Basics… Work! And they work well, but the thing a lot of jiujiteiros make a mistake in is in thinking that just because something „works“, that it’ll work in the same way for every situation. And that’s simply not the case. Everything in Jiu Jitsu is about adaptation, and so you have to adapt even the most basic of techniques to what your opponent is doing.
This is very well seen with escape techniques – you can execute a certain escape technique in a perfect manner; but if your opponent counters it in an intelligent way, then you’re still stuck.
Let’s take a look at the basic Mount escape and see how you can make it better through adaptation.
Burton Richardson demonstrates the Lumbar Crush to Elevator Mount escape on the video below:
