The Pillars of Defense: Pin Escapes Defensive to Offensive Cycles by Gordon Ryan

Gordon “The King” Ryan is a multiple-time ADCC champion who is the most dominant and technical no-gi grappler on Earth, and this is your chance to learn his pin escaping!

Get all the highest percentage ways to get out of the mount, side control, knee on belly, north-south, and more in this new nine-part series!

Gordon “The King” Ryan is a multiple-time ADCC champion who is the most dominant and technical no-gi grappler on Earth, and this is your chance to learn his pin escaping!

See how to turn your defensive cycles into offensive cycles as fast as possible, as Gordon explains how to turn their pins into your counter-attacking opportunities

Learn details to make your kipping escapes, side guards, tricep post escapes, and more work against opposition of all levels

Gordon’s escaping skill is the basis of his game on the mat - never spending time held down in bad positions gives him the confidence to attack relentlessly

See actual rolling footage from the gym as Gordon puts this system into action and then breaks down exactly what he was doing so you can see the techniques in motion

Don’t spend time stuck and held down in pinning positions anymore - instead build a game with the real technical skill to escape from anywhere with Gordon “The King” Ryan’s new 9-part series on how to get out of all the major pinning positions of grappling. With his help, including live rolling footage with breakdowns, you’ll see how the best grappler on Earth gets out of mount, side control, north south, and more.

Use all the most modern and high-percentage methods to escape, with detailed breakdowns in how each system works from Gordon. Use kipping escapes, elbow escapes, underhooks, and much more as he brings you through how each position is unique and how he has made a career out of never being able to be pinned.

With Gordon’s advice, see how to turn these bad positions into offensive opportunities as fast as possible with his strategies on defensive to offensive cycling. Attack on the escape with leg lock entries, clamp guard, wrestling attacks, and more as he shows how each escape flows seamlessly into an offensive position that you can take advantage of.

Watch these systems in action as Gordon rolls live in the gym and then breaks down each roll - for you to see what he’s doing and hear why he’s doing it. With 9 volumes full of material for you to study, this offers you a full encyclopedia of all the major pins and their variations that you’ll need to escape from, with full explanations from Gordon Ryan on how you should be building your game from any of them.

SO, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU GET?

PART 1

INTRO TO PIN ESCAPES

CARRYING BODY WEIGHT - TORSO VS FRAMES

EXTENSION VS CONTRACTION CONCAVE VS CONVEX SHOULDERS

CRANIUM CONTROL, SIDE CONTROL AND MOUNT VS NORTH SOUTH

ESCAPING - STATIC VS DYNAMIC PINS

OVERVIEW

ESCAPING KNEE ON BELLY

ESCAPING KNEE ON BELLY SHIN MOUNT HYBRID

INTRO TO ESCAPING SIDE CONTROL

SIDE GUARD WINS THE GAME

INSERTION POINTS

INSERTING THE FAR ARM

INSERTING NEAR SIDE ELBOW

ESCAPING VS A NAIVE OPPONENT

PART 2

ACTIVELY FIGHTING THE FAR ELBOW TO INSIDE POSITION

KNEE TO HIP CONTACT

SIDE GUARD

BASIC REGUARD FROM SIDE GUARD

RECOVERING FROM SIDE GUARD INTO CLAMP

SIDE GUARD TO TE GATAME

TE GATAME INTO THE LEGS

INSERTING A FAR SIDE UNDERHOOK

CONSERVATIVE RECOVERY

UNDERHOOK TO PINCH HEADLOCK/SHOULDER CRUNCH

UNDERHOOK TO HALF GUARD

UNDERHOOK TO ASHI GARAMI

UNDERHOOK TO WRESTLING SCENARIOS

PART 3

LEG GRAB/REGUARD DILEMMA

ESCAPING WITH A NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK

OPPONENT CROWDS THE HIPS

RECOVERING WITH A TRICEP POST

TRICEP POST TO SIDE GUARD

TRICEP POST TO OVERBACK SERIES

COUNTERING A REACHBACK CROSSFACE

COUNTERING A REACHBACK CROSSFACE

SIDE SKIPPING

SIKE KIP VS POSTED CROSSFACE HAND

SIKE KIP VS POSTED UNDERHOOK HAND

PART 4

INTRO TO DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS

ESCAPING ON THE POMMEL

POMMELING BACK INSIDE

INTRO TO OPPONENT HIP SWITCHING

INSERTING FRAMES

ESCAPING WITH A HIGH LEG

PENDULUM/SIDE GUARD DILEMMA

INTRO TO KESA GATAME

ESCAPING AS OPPONENT POMMELS

ESCAPING FULLY LOCKED KESA GATAME

ADDRESSING OTHER UPPER BODY GRIPS - BODY LOCK

TIGHT WAIST AND CROSS FACE

TIGHT WAIST AND NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK

PART 5

SEGUE TO NORTH SOUTH

ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION CROSSFACE HAND FIRST

ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION UNDERHOOK HAND FIRST

ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION ELBOWS INSIDE SHOULDERS

NORTH SOUTH BODY POSITIONS

OPPONENT'S HAND POSITIONS

THE THREAT OF FORCING SIDE CONTROL

OPPONENT HAS KNEES DOWN POMMELING HANDS INSIDE

ESCAPING WITH KNEE ELBOW CONNECTION

HIGH TRIPOD POMMELING HANDS INSIDE

FORCING SIDE CONTROL - KNEES UP VS KNEES DOWN

ESCAPING AS OPPONENT MOVES FROM NORTH SOUTH TO SIDE CONTROL

SIDE CONTROL TO MOUNT - UPPER BODY POSITIONS

ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION - TOP HEAD AND ARM

ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION - DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS

ESCAPING ON THE TRANSITION - CROSSFACE

PART 6

MOUNT ESCAPE OVERVIEW

OPPONENT'S LEG POSITIONS

BRIDGING AND SHRIMPING

BASIC KNEE ELBOW ESCAPE

INSIDE ELBOW ESCAPE

CLEARING GRAPEVINES AND PREVENTING AND UNDERHOOK

SEPARATING CROSSED FEET

KNEE ELBOW ESCAPE/INSIDE KNEE ELBOW ESCAPE VS CROSSFACE

INTRO TO KIPPING

SOLO KIPPING DRILL

TYPES OF KIPPING

KIPPING/KNEE ELBOW DILEMMA

BASIC OVERHEAD KIP

KIPPING OVER A SHOULDER

SIDE TO SIDE KIPPING

SIDE KIPPING WHEN OPPONENT COUNTERS INITIAL KIP

KIPPING TO COUNTER A LONG HOOK

KIPPING TO COUNTER ONE KNEE UP

PART 7

A DEEPER DIVE INTO ARM POSITIONS

CLEARING AN UNDERHOOK

KIPPING TO FREE A TRAPPED ARM

SIDE TO SIDE KIPPING VS UNDERHOOK

SAME CONCEPT WHEN OPPONENT SWITCHES TO A KNEE UP/LONG HOOK

ADDRESSING DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS

ADDRESSING A HIGH MOUNT

STRIPPING A FIGURE FOUR BACK HEAD AND ARM

PREVENTING A DISMOUNT TO SIDE CONTROL

OUTRO

PART 8 - ROLLING

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PART 9 - ROLLING COMMENTARY

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