Some people call it cross side, side body or side control. It’s essentially all the same. It’s a pinning position with many different ways to pin the person flat on their back while using their weight and position to control and attack their opponent. It can be difficult to escape when your are flat but there are some easy escapes when your opponent tries to progress their position by going to the mount. These surprise escapes require proper timing to perform to when done right they are my favorite ways to escape.
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Being on the bottom of side control when your opponent has heavy crossface pressure is terrible. Here Rob Biernacki (check out his BJJ Formula at https://www.grapplearts.com/formula) show you how to recover your base, posture and structure, nullify the cross face, and escape from side mount.

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Professor Gustavo Gasperin demonstrates how to anticipate and escape from side control before getting smashed.

How To Escape Side Control Against A Larger Opponent.
The MOST IMPORTANT and FIRST side control escape that you need to learn.

How To Escape Side Control Against A Heavier Opponent by Fabio Gurgel

“Bernardo Faria is a 5x World Champion. Bernardo started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Juiz de Fora – MG, Brazil at the age of 14 in 2001. After receiving the Black Belt from his first instructor Ricardo Marques in 2008, He moved to Sao Paulo to join BJJ legend Fabio Gurgel and his Alliance team. After many years of training and winning many major titles, Bernardo moved to NYC in 2013 to train and teach at Marcelo Garcia Academy. In 2015 Bernardo achieved his dream of winning the IBJJF World Championship Open class title and his division, doing the double Gold and becoming the 1st in the IBJJF Ranking and also choosed as the best athlete of 2015.

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