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 with one arm connected to their torso inside one of their arms (underhook).
- Objective: Fight for inside space. Get underneath or behind your partner's elbows.
- Constraints: No takedowns.
- Win Condition: None
Defending Player:
- Position:Standing in front of your partner with one arm connected to their torso inside one of their arms (underhook) on the side opposite their underhook.
- Objective: Fight for inside space. Get underneath or behind your partner's elbows.
- Constraints: No takedowns.
- Win Condition: None
Attacking Player:
- Position: Standing with one arm connected to your partner's torso inside their arm (underhook) with your other arm free.
- Objective: Create hip to hip contact and lift your partner's feet off of the ground.
- Constraints: No takedowns. Only elevate your partner.
- Win Condition: Your partner is disconnected from the ground.
Defending Player:
- Position: Standing with your partner's arm connected to your torso inside your arm with your same side arm hooked around their arm so that your hand is near their armpit.
- Objective: Deny your partner access to inside space and hip to hip contact and lift your partner's feet off the ground.
- Constraints: No takedowns. Only elevate your partner.
- Win Condition: Your partner is disconnected from the ground.
Guard
Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.
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: Maintain seated open guard, keep your feet between your partner's knees, and your head/hands pointed at the top player. Make connections between the top player's elbows or make connection to the outside of top player's elbows.
- Constraints: None
- Win Condition: None
Reset if top player wins.
Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.
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: Maintain seated open guard, keep your feet between your partner's knees, and your head/hands pointed at the top player. Make connections between the top player's elbows or make connection to the outside of top player's elbows. Attempt to make your partner post as many times as you can.
- Constraints: None
- Win Condition: None
Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.
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: Maintain seated open guard, keep your feet between your partner's knees, and your head/hands pointed at the top player. Make connections between the top player's elbows or make connection to the outside of top player's elbows. Attempt to make your opponent post, and then connect to the shoulder line with underhooks and connect your hands.
- Constraints: None
- Win Condition: Double underhooks with connected hands
Pinning/Passing
Top Player:
- Position:
- Objective:
- Constraints:
- Win Condition:
Bottom Player:
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- Objective:
- Constraints:
- Win Condition:
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Bottom Player:
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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.