Day 2

Each game consists of a three minute round, a one minute break, and then another three minute round with the position of the players switched.

Standing


Attacking Player:

  • Position: Standing in front of your partner completely disconnected.
  • Objective: Tag one of your partner's knees as many times as possible before the round ends.
  • Constraints: No takedowns.
  • Win Condition: None

Defending Player:

  • Position:Standing in front of your partner completely disconnected.
  • Objective: Focus on preventing your partner from touching your knees by using movement to create space and your limbs to impede their movement.
  • Constraints: No takedowns.
  • Win Condition: None

This game is continuous.


Top Player:

  • Position: Standing disconnected in front of your partner with upright posture.
  • Objective: Touch your partner's ribs or chest.
  • Constraints: Do not touch your partner's shoulders or head.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Standing disconnected in front of your partner with upright posture.
  • Objective: Do not allow your partner to touch you. Break contact when they do.
  • Constraints: Do not touch your partner's shoulders or head.
  • Win Condition: None

This game is continuous

Guard


One person on their side on the ground with another person attempting to progress past their legs. Bottom player is blocking top player's progress using their top knee, arms, and hands. One person on their side on the ground with another person attempting to progress past their legs. Bottom player is blocking top player's progress using their top knee, arms, and hands.

Top Player:

  • Position: On your knees with your partner's bottom leg between yours and your chest pressing against the knee of their top leg. Their hands should be connected to your body in any configuration they want.
  • Objective: Achieve chest to chest contact.
  • Constraints: You can alleviate pressure to manipulate the frame, but cannot flee the engagement.
  • Win Condition: The knee shield is no longer between you and your partner.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On one side with your bottom leg inside your partner's knees, your top knee should be touching their upperbody, and your hands/arms should be touching their body in any configuration you'd like.
  • Objective: Prevent your partner from achieving chest to chest contact using your legs and hands. Allow them to touch the ground as little as possible.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Lift your partner completely off the ground.

Top Player:

  • Position: On your knees in front of your training partner with your partner's feet inside your knees.
  • Objective: Break your partner's connections to your body and pin them to their back.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Pinning bottom player to their back.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Seated on your butt with our feet between your partner's knees.
  • Objective: Work to connect to your partner using your hands and feet. Attempt to make your partner post, and when they do keep their hand(s) on the mat for as long as possible.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: None

Pinning/Passing


Top Player:

  • Position: Mounted on your partner with their arms connected above their head and your hands connected underneath their arms.
  • Objective: Stay on top, hold your partner down, and keep your arms underneath their elbows.
  • Constraints: Only maintain your position.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Underneath your partner's mount with both of your arms isolated above your head and your biceps touching your ears.
  • Objective: Get your elbows back in towards your body or revers the position.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Get both elbows back inside or make your partner fall over.

Reset if bottom player wins


Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu. You can find the original video on their YouTube Channel.

Start in S Mount Start in S Mount

Top Player:

  • Position: Start in the position pictured above.
  • Objective: Maintain your structure and hold your partner down as they move underneath you.
  • Constraints: Do not separate your partner's hands or finish the submission.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Start in the position pictured above.
  • Objective: Resist your partner's attempts to hold you down.
  • Win Condition: You free your arm or are able to get your back off of the mat.

Reset if bottom player wins.

6 Minute Round

Live round with a partner. Start standing if you are able to do so safely. Otherwise pick the starting position from one of the previous games and start there. Roll to submission, reset, and continue. Repeat as many times as possible before the round ends.