Closed Guard, Stand to Open: Shin Across the Belt vs Hips to the Mat
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomOpen the legs from standing, then pass. Control their grips and posture, keep connecting with your feet, and knock them off balance.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
On your knees in your partner's closed guard.
OBJECTIVE
Open the legs from standing, then pass.
CONSTRAINTS
Open the guard from standing only.
WIN CONDITION
Get your shin across their belt line while you face their head. Either shin counts. (In the coach's game 3, the same pass also means you control their hips and shoulders.)
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back with your partner in your closed guard.
OBJECTIVE
Control their grips and posture, keep connecting with your feet, and knock them off balance.
CONSTRAINTS
None.
WIN CONDITION
Put their hips on the mat.
7 Jiujitsu, GI CLA GAMES FOR FOUNDATIONS (free video on the 7 Jiujitsu YouTube channel, 5 Jul 2024; the last of four games in the clip, explained in voiceover).
Problem
On your knees in your partner's closed guard.
Setup
On your knees in your partner's closed guard. On your back with your partner in your closed guard.
Score
Get your shin across their belt line while you face their head. Either shin counts. (In the coach's game 3, the same pass also means you control their hips and shoulders.) Put their hips on the mat.
Rules
- Open the guard from standing only.
- None.
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Closed Guard, Stand to Open: Shin Across the Belt vs Hips to the Mat
Foundations
TOP PLAYER
Position
On your knees in your partner's closed guard.
Win condition
Get your shin across their belt line while you face their head. Either shin counts. (In the coach's game 3, the same pass also means you control their hips and shoulders.)
Constraints
Open the guard from standing only.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
On your back with your partner in your closed guard.
Win condition
Put their hips on the mat.
Constraints
None.