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Knee on Belly
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Also called: knee on belly, neon belly, neon belly bottom
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Precision Side Control and Knee on Belly Escapes by Lucas Lepri
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- Use pendulum movement to escape
- Recover guard against pinning pressure
- Connect knee-on-belly and side escapes
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5- Deep Half GuardWhen: pushing foot between legs and hip escape
- Turtle PositionWhen: turn onto your side and pull knee out to escape to turtle
- Hip EscapeWhen: plant foot outside hip line and turn onto side to escape
- Deep Half GuardWhen: block knee with elbow, c-clamp arm, trap foot, then go underneath and hook legs
- Side ControlWhen: take knee off belly