North south - three escapes

North south drills as the person underneath.

Push your hands into their hips and "bump" up their head by pumping your legs to bring your hips up. Push them away until you are more or less straight armed. If their head bobs up, pull your knees up to just under their shoulders and grab their belt/trousers and pull your arms in. Elbows outside your knees. An upside down turtle position. From here, pass one arm under their belly to the other side, use it to turn slightly and and manoeuvre yourself around until you end up in butterfly guard.

If when you have straight arms, they don't bob up, you can roll backwards to escape. You can almost roll into a back mount position.

An alternative is to pendulum your legs. Keep them straight and low to the ground. Bring them to one side and then as they swing to the other, let go of one hip, bring the hand through and turn to your stomach, push your hands forward initially and then scramble.

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