Rear Strangle Grip Ladder: Hooks In, No Hooks, All Fours vs Back to the Mat or Face
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomKeep your chest on their back and get the rear strangle grip. Stop the grip and get out.
Reference video
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SETUP
One game, three starts. You only move to the next start if you win. If you don't win, you stay where you are.
- Chest to back, under one elbow (over-under grip), hips covered with hooks in.
- Chest to back, hips uncovered, no hooks.
- All fours, with a head and arm connection.
TOP PLAYER (BEHIND)
POSITION
Behind your partner, starting from start 1, 2, or 3 depending on how many games you've won.
OBJECTIVE
Keep your chest on their back and get the rear strangle grip.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep chest to back contact the whole time. You play on as long as your chest stays on their back. What you do with your hands and feet in between is up to you. You don't have to finish the strangle. Safety rule (ours, not the source's): Tap early, and release the moment your partner taps.
WIN CONDITION
Get the rear strangle grip. First touch their back with the arm that goes across the neck, then put that hand in the bend of your other arm and hide your hand.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
In front, with your partner behind you in the current start.
OBJECTIVE
Stop the grip and get out.
CONSTRAINTS
None
WIN CONDITION
Put your back on the mat, or turn to face your partner.
Greg Souders (Standard Jiu-Jitsu), Ecopalooza Spring 2024: Just the Games w/ Coach Greg Souders (free video on the Ecological Dynamics for Submission Grappling YouTube channel, 24 Apr 2025).
Problem
Behind your partner, starting from start 1, 2, or 3 depending on how many games you've won.
Setup
Behind your partner, starting from start 1, 2, or 3 depending on how many games you've won. In front, with your partner behind you in the current start.
Score
Get the rear strangle grip. First touch their back with the arm that goes across the neck, then put that hand in the bend of your other arm and hide your hand. Put your back on the mat, or turn to face your partner.
Rules
- Keep chest to back contact the whole time.
- You play on as long as your chest stays on their back.
- What you do with your hands and feet in between is up to you.
- You don't have to finish the strangle.
- Safety rule (ours, not the source's): Tap early, and release the moment your partner taps.
- None
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Rear Strangle Grip Ladder: Hooks In, No Hooks, All Fours vs Back to the Mat or Face
Developing
TOP PLAYER (BEHIND)
Position
Behind your partner, starting from start 1, 2, or 3 depending on how many games you've won.
Win condition
Get the rear strangle grip. First touch their back with the arm that goes across the neck, then put that hand in the bend of your other arm and hide your hand.
Constraints
Keep chest to back contact the whole time. You play on as long as your chest stays on their back. What you do with your hands and feet in between is up to you. You don't have to finish the strangle. Safety rule (ours, not the source's): Tap early, and release the moment your partner taps.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
In front, with your partner behind you in the current start.
Win condition
Put your back on the mat, or turn to face your partner.
Constraints
None
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.