### Sit-Up Escape: #### Overview: The "Sit-Up Escape," often referred to as the "Hip Escape," is a commonly used escape technique primarily from the **Bottom Mount**. Widely practiced in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, it's a vital skill for improving positioning, reducing threat potential, and maintaining mobility during a roll. --- #### Possible Position(s): - **Top or Bottom Position:** Bottom - **Specific Positions:** - Mount --- #### Japanese Name: - N/A --- ### Step-by-Step Instructions: 1. **Initial Assessment**: - From the bottom mount, pause and protect your neck from any choke attempts by maintaining a tight T-rex arm posture. 2. **Frame and Posture**: - Place both hands on the opponent's hips. Use your forearms to create frames to make space. - Avoid extending arms fully as this can be dangerous if the opponent attacks them. 3. **Elbow-Knee Connection**: - Lift one of your hips slightly off the mat while driving your opposite elbow underneath your opponent’s leg. - With a quick shift, pull your knee through to connect to your frame, creating a tight elbow-knee guard. 4. **Feet and Leg Positioning**: - Engage your core, bringing your other foot flat on the mat in line with your hip. 5. **Hips Out**: - With your foot planted, bridge slightly and use that momentum to "shrink" or "hip out," sliding your body away from the opponent. - This action helps in space creation between you and your opponent. 6. **Re-guarding or Escaping**: - Continue to push with your arms against their hips while further pulling your bottom knee until you can quickly move both knees to form a pincer, regaining guard or attempting to create more space to stand up. 7. **Concluding the Escape**: - Once space is created and legs repositioned, you have two primary options: - Replace your guard by pulling your other leg through for a closed guard or open guard control. - Use the created space to scramble back up to your feet or transition into another position such as half guard. --- **Key Tips:** - Efficiently protect yourself while maintaining a balance between strategic defense and rapid execution. - Practice the escape with repetition to improve agility and technique accuracy, refining subtle movements for space creation. --- By mastering the Sit-up Escape, practitioners gain an effective and reliable tool to counteract dominant positions and regain control in dynamic rolling scenarios.