Overhook Start: Arm In, Arm Out vs Stand Up
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomKeep them close, separate their hands, and lock arm in, arm out.
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BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back in closed guard, with an overhook on one of your partner's arms and their posture already broken.
OBJECTIVE
Keep them close, separate their hands, and lock arm in, arm out.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep the overhook to hold your partner close. Make the arm in, arm out position with your legs only. One-minute rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Lock your legs around your partner's head and one arm, with the other arm out.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Kneeling in your partner's closed guard, with one arm overhooked and your posture broken.
OBJECTIVE
Stand up and get out before they trap your head and one arm.
CONSTRAINTS
Same top job as the source's earlier rounds: don't get caught arm in, arm out, and open the feet to disengage.
WIN CONDITION
Stand up, open the legs, and disengage.
Reference video
Open video · Josh Beam BJJ
Josh Beam BJJ with Greg Souders (Standard Jiu-Jitsu), How to teach BJJ without drilling (ecological game design with Greg Souders) (free video on the Josh Beam BJJ YouTube channel, 18 Apr 2024).
Problem
On your back in closed guard, with an overhook on one of your partner's arms and their posture already broken.
Tell the room
Keep them close, separate their hands, and lock arm in, arm out. Stand up and get out before they trap your head and one arm.
Setup
On your back in closed guard, with an overhook on one of your partner's arms and their posture already broken. Kneeling in your partner's closed guard, with one arm overhooked and your posture broken.
Score
Lock your legs around your partner's head and one arm, with the other arm out. Stand up, open the legs, and disengage.
Rules
- Keep the overhook to hold your partner close.
- Make the arm in, arm out position with your legs only.
- One-minute rounds.
- Same top job as the source's earlier rounds: don't get caught arm in, arm out, and open the feet to disengage.
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