Over 40 and Getting Crushed in Side Control? Here's the Escape System Built for Your Body.
Most side control escapes require strength and flexibility you don't have. This course teaches you to escape using leverage and principles โ not athleticism. Works at any age, any belt, any size.
Why Side Control Feels Impossible When You're New and Over 40
You started BJJ to get fit, learn self-defence, or challenge yourself. Nobody warned you about side control.
Every time someone lands on your chest, you're done. Face smashed into the mat. Can't breathe. Arms going nowhere. You tap or you wait for it to end โ and you leave class wondering if this sport is even for you.
"Everyone else seems to escape. Why can't I?"
"The escapes I'm being shown need me to be way more flexible than I am."
"Am I just too old and too stiff for this?"
Here's the truth: the escapes being taught in most gyms were designed for young, athletic bodies. They assume hip mobility, explosive bridging, and flexibility most people over 40 simply don't have.
You're not failing at jiu-jitsu. You're being taught the wrong escapes for your body.
Age isn't the problem. The approach is. And that's completely fixable.
Escape Built on Principles. Not Physical Attributes.
65 lessons. 13 variations. Zero bench pressing required.
Your Timeline
How Fast Will You See Results?
Here's what to expect when you commit to the material.
Your First Win
You'll feel noticeably more comfortable surviving side control using the Hip Escape Frame. You stop getting crushed and submitted by people your own belt level.
You Start Escaping
The principle starts clicking across variations. You're not just surviving โ you're finding exits and recovering guard with intention.
Side Control Feels Safe
You have a clear plan for every variation. No panic. No gassing. Side control becomes a position you manage โ not one you dread.
What's Inside Side Control Escapes Deep Dive
65 lessons. 13 variations. One principle applied everywhere.
The Offer
Everything Included Today.
See It In Action
Free preview lessons โ see exactly how the principle works before you buy.
Who's Teaching You
A direct lineage from the greatest grappler who ever lived.
That photo is Chris with Rickson Gracie. Not a seminar handshake โ years of direct training under the man who went undefeated across hundreds of fights using the same principles Chris teaches in this course.
Chris founded The BJJ Project to help over 20,000 students understand that real jiu-jitsu isn't about being athletic. It's about understanding how the body works โ using leverage, timing and structure to control any position, against anyone, at any age.
His approach strips away every escape that requires strength or flexibility and replaces it with principles that work regardless of your physical condition. That's not a compromise. That's better jiu-jitsu.
- Yes โ that's exactly the point. These escapes are built on leverage and structure, not matching your partner's strength.
- Heavier partners actually expose bad escape mechanics. This course fixes the mechanic so size stops mattering.
- You're not trying to move them. You're creating the conditions where they move themselves.
- Everything in this course is designed for a day 1 white belt to be able to execute.
- That's what jiu-jitsu is supposed to be โ for everyone, regardless of athletic background.
- If it requires athleticism, it's not in this course. That's the whole point.
- Yes โ all principles and escapes work in both Gi and No-Gi.
- You're not escaping the uniform. You're escaping the skeleton underneath it.
- The skeleton doesn't change. The principle doesn't change. The escape works either way.
- $297 is the launch price โ available until May 31 only.
- On June 1 the price returns to $397 and all three bonuses are permanently removed.
- This is the lowest it will ever be.
- Yes. One payment, keep the course forever.
- Stream on phone, tablet, or laptop โ anywhere with an internet connection.
- Email us within 30 days and we'll refund every cent.
- No questions asked โ will@thebjjproject.com
