Blue belt curriculum

The blue belt section of the Rolla Path is about escapes. You have learned to survive. Now you learn to get out.

Each escape takes you back to guard, to your knees or to your feet. Study the white belt curriculum first, because every escape starts from survival.

1. Back escapes

The back is the worst place to be, so this escape comes first.

Win the hand fight before you move. Hand Fighting ›
Drop your shoulders to the mat on the side of their under-arm (the arm under your armpit). Back Escape ›
Clear the top hook, then slide your hips over their bottom leg. Hooks ›
Turn into them and come up on top. Back Control ›
Escape the body triangle and double underhooks.

Mount is worth 4 points, and getting out of it saves you from many submissions.

Do the elbow escape back to guard. Elbow Escape ›
Do the upa when their weight goes forward: trap one arm and the same-side foot. Upa ›
Use a bridge to make their weight move. Bridge ›
Read their base to pick the escape. Base ›
Escape a seated mount.

Most guard passes end in side control, so you will be here often.

Knee on belly scores 2 and leads to mount, so you get out before they move on.

Posture and angle beat these locks, but only if you move early.

These are the submissions you will meet most often in rolling.

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Someone has your back. Where do your shoulders go?

The Back escapes unit turns this into short lessons: you see a position and pick the best move.

Back escapes is part of the Blue belt, included in Rolla Plus. Start free with Foundations and the white belt.