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Know where you are before you decide what to do.

To drill a hip escape at home, open the study, step its five phases on the live model, read the three faults to watch for, then put it in a timed session. Thirty-six solo studies in six groups and six positions on the atlas, with every plan and note written to this browser and nowhere else.

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Hip escape / shrimp: Hips travel. Human movement study.
Human movement study

Hip escape, phase three. Drag the model, step the phases, slow it to half speed on the study page.

The atlas

Every position on this map has one question worth carrying into class and one solo movement you can rehearse before you get there. The lines are learning routes, not promised escapes.

Standing: one figure in a standing base, rendered frame of the technical stand-up study.StandingClosed guard: two figures, the partner inside the athlete's closed legs, rendered frame from the atlas.Closed guardHalf guard: two figures, one of the partner's legs trapped between the athlete's, rendered frame from the atlas.Half guardSide control: two figures, the partner chest down across the athlete on the back, rendered frame from the atlas.Side controlMount: two figures, the partner seated astride the athlete on the back, rendered frame from the atlas.MountBack position: two figures, the partner behind the athlete with both hooks in, rendered frame from the atlas.Back position
StandingWhat connection am I trying to establish?Closed guardWhat helps me manage distance and keep my frames?Half guardWhich leg is trapped, and what does my knee shield have to do?Side controlWhere is the space I need to recover a frame?MountWhich base and frame details did my instructor emphasize?Back positionWhat is my instructor’s priority for this position?

The curriculum

36 studies in six groups, from the shapes you sit and kneel in to the chains a match is made of. 33 need nothing but a padded mat; the rest need a notebook or a training partner and a coach, and they say so.

Foundations

The shapes everything else starts from: how to sit, kneel, stand and fall on a mat without thinking about it.

  1. 01Seated baseComfortable baseSolo mat
  2. 04Forearm frame / soloSpace and structureSolo mat
  3. 13Kneeling posture and combat baseA base you can move fromSolo mat
  4. 14Back breakfallFalling without a bruiseSolo mat

Mechanics

One movement at a time, with the landmark a coach would call out for each phase.

  1. 02Hip escape / shrimpHip movementSolo mat
  2. 03Shoulder-supported bridgeShoulder supportSolo mat
  3. 05Technical stand-upStable transitionSolo mat
  4. 15Reverse hip escapeHips along the matSolo mat
  5. 16Guard retention hip movementTurning the hips aloneSolo mat
  6. 17Sit-out from hands and kneesTurning over a postSolo mat
  7. 18Hip heist to the kneesSeated to base in one goSolo mat
  8. 19Shoulder-stand rockInversion basicsSolo mat
  9. 20Sprawl from the standing baseHips through the matSolo mat

Chains

Two or three movements in the order they actually happen, so the finish of one is the start of the next.

  1. 06Hip escape / frame sequenceDirection awarenessSolo mat
  2. 07Frame / hip escapeSequence awarenessSolo mat
  3. 08Ground-to-standing sequenceA useful resetSolo mat
  4. 21Hip escape to reverse escapeTwo directions of escapeSolo mat
  5. 22Bridge, then to the kneesBack to baseSolo mat
  6. 23Breakfall to technical stand-upDown and up againSolo mat
  7. 24Sit-out into a technical stand-upFrom the knees to the feetSolo mat
  8. 25Hip heist to sprawlRising, then defendingSolo mat
  9. 26Frame, swivel, escapeGuard shapes in sequenceSolo mat

Defence and recovery

Getting back to a base you can work from: off the back, off the knees, out of an inversion, after a fall.

  1. 09Solo frame and hip movementKeep facing the taskSolo mat
  2. 27Recover base from the backOff the backSolo mat
  3. 28Combat base to standing baseUp and down without a wobbleSolo mat
  4. 29Rock back, then sitInversion with an exitSolo mat
  5. 30Breakfall into base rebuildAfter the fallSolo mat

Conditioning

The same movements in volume, with rounds, repeats and rest written down.

  1. 31Hip escape ladderVolume with formSolo mat
  2. 32Bridge repeatsHips that keep drivingSolo mat
  3. 33Sit-out and heist flowTurning over, both waysSolo mat
  4. 34Breakfall and stand roundsDown, up, readySolo mat

Situational

Shapes grouped by the position they belong to, plus the reflection blocks that turn a class into notes.

  1. 10Class sequence recallOne clear questionNotebook
  2. 11Cooperative frame studyClear communicationPartner + coach
  3. 12Seated reflection roundKeep the lessonNotebook
  4. 35Bottom of guard: solo shapesGuard shapes, no partnerSolo mat
  5. 36Top position: solo baseBase on top, no partnerSolo mat
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Mat journal

Write the position, the problem it answered and the one thing you want clarified. That is the part you forget by Thursday.

Start with a session

Seated base, frames and a reflection before class. About 8 minutes, adjustable block by block.

Or write first

A note without a session still counts. The journal accepts a title, a date and as much or as little as you want to say.

Open the journal

Before you rely on this

Does this teach submissions?

No. The atlas organizes positions and questions for class. The movement library supports familiar solo practice; submission details and resisting partners belong in qualified instruction.

Is the atlas a guaranteed escape sequence?

No. Its links are learning relationships between positions, not guaranteed physical transitions. Use it to remember what you are studying and ask better questions in class.

Can I use it for gi and no-gi?

Yes. Plans and journal entries are yours to name. The included movement and reflection blocks are not tied to a particular grip system or competition rule set.