Deny the Thigh Pin
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomPasser hunts grips on the knees and thighs to open the legs and pin one down.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Kneeling alongside, hands on the top knee.
OBJECTIVE
Hunt grips on the knees and thighs to open the legs and pin one down. The knee on the thigh must hold for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Score on the legs. Passer wins through the knees and thighs, not head or shoulder pressure. Forearms stay inside. The bottom cannot reach outside to push on the passer. No backing off. The passer keeps continuous contact and cannot reset the grip. Reset when the passer plants a knee on the thigh and holds that leg pinned to the mat for 3 seconds; when the passer clears both forearms outside and flattens the bottom; when the bottom denies every settled grip or knee on the legs; or when the bottom frames a knee or foot in front, or sits up to base. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Knee planted on the thigh, that leg pinned to the mat, held 3 seconds; or clear both forearms outside and flatten the bottom.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On their side in the side shell, knees stacked, forearms inside the knees, near elbow down.
OBJECTIVE
Keep both forearms inside the knee line.
CONSTRAINTS
Same score-on-the-legs, forearms-inside, no-backing-off, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Deny every settled grip or knee on the legs; or frame a knee or foot in front, or sit up to base.
Grapplers Collective, Deny the Thigh Pin. 3-5 min rounds.
Problem
Keeping the forearms inside the knees so a passer can't grip the knees or plant a knee on the thigh to open and pin the legs.
Tell the room
Passer hunts grips on the knees and thighs to open the legs and pin one down. Bottom keeps both forearms inside the knee line. The knee on the thigh must hold for 3 seconds.
Setup
Start in the side shell. Bottom on their side, knees stacked, forearms inside the knees, near elbow down. Passer kneels alongside, hands on the top knee.
Score
Thigh pinned for 3 seconds.
- Passer — knee planted on the thigh, that leg pinned to the mat
- Passer — clears both forearms outside and flattens the bottom
- Bottom — denies every settled grip or knee on the legs
- Bottom — frames a knee or foot in front, or sits up to base
Rules
- Score on the legs. Passer wins through the knees and thighs, not head or shoulder pressure.
- Forearms stay inside. The bottom cannot reach outside to push on the passer.
- No backing off. The passer keeps continuous contact and cannot reset the grip.
Adjust
Easier
Passer uses one hand only, at half speed, so the bottom feels the inside frame win.
Harder
Passer adds an underhook threat and a knee-slice, so the bottom defends grips and shin together.
If it stalls
If the thigh keeps getting pinned, the top elbow is drifting off the knee — rebuild that connection and lower the passer's pressure.
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