North-South Denial
escapes
Grapplers Collective, North-South Denial. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Preventing north-south before it settles by framing, moving the head off center, and threading a foot to the armpit.
Tell the room
Passer is walking to north-south. Bottom denies it — frame the near limbs, slide the head off the centre line, thread a foot to the armpit. Every scoring position holds for 3 seconds.
Setup
Start mid-transition to north-south. Passer's chest drives down with the hips walking toward the head, not yet square. Defender is on their back with both hands free.
Score
Hold the position 3 seconds.
- Passer — squares north-south with both shoulder blades flat
- Passer — advances to mount or side control with the shoulders controlled
- Bottom — foot to an armpit, re-facing into guard or a leg entanglement
- Bottom — comes up to a seated frame facing the passer, or to neutral
Rules
- No turning belly-down. Bottom may not spin to turtle to avoid the pin.
- No pressing the hips overhead. Bottom frames on the near limbs instead of bench-pressing.
- The passer stays connected. Keep chest or torso contact; no standing off to re-settle.
Adjust
Easier
Start with the near-side frame in and one shoulder off the mat, and run the passer at 60-70%.
Harder
Open chokes and arm attacks, let the passer circle over the head, and score clean leg entanglements.
If it stalls
If both shoulders keep flattening, cue a small head slide off the centre line before the frames go in.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Passer's chest drives down with the hips walking toward the head, not yet square.
OBJECTIVE
Passer is walking to north-south. Bottom denies it — frame the near limbs, slide the head off the centre line, thread a foot to the armpit. Every scoring position holds for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
No turning belly-down. Bottom may not spin to turtle to avoid the pin. No pressing the hips overhead. Bottom frames on the near limbs instead of bench-pressing. The passer stays connected. Keep chest or torso contact; no standing off to re-settle.
WIN CONDITION
Hold the position 3 seconds: Passer — squares north-south with both shoulder blades flat; Passer — advances to mount or side control with the shoulders controlled
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Defender is on their back with both hands free.
OBJECTIVE
Passer is walking to north-south. Bottom denies it — frame the near limbs, slide the head off the centre line, thread a foot to the armpit. Every scoring position holds for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
No turning belly-down. Bottom may not spin to turtle to avoid the pin. No pressing the hips overhead. Bottom frames on the near limbs instead of bench-pressing. The passer stays connected. Keep chest or torso contact; no standing off to re-settle.
WIN CONDITION
foot to an armpit, re-facing into guard or a leg entanglement; comes up to a seated frame facing the passer, or to neutral