very good teaching methods where he walks you through the basics and shows how to practice each move and then covers more advanced techniques after you have built your foundation. Lots of content. Highly recommend for anyone tired of being trapped in side control.

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  BRADEN D.January 22, 2022CAVerified buyer

• Side Control Escapes

  Very detailed instruction that goes over both what to do and what your opponent wants to do.

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  Nicholas P.January 20, 2022USVerified buyer

• Great details! Love it!

  Great details! Love it!

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  Mariam Y.December 17, 2021SGVerified buyer

• Amazing

  Amazing

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  Adrian B.November 24, 2021AUVerified buyer

• Great Instructional

  Great In depth explanations. Addresses multiple possibilities with each move.

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  Ryan H.November 22, 2021USVerified buyer

• Great intructional dvds!

  Great intructional dvds!

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  Andre L.May 12, 2021CAVerified buyer

• The full package on effectively escaping side control

  Great and comprehensive overview of all aspects of escaping side control - and switching these into attacks. Broken down into clear steps, clear demos from all angles. Useful to anyone practicing bjj, whatever the level

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  Neil R.March 7, 2021CYVerified buyer

• The importance of a strong foundation

  You can have the best submissions in the game, but if someone can continues to pass your guard and submit you. This is what you need, this instructional is fantastic as a older brown belt practitioner at 49!

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  KhalilFebruary 15, 2021USVerified buyer

• Escaping side control and north-south – concepts and a range of solid techniques

  Objective Andre states that this instructional has been developed to teach: “defensive strategies from the side control position so that you can develop a better understanding of fundamental jiu jitsu.” Content Volume 1 (1 hour 40 minutes long) covers: what your opponent will want to do when they are in side control top to effectively maintain control, with Andre highlighting better practice from the top position; the framing system (forearm and shin); recovering the guard using the framing system; a basic guard recovery from side control when the opponent defeats your frames, obtains a cross face position and you are unable to use your arm frames and instead your recovery is made using your legs; a recovery from a cross face position primarily using your arm frame; a recovery from cross face using a underhook to their back; and again from cross face, an underhook escape in combination with a low single leg to reverse the position. Volume 2 (1 hour 5 minutes long) covers: an escape from cross face using an underhook to enter a darce choke from the bottom side control position and multiple escapes from the Kesa Gatame position with options leading to submissions e.g. an armbar or omaplata. Volume 3 (1 hour 12 minutes long) covers: three escapes from Kesa Gatame where the opponent has applied a headlock; an escape leading to a back attack when the opponent has both of his arms on the far side of your body; and five escapes from reverse side control. Volume 4 (1 hour 33 minutes long) covers: five escapes from north-south often leading to a submission and a very useful section (28 minutes long) about surviving side control bottom. In the surviving bottom section Andre states that it is going to be hard to escape and he provides advice on what you need to do e.g. aim to build frames, move and recover the guard; noting that it may not be possible to recover the guard immediately so there is a need to be patient and conserve energy; often your opponent will make space when they are transitioning or moving to a submission; how to protect your body on the bottom; how to move to create space; etc. Definitely a useful section for anybody that spends time on the bottom in side control. Andre is an excellent and confident instructor. As with his other instructionals that I have purchased he speaks clearly, is engaging and knowledgeable. His style is to teach holistically, in that he does not just teach the technique, but rather he teaches the strategy, the details of the technique, the likely responses from the opponent and your suggested responses. In many of the techniques he teaches a follow-up offensive technique. As you would expect techniques are demonstrated at a slow pace and then finally, he demonstrates the technique at speed. In my opinion Andre effectively coaches you through the subject matter adding tips as he goes. Sound and picture quality are good, however there are a couple of occasions where the focus is not sharp. The angles of the technique displayed are appropriate. The total length of the instructional is 5 hours and 30 minutes long. There are other instructionals that teach more techniques to escape from side control, but this instructional teaches much more than the techniques. It is long, but I found that Andre can keep you engaged. If you need to improve your ability to escape side control, then I believe that this instructional will certainly help. This recommendation applies to both Gi and No-Gi players.

  Response from BJJ FanaticsThanks so much for your detailed review! 🤗

  Peter H.January 19, 2021AUVerified buyer

• Thanks for fixing my order.

  Thanks for fixing my order.

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  Gregory T.November 10, 2020USVerified buyer

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