Jeff Rockwell – The Sit-Up Escape System

Jeff Rockwell – The Sit-Up Escape System

Introduction
Artechoke Publishing did a pretty great job with their previous title Mastering the Crucifix so I was super keen to try out their new ebook, The Sit-Up Escape System. I, like many jiu jitsu students, still find being stuck under side control one of the harder aspects to sparring and competing. Sometimes pushing out a shrimping manoeuvre just isn’t good enough. The sit up escape system offers the player a way to escape side control (and many other positions) without requiring shrimping or even much in the way of grips. Here is my review

Tables of Contents
Introduction: The Rockwell Story
1 Basic Sit Up Escape
1-A Structure of This Book
1-B Concept of Frames
1-1 Sit-Up Escape
1-2 Leg Swing & Shoulder Bridge
1-3 Shoulder Frame
1-4 Biceps Punch
1-5 Guard Recovery

2 Basic Troubleshooting
2-A Protecting Your Back
2-B The Meerkat
2-1 Elbow Push to Guard
2-2 Failed Elbow Push to Biceps Push
2-3 Bottom Hook Recovery
2-4 Top Hook Recovery
2-5 Running Legs Recovery
2-6 Granby Roll Recovery
2-7 Countering the Stack
2-8 Meerkat from Failed Elbow Push
2-9 Meerkat Hurdler Split to Crucifix
2-10 Meerkat Hip Bump to Side Control
2-11 Meerkat Back Roll
2-12 Meerkat Waki-Gatame
2-13 Back Mount (No Seatbelt)
2-14 Back Mount (with Seatbelt)
2-15 Countering Mount from the Back

3 Structures & Tools Explained
3-A Building Frames
3-1 Classic Frame
3-2 Collar Tie
3-3 Reverse Collar Tie
3-4 Elbow Push
3-5 Cross Biceps Push
3-6 Reverse Frame
3-7 Halo Two-on-One
3-8 Meerkat
3-9 Ryan Hall Back Grip
3-10 Thoughts on Frames
3-B Creating Space
3-11 Classic Bridge
3-12 Shot Put
3-13 Wishbone
3-14 Head Clamp
3-15 Hip Snake
3-16 Foot Wipe
3-17 Paint Shaker Hips
3-18 Sideways Shrimp
3-19 Shoulder Down Shrimp

4 Advanced Troubleshooting
4-1 Reverse Frame from Elbow Push
4-2 Countering Mount
4-3 Reverse Collar Tie
4-4 Guillotine from Reverse Collar Tie
4-5 Omoplata from Reverse Collar Tie
4-6 Crucifix from Reverse Collar Tie
4-7 Ryan Hall Back Grab
4-8 Judo Throw from Back Grab
4-9 Leg Shelf from Back Grab
4-10 Shoulder Push vs Kesa
4-11 Shrimp vs Heavy Kesa
4-12 Cross Biceps Push vs Kesa
4-13 Schreiner Undercut vs Kesa
4-14 Cross Knee Push vs Kesa
4-15 Countering Terere Side Control
4-16 Hip Push vs Knee on Belly
4-17 Shoulder Push vs K.O.B.

5 Other Sit-Up Escapes
5-1 Reverse Frame vs Mount
5-2 Reverse Frame vs Mount
5-3 Leg Swing Mount Escape
5-4 Elbow Push vs North-South
5-5 Elbow Push vs North-South 2
5-6 Meerkat vs North South

6 Sit-Up Escapes as Counters
6-1 Failed Triangle
6-2 Failed Armlock
6-3 Cross Knee Pass
6-4 Bullfighter
6-5 Over-Under Pass
6-6 Step Pass
6-7 Step Pass with Strong Grip
6-8 Folding Pass
6-9 Leg Drag
6-10 Turning Half Guard Pass

7 Drills
7-1 Leg Swing Drill
7-2 Butterfly Sweep Drill
7-3 One Leg X-Guard Sweep Drill