Day 1

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 disconnected and facing your partner.
  • Objective: Keep your head in alignment with your partner's centerline.
  • Constraints: No takedowns. This is exclusively a fight for angles.
  • Win Condition: None

Defending Player:

  • Position: Standing disconnected and facing your partner.
  • Objective: Force your partner's head off-center by using posts and angles.
  • Constraints: No takedowns. This is exclusively a fight for angles.
  • 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


Top Player:

  • Position: On your knees with your partner's legs around your torso and their feet hooked behind you.
  • Objective: Break your partner's grips and control of your upper body and arms.
  • Constraints: Do not attempt to open or pass your partner's guard. Do not stand.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On your back with your legs wrapped around your partner's torso with your feet hooked together behind them.
  • Objective: Create meaningful connection with your partner and use it to control their posture. Do not let them gain an upright posture.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Your hips are connected to your partner's shoulder outside of their arms.

Reset if bottom player wins.


Top Player:

  • Position: Standing with one of your partner's feet connected to one of your legs.
  • Objective: Use hands to keep your partner's connections broken and your feet free.
  • Constraints: Stay as close to your partner as possible.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Lying on your back with one knee retracted to your chest and elbows in. One leg should be extended with the foot connected to one of your partner's legs.
  • Objective: Keep your feet between you and your partner. Make and maintain connections to the inside of your partner's legs using your hands and feet.
  • Constraints: No sweeps allowed
  • Win Condition: None

This game is continuous.

Pinning/Passing


Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.

Top Player:

  • Position: On the ground with your hands wrapped around your partner's waist.
  • Objective: Clear hands, get under or behind your partner's elbows, and initiate chest to chest or chest to back contact.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Establish chest to chest or chest to back contact and lock your hands.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Hands on top player
  • Objective: Focus on creating space between your body and your partner, and then occupying that space before they do.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Get your legs back in front of your partner and return to the seated or standing position.

Reset if either player wins.


Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.

Top Player:

  • Position: Alternate between starting with your partner on their back with your hands locked around their waist and with your partner facing away with your hands locked around their waist.
  • Objective: Create chest to back contact and maintain it for as long as possible
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Initiate chest to chest or chest to back contact and then cover your partner's hips.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Alternate between starting on your back with your partner's hands locked around your waist or facing away from your partner with their hands locked around your waist.
  • Objective: Get your legs back in front of your partner and return to the seated or standing position.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Turn to face your partner, get your legs back in front, and return to the seated or standing position.

Reset if either 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.