North-South Denial
Mat mode
5:00
Tell the roomPasser is walking to north-south.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Passer's chest drives down with the hips walking toward the head, not yet square.
OBJECTIVE
Walk to north-south and square it, or advance to mount or side control with the shoulders controlled. 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. Reset when the passer squares north-south with both shoulder blades flat and holds 3 seconds; when the passer advances to mount or side control with the shoulders controlled and holds 3 seconds; when the bottom threads a foot to an armpit and re-faces into guard or a leg entanglement and holds 3 seconds; or when the bottom comes up to a seated frame facing the passer, or to neutral, and holds 3 seconds. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Squares north-south with both shoulder blades flat, held 3 seconds; or advances to mount or side control with the shoulders controlled, held 3 seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Defender is on their back with both hands free.
OBJECTIVE
Deny north-south — 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
Same no-turtle, no-bench-press, stay-connected, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Foot to an armpit, re-facing into guard or a leg entanglement, held 3 seconds; or comes up to a seated frame facing the passer, or to neutral, held 3 seconds.
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.
escapes