This One Principle Completely Changes Side Control Escape

0:00 Intro
0:42 Concepts
2:03 High Side Escape
5:16 Flutter Kick
5:53 Low Side Escape
7:51 Hip Switch/ Kuzure Kesa Gatame Escape
11:18 Head and Arm Classic Kesa Gatame Escape
12:43 Near Side Hip Block Escape
15:35 Over Head North South Control
18:09 Deeper Control Positions
19:19 How Apply and Develop in Sparring
21:04 Outro
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Really happy to hear it buddy! It’s amazing everyone now has the KZbin source for learning now. Hope this continues to help you in your journey.

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The "dog toy" sound at 5:45 got me laughing lol. Super nice and in depth video Jon as always

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escape side control by teleporting from one gym to another 😂

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Hahahaha I got ocd after and didn’t want to leave that detail out. Call you in couple min going back to hotel

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[@JonThomasBJJ]

Yeah big picture is most important, then you can fill in details later. People have to see the main possible combos so they know the cues to look for

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Jon thomas is great but i think yer shifting the onus of being a white belt onto others..

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This video really establishes the key framework for demystifying BSC escape confusion! The thoroughness here is really a beautiful thing. The entire work is teeming with pearls of wisdom! I managed this deep analysis by getting out my BJJ notebook and taking notes. Really the only way to keep track of the connection between the escape position and it's potential escape tool. Then, just carry the notebook with you everywhere to review! Deeply appreciate this coach Thomas!

[@MrEDTREY]

Omg for real bro I put this on 1.5x speed and really learned exactly the problem areas in my game in less than twenty minutes. Completely blew my mind with confidence and excitement to put this into practice as much as possible even with my dummy at home. Thank you so much for sharing you knowledge with us truly keep the great knowledge coming. If you can do mount escapes just like this style of video would be great.

[@amorestperpe]

And then you went up open mat and forgot everything you thought you knew?

[@stefanwolf8558]

Thanks for this. I'm a blue belt and all my sidecontrol escapes come from when my opponent starts to move either to mount or attack a sub. This is my go-to escape and it came back to bite me in the a$$ in competition when my opponent just sprawled and death grip the sidecontrol until the time expired.

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I’m one week into jiu jitsu and these videos are gold. Principles and fundamentals are needed.

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12:24 I hit this sweep yesterday after watching this video multiple times on a guy who does this head lock to me all the time. I did the exact same thing, baited the leg hook so he circled round and rotated him round. Worked like a charm and even he was shocked ahaha Great move and took no energy! Felt amazing to pull off and no longer feel like that position will be as annoying as it used to be. Thanks!

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Definitely the best instructional teacher on KZbin. You’re a born instructor! Thank you tons. I just started 2 weeks ago.

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This is the gift that keep on giving, watching it again after a couple of months and picking up a few more details I missed the first time

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I revisit your videos every couple of months, and each time, I get a better understanding, Thanks!

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I wish I could like this 100x. Can't wait to institute these principals. Thank you!

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These concepts are great. I don’t get to train as often as I’d like but I’ve been revisiting this video every three weeks to remind myself of what I should be doing.

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I love your "principles" classes.. You explain things perfectly! Huge OSS & thanks!

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Happy to help! The principles are huge! I like to mix the principles and the details. They both matter a lot

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I'm completely impressed by how pedagogical and well you explain and demonstrate in this video. As someone completely new to this sport, I greatly appreciate it, especially how you also think about including cameras on both sides, which is highly appreciated for me as a newcomer and someone who doesn't understand how and what to think about, and otherwise easily could have missed. That you go through the basics, pros and cons, philosophy, and thoughts about why things are the way they are and why one wants to do things in a certain way is highly appreciated and instructive. This makes me want to follow you and explore your channel further. You impress me, I hope you continue like this. Best regards from Sweden.

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He doesn’t just show techniques but sets up the problems that the techniques solve which makes learning/remembering them so much easier. W Jon Thomas

[@mca8083]

No stripe white belt here. Your videos and delivery of the concepts are so easy to understand. Love the way you show the minute details. Can't wait to practice.

[@iamnotjcook]

Your hip stapling principles have been huge for me in learning how to escape and also improve. Just tapped our purple belt for the first time who won a comp just a few weeks ago by finally figuring out how to advance past his side defense. Pretty good for a little white belt in a big pond :') I'm sure this will be huge for me, too more people need to cover principles in an accessible way like you do, you're killing it

[@JonThomasBJJ]

So happy to hear it! That’s the best when you are actually using this stuff in sparring. The hip pinning principle is huge. Happy it’s working for you.

[@harmonicproportions6588]

I just got my purple belt and am pretty slippery on bottom side but I've never seen a couple of these details, awesome stuff!

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The details of scooping toward the far side hip with your nearside arm as well as bringing your far leg up to make it easier for the nearside knee to enter are super useful so far, got those from your earlier videos.

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Not to take away from your teaching, but the camera quality, lighting, and camera angles make these instructions so easy to follow.

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Happy to hear it! I figured if I’m gonna make these videos for years and they will be up for years don’t slack in the quality.

[@Carlitosmalo]

Finally! Someone addressing switching base

[@alvineshj]

Excellent. I liked the last part where you talk about how to integrate the system in one's game.

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Yeah that’s probably the bigger part people miss. Mixing it all together is key

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Nice!

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This is quite possibly the best jiu jitsu instructional on KZbin. My side control escape game has exploded after watching it a few times. You have done me and all future grapplers a great service. Thank you

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Holy crimoly, this video is amazing. I'm going to be able to put so much of this to use immediately. 🤙

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Yeah so many of these little details make such a fast difference

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Great video!

[@diegotorres3680]

love the concept of the knee collapsing if in too far from side control recovery, its the little things that count😮

[@bennuendo]

Good note about knowing you’re getting passed and to start making frames. I’ve been hanging onto grips too long.

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Thats great video thank you!

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Love the bowl concept! This is so basic yet so overlooked

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Solid gold instruction!

[@nicolasptrsn]

Rewatching this video after a year and my brain is making a lot more mental connections and "chaining together" some of the different motions. A good refresher especially now that my instructor is going over some more advanced side control maneuvers in class. Thanks Jon!

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Thank you!

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The very best video about side control I have seen so far thanks!

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Incredibly informative breakdown. Thank you.

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This is gold! Thank you!

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Happy to help! Appreciate the comment

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I've been following you for years. Always watch anything new that comes up. A lot of the time, I think, man, this is good content, but I feel like I'm too low level to fully benefit from what you are sharing. I see the benefit, but it's always like im to not quite fluent enough in the "language" of what we do if that makes sense. Like im absorbing things through a filter and not getting quite the full benefit that I know is in the words and examples you always show. I am a blue belt and I've trained for about 3 years now. I have decent success escaping side control, but I still get stuck a lot, too. I don't know if the timing was just good with me mentally and with my jiujitsu progression, or (more likely) its just the way you broke down all the details in this video, but it really clicked for me. It all makes so much sense, and it seems laughably simple - especially the way you broke down how to train this. Specifically isolating each type of side control in positional sparing. I do tons of positional sparing at the cobrinha affiliate school I'm at, but it's exactly how you broke it down... the position changes, and if you haven't put in the reps to be confident in each variation and the transitions, then you get a half step behind. Then you get really locked up and flustered, trying to recall your steps. I worked on these tonight, and it was instantly like a well-oiled machine. It feels like learning a language, and then all of a sudden, I stumbled into some moments of fluency and clarity with this video and the subsequent practice of it. I can totally see how this evolves into great guard retention, too. This video came to me at the exact right time. Thanks a lot, Jon 🙏

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[@aicemen]

This video is incredible, and for free ! Thank you Jon for all the knowledge you teach us, greetings from a Brazilian blue belt 😅

[@JonThomasBJJ]

Greetings! Thank you hope this one makes you able to escape easier!

[@PaulJoshuaPangan13]

Great info. It's always informative when you start with the concept since that is always the baseline that we would remember and go back to when drilling this live with a resisting opponent. I hope you can also make a mount escape video in a similar format, cause I looked into your videos and have not seen any escapes from mount.

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Great stuff!

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super helpful

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Love the detail, thanks!

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No problem happy to help!

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thanks. I've watched this video a bunch of times, such good details.

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This was amazing. Very informative. Thank you for this.

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Huge thank you. Needed to develop a full system to handle being it side control

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Great stuff Jon!

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Thanks buddy!

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This was incredible! I’ve only got a couple of these down and always wonder how I keep getting stuck so this was super helpful for me!! 🔥 🔥 content, thanks for this 🙏🏽