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Been planning on adding more escapes based on the technical standup (heisting) movement to my game and have been working this recently in the gym (together with elbow push from side control, half guard wrestle up, etc.). But I haven't tried this on heavier or more advanced people yet. What are everyone's thoughts on this escape? Do you find it reliable? Any tips on details to look out for when doing this technique?
Sometimes I try to grab a last-second whizzer on his far arm, with my arm that's on the side his head is on, but it barely does anything.
I first learned Marcelo's signature side control escape as the "armpit push", but looking at his videos it's actually the "elbow push". Is it important that it be the elbow? I feel like the armpit is a more natural "handle" to push them.
Been training MMA for a while (2.5 years), and train no-gi BJJ along with it. I would say I have decent TD, top control, and TDD, but when I do get taken down I'm the proverbial fish out of water. We drill a lot of standing up from guard, which is probably one of the biggest differences in MMA grappling and BJJ, but I still need to work on my escapes from mount, side control, turtle, back, etc. I still don't know whether it's advisable to reguard and work on standing up from there (where I can use knee shield, push off the hips, etc. to assist with standing up) or do some sort of escape where I can just stand back up immediately (like the Marcelo Garcia elbow push). I'm also unsure if I should go for technical standup type movements, or turtle and work stuff like quadpod from there.
I'm just hoping to start practicing a couple basic escapes from each disadvantageous position. What should I start with?