No-Gi Hook Guard
Mat mode
5:00
Tell the roomNo gi grips.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Kneeling with the lead knee between the legs.
OBJECTIVE
Clear the hooks and pin. Every score holds for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
No gi grips. No collar, sleeve, or pants grips for either player. Keep one hook on the lead leg. The bottom player may not switch to another guard. Top keeps the lead knee in. No withdrawing the leg to reset from outside. No submissions from the top. The passer solves the pass only. Reset when the bottom player sweeps to top; when the bottom player takes the back with a seatbelt and one hook; when the bottom player enters ashi garami with the lead leg controlled; or when the top player clears the hooks and pins in side control, mount, or north-south. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Clears the hooks and pins in side control, mount, or north-south.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Supine with a hook on that lead leg and the heel cupped.
OBJECTIVE
Keep a hook on the lead leg and sweep, take the back, or enter ashi garami. Every score holds for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Same no-gi-grips, keep-one-hook, lead-knee-in, no-submissions-from-the-top, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Sweeps to top; takes the back with a seatbelt and one hook; or enters ashi garami with the lead leg controlled.
Grapplers Collective, No-Gi Hook Guard. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Hook-based offense and control solutions without gi grips.
Tell the room
No gi grips. Bottom keeps a hook on the lead leg and sweeps, takes the back, or enters ashi garami. Every score holds for 3 seconds.
Setup
Start in a no-gi hook guard. Top kneeling with the lead knee between the legs. Bottom supine with a hook on that lead leg and the heel cupped.
Score
Hold for 3 seconds.
- Bottom — sweeps to top
- Bottom — takes the back with a seatbelt and one hook
- Bottom — enters ashi garami with the lead leg controlled
- Top — clears the hooks and pins in side control, mount, or north-south
Rules
- No gi grips. No collar, sleeve, or pants grips for either player.
- Keep one hook on the lead leg. The bottom player may not switch to another guard.
- Top keeps the lead knee in. No withdrawing the leg to reset from outside.
- No submissions from the top. The passer solves the pass only.
Adjust
Easier
Run DLR only for the first rounds, and start the top player with both hands on the mat.
Harder
Drop the hook rule, open submissions for both players, and let the top player withdraw and re-enter.
If it stalls
If the bottom player keeps attacking after losing ankle control, cue them to recover the ankle first.
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