Leg Capture to the Back: Chest to Back vs Take Their Back or Sit Them Down
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomUse the leg capture to take their hips off the mat, then get behind them.
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ATTACKER (LEG CAPTURED)
POSITION
Your partner is on their side. You've caught one of their legs between your legs (a knee on each side of the leg) and you hold it tight, so you control the hip.
OBJECTIVE
Use the leg capture to take their hips off the mat, then get behind them.
CONSTRAINTS
No chest to chest; you may only bring yourself behind your partner, behind their elbows. You can move straight into it or roll into it. Once the hips come up, climb to the upper back: keeping the space you made matters more than the legs, and hooks are optional.
WIN CONDITION
Any chest-to-back connection.
DEFENDER (LEG CAUGHT)
POSITION
On your side with one leg caught between your partner's legs.
OBJECTIVE
Turn it around: push into their hamstrings, lift their hips, and go after their back or their legs.
CONSTRAINTS
Every time they attack your back with their legs, you get the same chance against them. Go back and forth, switching roles after each round.
WIN CONDITION
You get chest to back on them, or you get any entanglement and sit them down.
Reference video
Open video · The Brinkmanship Lab (Chris Alfar)
Chris Alfar, From Pressure to Back Exposure (free video on The Brinkmanship Lab YouTube channel; taught at the Accélérateur Martial 12 camp at Jiu-Jitsu Saguenay).
Problem
Your partner is on their side.
Tell the room
Use the leg capture to take their hips off the mat, then get behind them. Turn it around: push into their hamstrings, lift their hips, and go after their back or their legs.
Setup
Your partner is on their side. You've caught one of their legs between your legs (a knee on each side of the leg) and you hold it tight, so you control the hip. On your side with one leg caught between your partner's legs.
Score
Any chest-to-back connection. You get chest to back on them, or you get any entanglement and sit them down.
Rules
- No chest to chest; you may only bring yourself behind your partner, behind their elbows.
- You can move straight into it or roll into it.
- Once the hips come up, climb to the upper back: keeping the space you made matters more than the legs, and hooks are optional.
- Every time they attack your back with their legs, you get the same chance against them.
- Go back and forth, switching roles after each round.
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