Rear Strangle or Shin Pass
Mat mode
5:00
Tell the roomBottom starts seated and hunts the rear naked choke.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Standing in a passing posture. No contact between them.
OBJECTIVE
Bank four checkpoints — a shin on each hamstring and outside-body contact on each side. Every checkpoint and the choke hold for 5 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Top stays off the mat. Never both knees or both hands down; one foot stays weighted. Losing posture wipes the bank. Hands or hips to the mat reset all collected checkpoints. Bottom cannot stand. Build the back take and the choke from seated or hips up. Reset when the bottom player finishes a rear naked choke with a hook or leg control; or when the top player banks all four checkpoints: a shin on each hamstring, outside body each side. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Banks all four checkpoints: a shin on each hamstring, outside body each side.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Seated with hips up, hands free. No contact between them.
OBJECTIVE
Hunt the rear naked choke. Every checkpoint and the choke hold for 5 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Same stay-off-the-mat, losing-posture-wipes-the-bank, bottom-cannot-stand, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Finishes a rear naked choke with a hook or leg control.
Grapplers Collective, Rear Strangle or Shin Pass. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Bottom player chases the rear naked choke finish; top player must collect four shin-and-outside-body checkpoints to score the pass.
Tell the room
Bottom starts seated and hunts the rear naked choke. Top banks four checkpoints — a shin on each hamstring and outside-body contact on each side. Every checkpoint and the choke hold for 5 seconds.
Setup
Start seated and unconnected. Bottom seated with hips up, hands free. Top standing in a passing posture. No contact between them.
Score
Hold each position for 5 seconds.
- Bottom — finishes a rear naked choke with a hook or leg control
- Top — banks all four checkpoints: a shin on each hamstring, outside body each side
Rules
- Top stays off the mat. Never both knees or both hands down; one foot stays weighted.
- Losing posture wipes the bank. Hands or hips to the mat reset all collected checkpoints.
- Bottom cannot stand. Build the back take and the choke from seated or hips up.
Adjust
Easier
Drop the outside-body pair. Top wins on the two shin-on-hamstring checkpoints alone.
Harder
Require the checkpoints in order — shin left, outside left, shin right, outside right.
If it stalls
If the top player's hips keep getting dumped, ask them: "Whose hip is lower right now?"
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