Back Take Ladder, Hands on Hands: Earn the Hooks vs Turn and Face
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomFinish your level, then move up. Stop the hooks without taking your hands off theirs, and turn to face.
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SETUP
Same attacker for 3 minutes, then switch. Three levels. You have to finish a level to move up.
- No hooks. Get both hooks in (your feet in front of their hips).
- Start with one hook. Get the second hook in.
- Start with both hooks. Now it's a regular back round: submit or escape.
TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
POSITION
Seated behind your partner, chest on their back, hands connected around their shoulder line any way you like: double unders under the armpits, or over-under.
OBJECTIVE
Finish your level, then move up.
CONSTRAINTS
On level 3 you can let go of your hands and do whatever you want to look for a submission. If your partner ends up facing you and you're no longer chest to back, the round is over. Ours, not the source's: on level 3, tap early and let go the moment your partner taps.
WIN CONDITION
Level 1: get both hooks in. Level 2: get the second hook in. Level 3: submit.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
POSITION
Seated, your partner behind you with their chest on your back and hands connected.
OBJECTIVE
Stop the hooks without taking your hands off theirs, and turn to face.
CONSTRAINTS
Levels 1 and 2: your hands stay on their hands. Block the hooks by closing the gap at your hip with your elbows or your knee to your chest, or by hiding your hip to the mat. To turn and face, you need two hands on one of their hands, or it doesn't count. Level 3: you can use your hands. Ours, not the source's: on level 3, tap early.
WIN CONDITION
Turn and face your partner. On levels 1 and 2, only with two hands on one of their hands.
Bodega Jiu Jitsu, All Levels Class at Bodega Jiu Jitsu (free video on the Bodega Jiu Jitsu YouTube channel, 9 Dec 2025). The coach isn't named in the audio.
Problem
Seated behind your partner, chest on their back, hands connected around their shoulder line any way you like: double unders under the armpits, or over-under.
Setup
Seated behind your partner, chest on their back, hands connected around their shoulder line any way you like: double unders under the armpits, or over-under. Seated, your partner behind you with their chest on your back and hands connected.
Score
Level 1: get both hooks in. Level 2: get the second hook in. Level 3: submit. Turn and face your partner. On levels 1 and 2, only with two hands on one of their hands.
Rules
- On level 3 you can let go of your hands and do whatever you want to look for a submission.
- If your partner ends up facing you and you're no longer chest to back, the round is over.
- Ours, not the source's: on level 3, tap early and let go the moment your partner taps.
- Levels 1 and 2: your hands stay on their hands.
- Block the hooks by closing the gap at your hip with your elbows or your knee to your chest, or by hiding your hip to the mat.
- To turn and face, you need two hands on one of their hands, or it doesn't count.
- Level 3: you can use your hands.
- Ours, not the source's: on level 3, tap early.
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Back Take Ladder, Hands on Hands: Earn the Hooks vs Turn and Face
Developing
TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
Position
Seated behind your partner, chest on their back, hands connected around their shoulder line any way you like: double unders under the armpits, or over-under.
Win condition
Level 1: get both hooks in. Level 2: get the second hook in. Level 3: submit.
Constraints
On level 3 you can let go of your hands and do whatever you want to look for a submission. If your partner ends up facing you and you're no longer chest to back, the round is over. Ours, not the source's: on level 3, tap early and let go the moment your partner taps.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
Position
Seated, your partner behind you with their chest on your back and hands connected.
Win condition
Turn and face your partner. On levels 1 and 2, only with two hands on one of their hands.
Constraints
Levels 1 and 2: your hands stay on their hands. Block the hooks by closing the gap at your hip with your elbows or your knee to your chest, or by hiding your hip to the mat. To turn and face, you need two hands on one of their hands, or it doesn't count. Level 3: you can use your hands. Ours, not the source's: on level 3, tap early.
Elevated safety. Confirm tap-and-release before the first rep. Stop at the tap. Do not run this if the room is not already serious about it.