🏃 Movements
What is Hip Escape in BJJ?
Also known as: Shrimp, Elbow-knee movement
Quick Definition
Moving your hips away while keeping your shoulders relatively stationary.
Full Explanation
The hip escape (shrimping) is the fundamental defensive movement in BJJ. You push off with your feet to move your hips away from your opponent while your shoulders stay relatively in place. This creates the space needed to insert frames and recover guard. It's called shrimping because the curved body movement resembles a shrimp. You'll do thousands of these in your BJJ career.
Examples in Context
"Hip escape to create space, then insert your knee"
"Good hip escapes are the key to surviving bottom"
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