Gordon Ryan – The Pillars of Defense: Back Escapes

Stop The Strangles and Escape Back Control, Grappling’s Most Dominant Position, With A Complete System For Defensive Mastery From Gordon “The King” Ryan, The Best No-Gi Back Attacker Of All-Time!

• 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.

Course Content

Volume 1
Intro To Escaping The Back 0
Offensive Goals 5:07
Defensive Goals 9:28
Overview 13:28
Intro To Defensive Hand Fighting 16:38
Sticky Grips 25:16
Secondary Hand Interception 29:05
Countering A Garrote – Primary Hand Reach Back 36:15
Countering A Garrote – Secondary Hand Reach Back 39:43
Thumb Posting Out 45:03
Thumb Post Vs. Locked Strangle (Strangle Arm) 47:55
Thumb Post Vs. Locked Strangle (Support Arm) 50:26
End Game 52:47
Negating An Attempted Arm Trap 54:02
Freeing A Trapped Arm (Kipping) 56:35
Freeing A Trapped Arm (Limp Arm) 59:49
Opponent Counter Limp Arm Step Over Bottom Hook 1:03:59
Countering A Locked Strangle (Locked Legs) 1:08:19
Countering A Locked Strangle (Unlocked Legs) 1:11:30
Closing Overhook Side, Hand Fighting 1:14:20
Volume 2
Intro To Upper Body Escapes (OverHook Side) 0
Double Over Conversion 2:43
Origin Of The Headlock Escape 5:37
Basic Headlock Escape 9:53
Headlock Escape – Enter The Legs 14:17
Avoiding Mount 20:21
Basic Two On One Pass 23:45
Two On One Pass/Headlock Combo 30:46
Countering A Half Claw Recovery 32:29
Closing Out Upper Body Escapes (OverHook Side) 36:02
Volume 3
Intro To Lower Body Escapes (OverHook Side) 0
Stepping Over The Bottom Hook 3:39
Countering A Long Hook 9:10
Countering A Deep Hook 13:51
Countering A Butterfly Hook 16:57
Closing Out Lower Body Escapes (OverHook Side) 21:25
Introduction To Body Triangle Escapes (OverHook Side) 22:49
4 Body Triangle Scenarios 27:56
Pass Offs 29:51
Basic Escape To Top Side Triangle 30:58
Elbow Wedge 34:18
Failed Trap Switch Sides 37:37
Bottom Side Body Triangle 40:15
Closing Out Body Triangle Escapes (Overhook Side) 45:15
Intro To High Ball Ride (Overhook Side) 46:44
Understanding Why Upper Body Escapes Don’t Work 48:40
Overview 50:44
Knee Off The Hip Turn To Turtle 51:58
Baiting Turtle To Step Over The Bottom Hook 57:17
2 Options When Opponent Covers The Hip 1:00:02
Closing Out High Ball Ride (Overhook Side) 1:05:38
Volume 4
Intro To Cross Body Escapes (OverHook Side) 0
Overview 3:06
Escaping – No Upper Body Control 4:53
Escaping – Arm Control 7:24
Escaping – Upper Body Control 13:10
Closing Out Overhook Side Escapes 18:23
Introduction To Escaping The Underhooks 19:30
Differences In Hand Fighting 22:35
Countering Cross Wrist Grips 25:32
Freeing A Trapped Arm 32:03
Strangle Escapes 34:41
Introduction To Upper Body Escapes (Underhook Side) 42:38
Converting To Double Overs 43:46
Converting To Double Unders 45:58
Elbow Cutting Vs Headlocks 48:50
Basic Elbow Cut 53:55
Differences In Avoiding Mount/Entering Ashi 58:02
2 On 1 Pass To Elbow Cut 1:05:57
2 On 1 Pass Convert To Overhook Side 1:08:38
Closing Out Underhook Side Upper Body Escape 1:11:55
Volume 5
Intro To Lower Body Escapes (Underhook Side) 0
Clearing The Bottom Hook/Entering Ashi/Avoiding Mount 1:54
Countering A Long Hook 3:38
Countering A Deep Hook 8:31
Countering A Butterfly Hook 9:51
Hand Assist Clear The Top Hook 13:19
Closing Out Lower Body Escapes (Underhook Side) 16:36
Intro To Body Triangle Escapes (Underhook Sides) 18:12
Topside Body Triangle Escapes (Underhook Side) 19:37
Bottom Side Body Triangle Escapes (Underhook Side) 27:16
Touching On Post Rear Mount 30:46
Closing Out Body Triangle Escapes (Underhook Side) 34:55
Volume 6
Introduction To High Ball Ride Escapes (Underhook Side) 0
Escaping High Ball Ride (Underhook Side) 0:46
Introduction To Escaping Cross Body Ride (Underhook Side) 5:42
Escaping Cross Body Ride (Underhook Side) 7:07
Intro To Double Overhook Escapes 11:36
Converting Double Overs To Under Over 13:24
2 On 1 Pass 16:23
Using Secondary Hands To Convert To A 2 On 1 20:07
Immediately Picking A Side 23:14
Countering A Strangle 24:42
Closing Double Overhooks 28:20
Intro To Double Underhooks 29:22
Connecting The Dots 31:39
Closing Out Double Underhook Escapes 34:12
Turning Escapes 36:06
Outro 41:42
Volume 7
Rolling – Christos 0
Rolling – Alex 5:13
Rolling – Drew 10:15
Rolling – Christos 15:17
Rolling – Alex 20:19
Volume 8
Rolling Commentary – Christos 0
Rolling Commentary – Alex 10:58
Rolling Commentary – Drew 20:26
Rolling Commentary – Christos 29:24
Rolling Commentary – Alex 37:31

Gordon Teaches You Every Detail Of His System Across 8-volumes So That You Can Start Defending And Escaping With More Technique And Confidence

What Will You Learn?

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.

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

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