Escapes

Sit-Out

The wrestling sit-out from turtle to face the opponent, escape or reverse them.

Also called sit out, wrestling sit out, sit through.

Where it shows up

3 resources

Gi & no-gi Beginner

Short sit-out escape from turtle: posting a hand, kicking the far leg through and coming up.

Gi & no-gi Beginner

Five ways to recover guard from turtle: sitting back, granby, and the sit-out family. A good first study of the position from the bottom.

Gi & no-gi Intermediate

The Fulkerson sit-back escape and granby roll from turtle, a two-move recovery system.