DLR/RDLR Off-Balance
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomBottom keeps a DLR or RDLR hook on the lead leg and off-balances the standing player.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Standing. Bottom starts with a DLR or RDLR hook.
OBJECTIVE
Stay on the feet for the whole round.
CONSTRAINTS
Top stays standing. No dropping to the knees to kill the hook. Keep one hook attached. The bottom always keeps at least one hook on the lead leg. No submissions. Both players stay with the balance problem. Reset when the top player's hand or butt touches the mat. If the top player finishes the round on their feet without going down, the top player scores. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Finishes the round on their feet without going down.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Supine, one hook on the top player's lead leg, same-side hand on the ankle, free hand on a far-side grip.
OBJECTIVE
Keep a DLR or RDLR hook on the lead leg and off-balance the standing player.
CONSTRAINTS
Same stay-standing, keep-one-hook, no-submission, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
The top player's hand or butt touches the mat.
Grapplers Collective, DLR/RDLR Off-Balance. 3-5 min rounds.
Problem
Angular leverage and timing for destabilizing standing opponents using hook guards.
Tell the room
Bottom keeps a DLR or RDLR hook on the lead leg and off-balances the standing player. Top stays on their feet. A hand or butt on the mat scores for the bottom.
Setup
Set a DLR or RDLR hook. Bottom supine, one hook on the top player's lead leg, same-side hand on the ankle, free hand on a far-side grip. Top stands.
Score
Hand or butt to the mat.
- Bottom — the top player's hand or butt touches the mat
- Top — finishes the round on their feet without going down
Rules
- Top stays standing. No dropping to the knees to kill the hook.
- Keep one hook attached. The bottom always keeps at least one hook on the lead leg.
- No submissions. Both players stay with the balance problem.
Adjust
Easier
Top cannot clear hooks or strip grips — pure balance survival.
Harder
Top clears hooks and scores for full separation; bottom moves freely between DLR, RDLR, X-guard, and single-leg X.
If it stalls
If the bottom keeps pulling with the arms, hold them to one hook type for the round so the lever does the work.
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