Gordon Ryan – Systematically Escaping The Back

Learn the hand fighting and positioning you need to stop strangles from coming in when your opponent has the back

Get back to safety from back control on the overhook and underhook side, including lessons on how to break the body triangle

Unlock the defensive secrets to the straight jacket system that Gordon uses to regularly tap elite black belts

Watch Gordon spar in live rounds from back, then break down his techniques so you can see the techniques in action

This escaping system is the same one that Gordon has used to dominate at the elite levels of no-gi grappling, with his coach John Danaher’s revolutionary concepts & dilemmas

Know more. Win more.

Start escaping from some of submission grappling’s worst positions with this 8-volume instructional series from Gordon “The King” Ryan as he shows you how he stays safe and gets away from back control. With techniques, strategies, and live rolling footage to break it all down, this is a total guide to getting away when someone takes your back and is ready to finish the fight.

Gordon Ryan is a 3-time ADCC Champion, the best no-gi grappler in the world today, and he is back with BJJ Fanatics to show you his game, broken down so grapplers of all levels can understand and benefit. As the best back attacker in submission grappling history, Gordon is uniquely suited to show you how to decode the defense and prevent the attacker from finishing you as you escape their control.

Learn the hand fighting tactics and fundamentals necessary for controlling the strangling arm and keeping yourself in the fight as you use spinning escapes, headlock escapes, and more to break away from their positional control. Gordon takes you into extreme detail on every step, giving you everything you’ll need to know to succeed.

Get out of some of grappling’s worst positions on the back, including how to break body triangles and how to free trapped arms. With Gordon’s help, you can begin attacking with the confidence that even if they take your back, you have the escaping ability to get back out and start attacking again.

PART 1

INTRO TO ESCAPING THE BACK

OFFENSIVE GOALS

DEFENSIVE GOALS

OVERVIEW

INTRO TO DEFENSIVE HAND FIGHTING

STICKY GRIPS

SECONDARY HAND INTERCEPTION

COUNTERING A GARROTE – PRIMARY HAND REACH BACK

COUNTERING A GARROTE – SECONDARY HAND REACH BACK

THUMB POSTING OUT

THUMB POST VS. LOCKED STRANGLE (STRANGLE ARM)

THUMB POST VS. LOCKED STRANGLE (SUPPORT ARM)

END GAME

NEGATING AN ATTEMPTED ARM TRAP

FREEING A TRAPPED ARM (KIPPING)

FREEING A TRAPPED ARM (LIMP ARM)

OPPONENT COUNTER LIMP ARM STEP OVER BOTTOM HOOK

COUNTERING A LOCKED STRANGLE (LOCKED LEGS)

COUNTERING A LOCKED STRANGLE (UNLOCKED LEGS)

CLOSING OVERHOOK SIDE, HAND FIGHTING

PART 2

INTRO TO UPPER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

DOUBLE OVER CONVERSION

ORIGIN OF THE HEADLOCK ESCAPE

BASIC HEADLOCK ESCAPE

HEADLOCK ESCAPE – ENTER THE LEGS

AVOIDING MOUNT

BASIC TWO ON ONE PASS

TWO ON ONE PASS/HEADLOCK COMBO

COUNTERING A HALF CLAW RECOVERY

CLOSING OUT UPPER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

PART 3

INTRO TO LOWER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

STEPPING OVER THE BOTTOM HOOK

COUNTERING A LONG HOOK

COUNTERING A DEEP HOOK

COUNTERING A BUTTERFLY HOOK

CLOSING OUT LOWER BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

INTRODUCTION TO BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

4 BODY TRIANGLE SCENARIOS

PASS OFFS

BASIC ESCAPE TO TOP SIDE TRIANGLE

ELBOW WEDGE

FAILED TRAP SWITCH SIDES

BOTTOM SIDE BODY TRIANGLE

CLOSING OUT BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

INTRO TO HIGH BALL RIDE (OVERHOOK SIDE)

UNDERSTANDING WHY UPPER BODY ESCAPES DON’T WORK

OVERVIEW

KNEE OFF THE HIP TURN TO TURTLE

BAITING TURTLE TO STEP OVER THE BOTTOM HOOK

2 OPTIONS WHEN OPPONENT COVERS THE HIP

CLOSING OUT HIGH BALL RIDE (OVERHOOK SIDE)

PART 4

INTRO TO CROSS BODY ESCAPES (OVERHOOK SIDE)

OVERVIEW

ESCAPING – NO UPPER BODY CONTROL

ESCAPING – ARM CONTROL

ESCAPING – UPPER BODY CONTROL

CLOSING OUT OVERHOOK SIDE ESCAPES

INTRODUCTION TO ESCAPING THE UNDERHOOKS

DIFFERENCES IN HAND FIGHTING

COUNTERING CROSS WRIST GRIPS

FREEING A TRAPPED ARM

STRANGLE ESCAPES

INTRODUCTION TO UPPER BODY ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

CONVERTING TO DOUBLE OVERS

CONVERTING TO DOUBLE UNDERS

ELBOW CUTTING VS HEADLOCKS

BASIC ELBOW CUT

DIFFERENCES IN AVOIDING MOUNT/ENTERING ASHI

2 ON 1 PASS TO ELBOW CUT

2 ON 1 PASS CONVERT TO OVERHOOK SIDE

CLOSING OUT UNDERHOOK SIDE UPPER BODY ESCAPE

PART 5

INTRO TO LOWER BODY ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

CLEARING THE BOTTOM HOOK/ENTERING ASHI/AVOIDING MOUNT

COUNTERING A LONG HOOK

COUNTERING A DEEP HOOK

COUNTERING A BUTTERFLY HOOK

HAND ASSIST CLEAR THE TOP HOOK

CLOSING OUT LOWER BODY ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

INTRO TO BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDES)

TOPSIDE BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

BOTTOM SIDE BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

TOUCHING ON POST REAR MOUNT

CLOSING OUT BODY TRIANGLE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

PART 6

INTRODUCTION TO HIGH BALL RIDE ESCAPES (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

ESCAPING HIGH BALL RIDE (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

INTRODUCTION TO ESCAPING CROSS BODY RIDE (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

ESCAPING CROSS BODY RIDE (UNDERHOOK SIDE)

INTRO TO DOUBLE OVERHOOK ESCAPES

CONVERTING DOUBLE OVERS TO UNDER OVER

2 ON 1 PASS

USING SECONDARY HANDS TO CONVERT TO A 2 ON 1

IMMEDIATELY PICKING A SIDE

COUNTERING A STRANGLE

CLOSING DOUBLE OVERHOOKS

INTRO TO DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS

CONNECTING TO DOTS

CLOSING OUT DOUBLE UNDERHOOK ESCAPES

TURNING ESCAPES

OUTRO

PART 7

ROLLING – CHRISTOS

ROLLING – ALEX

ROLLING – DREW

ROLLING – CHRISTOS

ROLLING – ALEX

PART 8

ROLLING COMMENTARY – CHRISTOS

ROLLING COMMENTARY – ALEX

ROLLING COMMENTARY – DREW

ROLLING COMMENTARY – CHRISTOS

ROLLING COMMENTARY – ALEX