
BJJ Fanatics 506: Henry Akins
The BJJ Fanatics Podcast
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Getting on Top of the Turtle Position
The goal for me always is to get on top, right? Like usually a lot of times you get to that position from either like a failed takedown, a failed shot, the guy sprawls out. And so many times, once you escape from the bottom and you get to turtle with a person in front of you, you have the advantage with takedowns. Even if people transition to the side or the back, there's opportunities to still end up on top, if you know what to do. If you didn't, wrestlers wouldn't be trying to get there all the time. Wy they'd be shooting and trying to get underneath you towards your hips and towards your legs.
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