The Pressure Architecture — Cage Work

The cage is another control surface. Use cage pressure to remove recovery directions. Force the opponent to carry weight. Maintain attachment while exhausting structure. Never mentally reset because orientation changed. If placed on the cage: hips out, underhook, wrestle back into position. The cage removes one axis of escape. Treat it as a structural ally. When you are the one caged, hips out is the answer — always hips out first.