Fundamentals of Side Control Escapes by Pedro Sauer
113 reviews · 4.97 / 5
Pedro Sauer · Combo
Unlocking The Secrets Of The Mount Position by Pedro Sauer has 54 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.96 out of 5. 98% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from January 17, 2021 to October 18, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
High level details from one of the highest caliber teachers of the art. Master Sauer represents the pinnacle of the system. He teaches nuances that few others can show.
Objective of this instructional The objective of this instructional is to teach you how to defeat your opponent’s attempts to escape mount bottom by using either the elbow escape or the upa escape and to teach a range of effective submissions, while confidently maintaining the mount. Content Volume 1 (31 minutes and 9 chapters including the introduction) covers: how (i.e. appropriate angle of the foot for the circumstances) and where you should place your feet when in the mount top position, the importance of keeping your legs soft and consequently allowing your opponent to move your knee outwards from your body rather than backwards and therefore not allowing them to get their leg under your leg (i.e., to defend against the entry of an elbow escape); the importance of keeping your opponent flat, so that (for most people) they can’t easily place their escaping leg flat on the mat and how to do this; how you should connect with your opponent, appropriately position yourself and move your hips, legs and feet to make it difficult for your opponent to successfully use the elbow escape; how to deal with the opponent’s arm when they are pushing your leg and the requirement to avoid your leg being pushed in a line parallel to their leg; how to reposition the opponent’s arm from your knee using a walking hand motion (i.e. “the jack”) and using connection (i.e. initially with your body and the floor); how to disconnect an opponent’s elbow from inside your leg by walking their head; and the windshield wiper technique, which can be used to hide your lower leg, if they advance the elbow escape. Volume 2 (30 minutes and 10 chapters) covers: how to deflect their frame across your hips or deal with the opponent’s hands on your hips; how to respond to a bridging opponent; how to respond to a stiff single arm bridge; what to do if the opponent gets both of their arms deep inside one of your legs with the aim of escaping; dealing with a situation where the opponent bucks you forward and then wraps his arms around your torso (i.e., body lock); how to deal with an opponent with their hands in a prayer position; how to deal with a situation where the opponent has both his elbows inside your legs; how to use a really simple and fast counter to the start of an upa escape, where the opponent has just trapped one of your arms; and the situation where you think the opponent is going to use the upa escape to position yourself to take advantage of this movement to glide into a S mount position with the option of taking the S mount armbar. Volume 3 (35 minutes and 15 chapters) covers a range of efficient and effective submissions including chokes, wrist locks, Americana locks and armbars. The techniques are designed to enable you to maintain top position or if the top position is lost while performing the submission to successfully complete the submission. Picture and sound quality are good. A single camera has been used and the range is excellent, as you are close to the action and can easily see the details of the technique. The available previews are consistent with the whole instructional. Professor Sauer is clearly very knowledgeable. His instructions and demonstrations are clear. I found this instructional maintained a good pace and the Professor was able to maintain my attention. As is the norm with BJJ instructionals the techniques are repeated multiple times with different angles. In summary, as is often the case in BJJ the little details makes so much difference and this instructional is full of those details to make you much more confident in holding and submitting from the mount. In my experience the techniques in this instructional are not complicated to learn or recall. My ability to hold the mount has definitely improved after watching and practicing the techniques in this instructional. The total length of the instructional is 1 hour and 36 minutes long.
Professor's Sauer jiu jitsu is simply amazing. He always says what's difficult today will be easy tomorrow. Learn the basics, understand the basics and keep it simple.
This one and the other instructional video he made really are full of gold. The way he explains everything and keeps your attention just makes it so easy to understand. Everything from the frog feet to the way you move your hips, when and why you do each and every move, and detail. I have been training a long time and the smallest details make such a big difference and they are just pouring out of Pedro Sauer in this series. I sure hope you will have him make more of these for us. Thank you!!
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