Chest to Chest: Sweep or Go Outside
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3:00
Tell the roomGet your posture back and open the legs, or punish them for opening the legs by stepping over into half guard.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Inside your partner's closed guard, pulled down chest to chest. They start with whatever inside grip they like: shoulder crunch, over-under, or double unders.
OBJECTIVE
Get your posture back and open the legs, or punish them for opening the legs by stepping over into half guard.
CONSTRAINTS
Half guard only counts after 3 seconds, which gives the bottom player a window to recover or sweep the other way. Switch roles every time somebody wins.
WIN CONDITION
Posture out and open your partner's legs, or step over their legs into half guard and hold it for 3 seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back with closed guard, chest to chest, using the inside grip you chose.
OBJECTIVE
Use your hips and legs to sweep (control their base on the side you sweep toward by trapping that arm or pulling it far across), or upgrade your inside position to an outside one.
CONSTRAINTS
Lower-body sweeps are on: a butterfly hook, a scissor-style knee, whatever works. The outside position only counts after 3 seconds. Switch roles every time somebody wins.
WIN CONDITION
Sweep your partner so their hips touch the mat and you come on top, or shrug their arm across to the outside-elbow position and hold it for 3 seconds.
Reference video
Open video · The Grapple Lab
The Grapple Lab, 4 Tasked Based Games To RAPIDLY Improve your Closed Guard (free video on The Grapple Lab YouTube channel).
Problem
Inside your partner's closed guard, pulled down chest to chest.
Tell the room
Get your posture back and open the legs, or punish them for opening the legs by stepping over into half guard. Use your hips and legs to sweep (control their base on the side you sweep toward by trapping that arm or pulling it far across), or upgrade your inside position to an outside one.
Setup
Inside your partner's closed guard, pulled down chest to chest. They start with whatever inside grip they like: shoulder crunch, over-under, or double unders. On your back with closed guard, chest to chest, using the inside grip you chose.
Score
Posture out and open your partner's legs, or step over their legs into half guard and hold it for 3 seconds. Sweep your partner so their hips touch the mat and you come on top, or shrug their arm across to the outside-elbow position and hold it for 3 seconds.
Rules
- Half guard only counts after 3 seconds, which gives the bottom player a window to recover or sweep the other way.
- Switch roles every time somebody wins.
- Lower-body sweeps are on: a butterfly hook, a scissor-style knee, whatever works.
- The outside position only counts after 3 seconds.
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