Back Retention with Hooks
Mat mode
4:00
Tell the roomKeep the hooks and seatbelt, and finish when the chin rises. Escape with the full Developing tool set: bridge, turn in, stand up, wrist-fight the choke arm, or remove the hooks.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Full back control with both hooks confirmed. Seatbelt established, both insteps against inner thighs, hip drive active.
OBJECTIVE
Keep the hooks and seatbelt, and finish when the chin rises.
CONSTRAINTS
Manage hook follow, seatbelt follow, and RNC entry together. Reset when the top player accumulates 45 seconds of continuous full back control (seatbelt plus both hooks), when the RNC is completed, or when the bottom player escapes to the defined positions. Five points per side. Default rounds 4:00.
WIN CONDITION
Force the tap by compressing the carotids from back control, or maintain back control with both hooks in continuously for 45 seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Caught in full back control with both hooks in and the seatbelt on.
OBJECTIVE
Escape with the full Developing tool set: bridge, turn in, stand up, wrist-fight the choke arm, or remove the hooks.
CONSTRAINTS
Same named reset outcomes and five-points-per-side scoring.
WIN CONDITION
Achieve face-to-face top position with both players' feet on the mat, or stand up with a clear head and body separation for three consecutive seconds.
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Original positional game. Back Retention with Hooks. GAME-BACK-03.
Problem
Full back control with both hooks confirmed.
Setup
Full back control with both hooks confirmed. Seatbelt established, both insteps against inner thighs, hip drive active. Caught in full back control with both hooks in and the seatbelt on.
Score
Force the tap by compressing the carotids from back control, or maintain back control with both hooks in continuously for 45 seconds. Achieve face-to-face top position with both players' feet on the mat, or stand up with a clear head and body separation for three consecutive seconds.
Rules
- Manage hook follow, seatbelt follow, and RNC entry together.
- Reset when the top player accumulates 45 seconds of continuous full back control (seatbelt plus both hooks), when the RNC is completed, or when the bottom player escapes to the defined positions.
- Five points per side.
- Default rounds 4:00.
- Same named reset outcomes and five-points-per-side scoring.
Progressions
Harder constraint variants from the source. Same game, tighter problem.
- Allow the body triangle as an alternative lower control — now the top player decides hooks vs body triangle in real time (as trained in DRILL-BACK-06).
- Add a time limit per position: if the top player cannot score in 90 seconds, roles switch — this prevents passive top play.
- Open the game to any positional start — both players begin on their feet, and the game includes achieving back control as a prerequisite to the back retention game.
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Back Retention with Hooks
Developing
TOP PLAYER
Position
Full back control with both hooks confirmed. Seatbelt established, both insteps against inner thighs, hip drive active.
Win condition
Force the tap by compressing the carotids from back control, or maintain back control with both hooks in continuously for 45 seconds.
Constraints
Manage hook follow, seatbelt follow, and RNC entry together. Reset when the top player accumulates 45 seconds of continuous full back control (seatbelt plus both hooks), when the RNC is completed, or when the bottom player escapes to the defined positions. Five points per side. Default rounds 4:00.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
Caught in full back control with both hooks in and the seatbelt on.
Win condition
Achieve face-to-face top position with both players' feet on the mat, or stand up with a clear head and body separation for three consecutive seconds.
Constraints
Same named reset outcomes and five-points-per-side scoring.