Giancarlo Bodoni: Turtle Breakdowns and Back Attacks
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Essential Connections: Chest To Back - Behind The Elbows
By Giancarlo Bodoni
Essential Connections: Chest To Back - Behind The Elbows covers the work between getting behind an opponent and establishing rear mount. Giancarlo Bodoni addresses open and closed turtle, four-point positions, stand-ups and defensive rolls before developing rear-control attacks. That breadth is useful when an opponent keeps moving or rising before you can secure the back.
Is this for you?
- You get behind turtle but struggle to establish hooks or keep the opponent down.
- You want coverage of stand-ups and rolling defenses as well as back finishing.
Also consider
John Danaher: Straightjacket Back Attacks — The straightjacket-focused overview of Back Attacks Enter The System is useful when your main priority is hand fighting and strangles from established back control.
Coverage and limits
- Turtle breakdowns, near- and far-hook insertion and body-triangle connections.
- Following turtle movement, four-point positions, stand-ups and Granby rolls.
- Standing rear-body-lock returns, rear-control hand fighting and strangles.
Limits
- The focus is offense after getting behind the elbows; it is not a general guard-passing or front-facing takedown course.
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Essential Connections: Chest To Back - Behind The Elbows by Giancarlo Bodoni — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Listing inspected: Giancarlo Bodoni attribution, exact title, turtle/four-point/standing coverage and the named turtle comparison lesson verified. Public sample content not reviewed. The official page embeds an additional sample under “Check out a free sample”; its video content has not been reviewed. On 2026-09-19 UTC, verified the introductory player in the product banner and the course cover image. Muted inline autoplay was verified on https://bjjgraph.org by observing advancing video time. The introduction content was not reviewed.
Back Attacks Enter The System by John Danaher — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Official listing inspected to compare the advertised subject and course breadth with this guide.