The choke is what people see. The escape is what lets you get there. How to escape back control, the turtle, north-south and knee on belly, the three principles behind every escape, and why Gracie Jiu Jitsu teaches them first.
Three words that explain all of jiu jitsu: Position Before Submission. Why a submission without control is a gamble, what the positional hierarchy looks like, and what it gives you off the mat too.
Itay Leibovich
Sep 413 min read
Israeli Academy of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA Blog Articles by Professor Itay Leibovich