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Two pairs of students drilling turtle bottom escapes on the mats at Next Generation Martial Arts in Thibodaux, Louisiana
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Week 43 of 96

Turtle Bottom — Sit Out & Half Guard Recovery

Neck first · Manage the choke · Arm over your back · Peek out · Baseball slide · Waist clinch or half guard

What To Think About This Week

The Lesson

Neck first — always. Where are their hands? Are they hunting the choke? Deal with that before anything else. Is there an arm over your back? That's your window.

Peek the head out, throw the elbow back, slide the knee through. Am I sliding all the way out? Sit out — cover the waist. Stopping short? Half guard. Same move, two destinations. Let their base tell you which one to take.

Class Warm-Up

The Drills

Line Drills
  • Hip Escape (Shrimp)
  • Hip Escape to Sprawl (Wrestle Up / Thread)
  • Forward Shoulder Rolls
  • Break Fall Stand in Base
  • Back Shoulder Rolls
Movement Drill

Break Posture → Climb Legs to High Guard → Regain Posture

▸ Video · The Drill
Break Posture → Climb Legs to High Guard → Regain Posture
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Escape Drill

Back Control → Top Position

▸ Video · The Drill
Strike Defense

Turtle Position Defense

▸ Video · The Drill
This Week's Techniques

The Material

Escape · Turtle Bottom · Opponent in Front

Sit Out

▸ Video · The Technique
Class Rolling & Takedown Rules

How We Roll

White vs White
Flow training by default unless the instructor specifies otherwise.
Upper vs Lower
Lower ranking student picks their top position. Blue through black vs white, or blue vs black — the lower rank decides where to start.
Purple / Brown / Black
Neutral start or request a specific position you want to work on.
Takedown Rounds
Same rules apply. White vs white — controlled and flowing. Upper vs lower — lower rank picks entry or tie-up. Purple / brown / black — neutral or requested start.
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