Hip Escape (Shrimp)

The most fundamental defensive movement in BJJ, creating space by shooting the hips away.

The hip escape (shrimp) is a defensive movement where you frame against your opponent, bridge to create momentary space, and shoot your hips away to recover guard or create distance. It is the single most important movement in BJJ — used to escape mount, side control, and half guard bottom. The hip escape is drilled in every warm-up because it is the foundation of all bottom position defense. If you can shrimp effectively, you can survive and recover from almost any bad position.

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