Getting stuck on bottom drains your energy, your confidence, and your matches. In Mastering Jiu Jitsu Escapes From Bottom, Joe Woo delivers a complete defensive blueprint designed to help you escape bad positions with structure, timing, and technical precision

• As a black belt under multiple-time world champion Bernardo Faria, Joe brings a pressure-tested approach rooted in fundamentals — not flashy scrambles
• This course teaches you how to stay calm under pressure, conserve energy, and systematically work your way back to safety or directly into offense.
• This isn’t about memorizing random escape moves. It’s about building a dependable defensive system you can rely on when it matters most.
• After this course, bottom position won’t feel like danger — it will feel manageable. You’ll conserve energy, create space intelligently, and escape with control instead of chaos

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What Will You Learn?

Stop Surviving. Start Escaping.

Getting stuck on bottom drains your energy, your confidence, and your matches. In Mastering Jiu Jitsu Escapes From Bottom, Joe Woo delivers a complete defensive blueprint designed to help you escape bad positions with structure, timing, and technical precision.

As a black belt under multiple-time world champion Bernardo Faria, Joe brings a pressure-tested approach rooted in fundamentals — not flashy scrambles. This course teaches you how to stay calm under pressure, conserve energy, and systematically work your way back to safety or directly into offense.

Instead of panicking when pinned, you’ll know exactly what to do.

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What You’ll Learn

• Core escape principles that apply across all bottom positions

• Step-by-step escapes from side control, mount, and back control

• How to frame properly to create space without overextending

• Timing cues for explosive vs. patient escape strategies

• Energy-efficient movements that work against larger opponents

• How to avoid common mistakes that keep you pinned

• Transitional escapes that lead directly into guard recovery or sweeps

• Defensive mindset strategies for staying composed under pressure

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Positions Covered

• Side Control Escapes

• Mount Escapes

• Back Control Escapes

• Guard Recovery Systems

• Transitioning From Defense to Offense

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Why This Course Is Different

• Concept-driven instruction — understand why escapes work

• Fundamental, high-percentage techniques

• Built for real resistance, not cooperative drilling

• Energy-efficient movements that scale at every belt level

• Clear structure that builds confidence fast

This isn’t about memorizing random escape moves. It’s about building a dependable defensive system you can rely on when it matters most.

What Exactly Do You Get?

Part 1

• Intro
• Mount  Elbow Escape
• Elbow Escape Foot Trap
• Elbow Escape With Pant Grip
• Upa Escape With Ankle Block
• Upa Escape With Straight Leg
• Upa Escape Counter To Elbow Escape
• Elbow Escapes To SMount Escape
• Two Hands On Hips Escape
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Part 2

• Side Control  Double Forearm Frame Escape To Guard
• Double Forearm Frame Escape To Knees
• Double Forearm Frame Escape To Armbar
• Double Forearm Escape To Armbar Threat To Guard
• Far Side Underhook Escape To Knees
• Near Side Underhook Escape To Guard
• Double Underhook Escape To Knees
• Double Underhook Escape To Guard
• North South  Double Forearm Frame To Guard
• Double Forearm Frame To Knees

Part 3

• Knee On Stomach  Hand On Belt And Knees Escape To Knees
• Foot Trap Escape To Half Guard
• Foot Trap Escape To Deep Half Guard
• Elbow To Knee Escape
• Elbow To Knee Escape To Knees
• Elbow To Knee Escape To Guard

Part 4

• Back Mount  No Hooks Escape To Guard
• With Hooks Leg Wedge Escape To Guard
• Turtle To Top Escape
• Turtle To Top Hook Removed Escape
• Turtle Roll To Side Escape
• Turtle Roll To Other Side Escape
• Turtle Position  Escape To Guard
• Roll To Top
• Outro