How to Escape the North-South Position in BJJ and No Gi Grappling

[@Martial-Mat]

Crazy, I was just watching your 2011 North South video with Marcello Garcia this afternoon and thinking "Must check if Stephan has an escapes video."

[@StephanKesting]

Well, I do now!!!

[@Martial-Mat]

Lol - keep up the good work Stephan!

[@bodhitree33]

Force my way back into side control. .. My white belt heart stopped beating for a second.

[@Good.shepherd420]

When i typed in "how to escape north" the first prediction youtube made was north korea 😂

[@kaibe5241]

This was great. I've had one particular BJJ guy who seems to love the north-south position, and has been owning me on it. Time to escape it :)

[@ianj4389]

I like the Cosby grip to create space. Exactly what I was looking for from this position.

[@kenwu7]

anyone ever wonder why side control is not called east - west 🤔

[@landonpowell6296]

Because sometimes it'd be west - east.

[@benbrumett5649]

North south refers to the body positions being in line with each other but facing the opposite directions. East west would be the same position. Side controll would be south west, south east, ect.. idk tho I'm just a white belt lol

[@carzoparazzo9698]

Those name are invented, it could be called that too. The real names of all this positions comes from Judo.

[@user-nk3re4dj5h]

@@landonpowell6296 Sometimes when the kesa-gatame game is strong, some would even say Northeast - west

[@hurhurhur3972]

Or Weast

[@dietrich8820]

IMO the best escape tech was the double Cosby grip one. Everything else left you in potentially greater danger.

[@TheWomanAthlete]

Beautiful video ❤️

[@TheDOS]

Great to hear your guys' process. Thanks for sharing.

[@paultaylor107]

That batman gi is bad ass

[@davebond7380]

Hello stephen I've been an avid watcher and fan for many years now. I haven't trained for 2 years as a result of a bad hip injury. I want to resume my training when I have my hip replacement. I only recently seen you have had yours done. How are you getting on are you able to still train and maybe spar. I need some positive news as I consider myself only temporarily sidelined. Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@thurmanmerman1316]

A judo guy caught me in a north south choke last week. Nobody had every done one of those to me before and I had no clue what to do.

[@itsthemuscledad38]

This should be called the 69 escape 😂

[@trosclair434genus4]

Never heard that one before

[@okinawajapan1]

Great concepts. Thanks Rob!

[@theluckylefty3486]

Thanks for the video

[@grappledaily9106]

Ive seen Firas Zahabi, emphasizing the frame to escape side control. I can see How that would be helpful to get out of N/S

[@moosemoosepower]

I absolutely hate north south. Getting caught in it is just a claustrophobic hell. Hate whenever they just sit there and hold on to it like there’s no tomorrow... bleh

[@takingbacktoxic7898]

Originally that is the purpose of the technique, to put your weight on the chest and face of the person to smother them.

[@FR-ty5vn]

Great 👍🏼 techniques - thanks 🙏

[@mormimfarmim]

Would love to see a video with attacks from north south (:

[@bogdanpatru2742]

Stephan, I like this, because I didn't know any NS escapes. But, I'm talking from my experience, when I'm caught in nourth-south, my opponent is always in sprawl. This means I can't frame on the hip and I can't grab the legs. What then? All the guys I'm fighting with in my gym use north-south while in sprawl only. And they pivot on top of you using chest pressure. I do that myself when I end up controlling my opponent with north-south. This is how we fight. So, what options do I have then? LE: It's okay, I've commented before seeing the entire video. Prevention is the key. Not getting in the position.

[@nohbdy1122]

You can still frame the hips when they sprawl.

[@MoooseBlood]

I would grab their belt and spin on your back. If their sprawled it makes it easier to possibly go to closed guard or at least half guard.

[@Good.shepherd420]

Give up your back and gey better at back escapes

[@philippappel9300]

Nice Thanks i need it for my Belt Test :)

[@eschelar]

As a bigger guy, I can defend a lot of straight guard passes, but a small quick guy or a taller guy can easily get past and put me in a North South type position. I find myself there a lot lately. Hmmm

[@anilpal3774]

Thanks

[@tjsylla]

I thought high mount was bad...but N/S is just horrible..

[@tylerthompson5299]

Bruh quarantine got me watching some weird crap

[@Djent7779]

Invert triangle

[@apnabachao3560]

Definitely not digging this whole "getting back into side control" - the guy who put you in North-South will probably start from side control on one side, get you in North-South, then transition to side control from the other side anyway.

[@micvili7527]

North south was instant death in pride. Probably the shitst position to be in

[@mpforeverunlimited]

Is the bald guy from Canada?

[@korydentremont2200]

Pretty sure they both are.

[@LeonidThe90sKid]

Shout "i will let go if you will"

[@FRANZJOSEPH39]

Classic

[@Bair994]

T.L.D.W. Dont get into North South lol

[@myjizzureye]

I had to click to make sure these dudes where not in a 69. Disappointed.