The Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD is a very well-organized instructional tackling a subject that not many other coaches have targeted successfully, especially using video instructional. Dealing with back attacks is no joke, and very often people get a bunch of useless information that they try to base their escapes on.
While not the Holy Grail of back defense, this Ethan Crelinsten instructional does offer a lot of value in terms of understanding threats and addressing them using the most optimal methods for the job. The best part is that he shows stuff that won’t get you in more trouble from a different position, once again emphasizing defensive awareness over bunching up random techniques.
Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi BJJ DVD with 7 volumes, lasting just under 5 hours.
- Contains a detailed and organized approach to defending and escaping the back.
- Features different positional escapes, submissions blocks and how to defend transitions.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
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Frustrations of Dealing With the Back Mount
One of the toughest spots to escape in all combat sports that involve grappling is the back mount or back control. The position is designed to allow the person holding it to keep their opponent from turning or disengaging, as they look for a myriad of different submission finishes.
The frustrations people usually have arise from the fact that if someone claws their way to the back, they can easily win a match. The position itself is worth 4 points, plus at least a couple more in getting there. Since there is no better position to conquer, there are no penalties for just stalling from there, which makes it particularly annoying for the one trying to escape.
This is before I even mention the very real threat of submissions that are very easy to set up and combine from the back, and quite difficult to defend. The good news is that there is a way to deal with it. There are several effective open, actually, and the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD presents one of them in great detail.
Canada’s Grappling Hope Ethan Crelinsten
There are many great Canadian grapplers, but not many have managed to get a hold of major world titles lately, apart from Brianna Ste-Marie, the ADCC winner from 2022. One highly touted prospect for years has been Ethan Crelinsten, a Danaher black belt submission hunter, who failed short of any ADCC glory yet again in 2024.
That doesn’t diminish the quality of Ehtan, who is currently representing the B-team and had a strong competitive runout a few years back. The lightweight grappler won the ADCC East and West Coast Trials in 2017 and 2018 respectively, but placed third in the ADCC EC trials in 2023.
While Ethan’s grappling title cabinet might still be a little light of major silverware, people flock to his classes and seminars as the Canadian has a real knack for teaching the Gentle Art. As a specialist finisher from the back, the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD holds particular value for anyone involved in combat sports.
Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD Review.
The Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD contains seven parts, all with different amounts of No-Gi video instructions on back defense. The total running time of the instructional is just under 4 hours.
Part 1 – Defining Strangle Territory
Ethan is a very methodical grappler, perhaps too methodical for his own good when competing. However, that is exactly what makes him an incredible coach, as is evident throughout the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD.
The first volume covers the concept of “strangle territory” a.k.a. situations during back control that pose a direct and real threat of strangles. To capture the point then uses examples that include arm and leg positioning as well as common hand-fighting tactics to deny the possibility of entering this territory.
Part 2 – Danger Awareness
Jsut as crucial as understanding when you’re about to get strangled, is being aware that dangerous attacks are forming while you’re trying to deal with someone hanging on your back. This extends past just strangles, and since there’s a lot to think about, Ethan boils it down to a system that helps you identify whether a threat is in its early-mid or late stage, and how to react to each.
Some of the examples in this part of the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD include belly down escapes, tied in with the monumentally important motion of hip heisting.
Part 3 – Turning Escapes
So far very well organized, the third part of the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD continues in the same fashion, focusing on one of the most effective ways to escape the back (in my humble opinion) – the turning escape.
Crelinsten talks about shoulder and hip positioning that enables you to initiate the turning escape without setting yourself up for a deep choke from the back. There is a lot of talk about angles, alignment, and the all-important strangle territory again, as Ethan explains how to create the momentum you need to get out safely.
Part 4 – Dealing With Seatbelt Variations
Part four of the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD is all about the seatbelt and represents the most detailed seatbelt-counter fighting insturctional I’ve seen. In it, Ethan covers all the most common seat belt configurations and what to focus on when defending each of them.
Danaher might have turned the BJJ world upside down by offering attacks on both sides from the back, but Ehtan does a great job of offering ways to beat all of them, and then some.
Part 5 – The Threat of Arm Switching
Something, not many people factor in is that the person holding back mount, provided they know what they are doing, is going to switch up grips rather than switch sides, in an attempt to create submission openings while staying on your back.
The fifth volume of the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD covers this in detail, covering key aspects such as overcommitting with the arms and posting recklessly. Crelinsten also shares his insights on escaping the cross-body ride (a.k.a. truck/twister) and using Granby rolls in a smart and effective way.
Part 6 – Disrupting Mount Transitions
As we near the end, the final instructional aspect of the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD focuses on follow-ups, which most commonly include mount transitions for the person that had your back.
Once again, awareness is key, as Ethan explains what you need to be wary of when escaping the back, so you don’t have to go into a whole new cycle of mount escapes. I enjoyed his take on using the shoulder grind to cause a strange structure for the top person to control, as you have time to sneak out completely.
Part 7 – Roll Analysis
The very last portion of the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD has Ethan commentating on his back escape tactics while rolling live. Three sparring rounds feature in this portion, with Crelinsten presenting the rolls as they are first, and then going into detailed breakdowns of his actions.
A Systematic Approach to Escapes
The best way to approach escaping is the same as you approach attacking – build a system. If you don’t know or want to build one, then turn to people who have them. There are tons of instructionals out there offering all kinds of material, but the only ones that really matter and can help are those that offer structured systems that make sense.
For example, you can learn the old-school style of back escapes, and try to use them against someone using the Danaher straight jacket system. The result is going to be a tap on your side, whether from a direct back choke or any other rear-based submissions that are available, such as triangles, armlocks leg locks, and spinal locks.
If you focus on making the person from the back struggle to maintain the position and make submission attacks impossible by utilizing smart positioning, precise timing, and specific movements, you have a system you can use against anyone. Pair it with a bit of patience and practice and you’ll be very difficult to hold and finish from the back.
One such system is available in the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD. My verdict is that it is definitely worth checking out.
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Get Off My Back!
If it is up to me, I’d say that anyone should take a look at the contents of the Get The F**k Off Me Back Escapes Ethan Crelinsten DVD. It may not be the best-organized system, nor the most effective one in terms of back defense, but it does offer an understanding of what the main threats are, as opposed to trying to teach you moves that will most likely fail.
A very good investment in your long-term BJJ game, in my opinion. I know I will be going through it at least several more times in the near future.
