Switch

Escape · Turtle

Reverses the bottom of turtle when he is behind you with an arm around your waist: you end behind him, chest on his back. Clamp his waist arm to your side with your elbow so it stays in place as the lever. Post a hand and sit through to your hip, back toward him, then reach your free arm over his arm, above the elbow, down into his inside thigh. Lean back onto that arm and hip away until your arm is straight: his shoulder carries your weight, his chest drops to the mat and you come up behind him. The power comes from moving the hips, not from pulling, and only before he flattens you. If he pulls the arm out you are back on your feet; if he re-switches, Granby roll. In drilling lean back slowly: it loads his shoulder.

How to do it

  1. In the turtle with them behind you, clamp their waist arm to your side with your elbow, so it stays in place for the lever.
  2. Post the far hand, the one away from them, and sit through: swing your outside leg under you to the side so you sit on your hip, back toward them.
  3. Reach your near arm, the free one, over their arm, above the elbow, elbow digging into the back of their armpit, and down into their inside thigh, palm on the inside of the thigh.
  4. Lean back onto their arm and hip away until your arm is straight, so their shoulder is loaded and their chest drops toward the mat.
  5. Come up behind them, chest on their back, and take the top position.

Key details

  • Your arm over theirs is a lever: their shoulder carries your weight, so they cannot pull the arm out.
  • Hip away far: the switch works by moving the hips, not by pulling.
  • Go fast, before they flatten you: on your belly the sit-through is impossible.

Common mistakes

  • Sitting through without the arm over. — Without the lever they follow you and take the back. — Reach over their arm as you sit.
  • Staying close to them. — With bent arms and hips close there is no lever on the shoulder. — Hip away until your arm is straight.
  • Letting them flatten you first. — On the belly you cannot sit through. — Switch when they first break you down.
  • Sitting back on the elbow. — On the elbow you are low and they flatten you. — Post on the hand and sit up high before you reach over.

How to drill it

From a turtle with a partner behind, switch 10 times each side. Then 30-second rounds: they ride, you switch or stand.

Safety

The switch loads their shoulder: in drilling lean back slowly.

What comes next

  • Granby Roll

Where it comes from

  • Bottom of Turtle
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