What is shrimping in BJJ?

Shrimping (or hip escape) is the fundamental escape movement in BJJ. Lying on your back, you bridge slightly, turn on your side, and push your hips away from your opponent while pulling your shoulders in the opposite direction. This creates space to reinsert guard, escape pins, or reposition. Shrimping is awkward at first but becomes second nature with practice. You use shrimping constantly: escaping side control, escaping mount, recovering guard, creating angles. Drill shrimps up and down the mat until the movement is automatic. Poor shrimpers stay pinned; good shrimpers feel impossible to hold.