The Pillars of Defense: Pin Escapes - Defensive to Offensive Cycles by Gordon Ryan

Watch these systems in action as Gordon rolls live in the gym and then breaks down each roll - for you to see what he’s doing and hear why he’s doing it. With 9 volumes full of material for you to study, this offers you a full encyclopedia of all the major pins and their variations that you’ll need to escape from, with full explanations from Gordon Ryan on how you should be building your game from any of them.

• INTRO TO PIN ESCAPES
• CARRYING BODY WEIGHT - TORSO VS FRAMES
• EXTENSION VS CONTRACTION CONCAVE VS CONVEX SHOULDERS
• CRANIUM CONTROL, SIDE CONTROL AND MOUNT VS NORTH SOUTH
• ESCAPING - STATIC VS DYNAMIC PINS
• OVERVIEW
• ESCAPING KNEE ON BELLY
• ESCAPING KNEE ON BELLY SHIN MOUNT HYBRID
• INTRO TO ESCAPING SIDE CONTROL
• SIDE GUARD WINS THE GAME
• INSERTION POINTS
• INSERTING THE FAR ARM
• INSERTING NEAR SIDE ELBOW
• ESCAPING VS A NAIVE OPPONENT

• ACTIVELY FIGHTING THE FAR ELBOW TO INSIDE POSITION
• KNEE TO HIP CONTACT
• SIDE GUARD
• BASIC REGUARD FROM SIDE GUARD
• RECOVERING FROM SIDE GUARD INTO CLAMP
• SIDE GUARD TO TE GATAME
• TE GATAME INTO THE LEGS
• INSERTING A FAR SIDE UNDERHOOK
• CONSERVATIVE RECOVERY
• UNDERHOOK TO PINCH HEADLOCK/SHOULDER CRUNCH
• UNDERHOOK TO HALF GUARD
• UNDERHOOK TO ASHI GARAMI
• UNDERHOOK TO WRESTLING SCENARIOS

• LEG GRAB/REGUARD DILEMMA
• ESCAPING WITH A NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK
• OPPONENT CROWDS THE HIPS
• RECOVERING WITH A TRICEP POST
• TRICEP POST TO SIDE GUARD
• TRICEP POST TO OVERBACK SERIES
• COUNTERING A REACHBACK CROSSFACE
• COUNTERING A REACHBACK CROSSFACE
• SIDE SKIPPING
• SIKE KIP VS POSTED CROSSFACE HAND
• SIKE KIP VS POSTED UNDERHOOK HAND

• INTRO TO DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS
• ESCAPING ON THE POMMEL
• POMMELING BACK INSIDE
• INTRO TO OPPONENT HIP SWITCHING
• INSERTING FRAMES
• ESCAPING WITH A HIGH LEG
• PENDULUM/SIDE GUARD DILEMMA
• INTRO TO KESA GATAME
• ESCAPING AS OPPONENT POMMELS
• ESCAPING FULLY LOCKED KESA GATAME
• ADDRESSING OTHER UPPER BODY GRIPS - BODY LOCK
• TIGHT WAIST AND CROSS FACE
• TIGHT WAIST AND NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK

• SEGUE TO NORTH SOUTH
• ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION CROSSFACE HAND FIRST
• ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION UNDERHOOK HAND FIRST
• ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION ELBOWS INSIDE SHOULDERS
• NORTH SOUTH BODY POSITIONS
• OPPONENT'S HAND POSITIONS
• THE THREAT OF FORCING SIDE CONTROL
• OPPONENT HAS KNEES DOWN POMMELING HANDS INSIDE
• ESCAPING WITH KNEE ELBOW CONNECTION
• HIGH TRIPOD POMMELING HANDS INSIDE
• FORCING SIDE CONTROL - KNEES UP VS KNEES DOWN
• ESCAPING AS OPPONENT MOVES FROM NORTH SOUTH TO SIDE CONTROL
• SIDE CONTROL TO MOUNT - UPPER BODY POSITIONS
• ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION - TOP HEAD AND ARM
• ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION - DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS
• ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION - CROSSFACE

• MOUNT ESCAPE OVERVIEW
• OPPONENT'S LEG POSITIONS
• BRIDGING AND SHRIMPING
• BASIC KNEE ELBOW ESCAPE
• INSIDE ELBOW ESCAPE
• CLEARING GRAPEVINES AND PREVENTING AND UNDERHOOK
• SEPARATING CROSSED FEET
• KNEE ELBOW ESCAPE/INSIDE KNEE ELBOW ESCAPE VS CROSSFACE
• INTRO TO KIPPING
• SOLO KIPPING DRILL
• TYPES OF KIPPING
• KIPPING/KNEE ELBOW DILEMMA
• BASIC OVERHEAD KIP
• KIPPING OVER A SHOULDER
• SIDE TO SIDE KIPPING
• SIDE KIPPING WHEN OPPONENT COUNTERS INITIAL KIP
• KIPPING TO COUNTER A LONG HOOK
• KIPPING TO COUNTER ONE KNEE UP

• A DEEPER DIVE INTO ARM POSITIONS
• CLEARING AN UNDERHOOK
• KIPPING TO FREE A TRAPPED ARM
• SIDE TO SIDE KIPPING VS UNDERHOOK
• SAME CONCEPT WHEN OPPONENT SWITCHES TO A KNEE UP/LONG HOOK
• ADDRESSING DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS
• ADDRESSING A HIGH MOUNT
• STRIPPING A FIGURE FOUR BACK HEAD AND ARM
• PREVENTING A DISMOUNT TO SIDE CONTROL
• OUTRO

• ALEX
• DREW
• CHRISTOS
• ALEX
• DREW

• ALEX
• DREW
• CHRISTOS
• ALEX
• DREW

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