Seated vs Standing: Destabilize and Entangle or Wrestle Up to the Hips vs Shin to the Body
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Tell the roomPut the bottom player on their back and get outside their legs. Keep their hands off you and connect your legs to their legs, then go for one of two wins.
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TOP PLAYER (STANDING)
POSITION
Standing in front of your seated partner.
OBJECTIVE
Put the bottom player on their back and get outside their legs.
CONSTRAINTS
None beyond the win. Safety rule (ours, not the source's): Tap early, and release the moment your partner taps.
WIN CONDITION
Get to the outside of the legs and touch your shin to their body, anywhere from the hips to the shoulders.
BOTTOM PLAYER (SEATED)
POSITION
Seated in front of your standing partner.
OBJECTIVE
Keep their hands off you and connect your legs to their legs, then go for one of two wins.
CONSTRAINTS
First job: if they reach for you, get their hands off you. Second job: connect your legs to theirs, using legs and hands. A wrestle up only counts once you've made a connection. If you destabilize and entangle, both have to happen. The order doesn't matter.
WIN CONDITION
Destabilize them (a hand or their butt touches the mat) and get any entanglement around the hip, in either order. Or use your connection to wrestle up and close your hands at their hips.
Greg Souders (Standard Jiu-Jitsu), Foundations of the Guard Part 2: Free Preview (free preview on the Standard Jiu-Jitsu YouTube channel, 24 Dec 2025). Only the free preview was used.
Problem
Standing in front of your seated partner.
Setup
Standing in front of your seated partner. Seated in front of your standing partner.
Score
Get to the outside of the legs and touch your shin to their body, anywhere from the hips to the shoulders. Destabilize them (a hand or their butt touches the mat) and get any entanglement around the hip, in either order. Or use your connection to wrestle up and close your hands at their hips.
Rules
- None beyond the win.
- Safety rule (ours, not the source's): Tap early, and release the moment your partner taps.
- First job: if they reach for you, get their hands off you.
- Second job: connect your legs to theirs, using legs and hands.
- A wrestle up only counts once you've made a connection.
- If you destabilize and entangle, both have to happen.
- The order doesn't matter.
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Seated vs Standing: Destabilize and Entangle or Wrestle Up to the Hips vs Shin to the Body
Developing
TOP PLAYER (STANDING)
Position
Standing in front of your seated partner.
Win condition
Get to the outside of the legs and touch your shin to their body, anywhere from the hips to the shoulders.
Constraints
None beyond the win. Safety rule (ours, not the source's): Tap early, and release the moment your partner taps.
BOTTOM PLAYER (SEATED)
Position
Seated in front of your standing partner.
Win condition
Destabilize them (a hand or their butt touches the mat) and get any entanglement around the hip, in either order. Or use your connection to wrestle up and close your hands at their hips.
Constraints
First job: if they reach for you, get their hands off you. Second job: connect your legs to theirs, using legs and hands. A wrestle up only counts once you've made a connection. If you destabilize and entangle, both have to happen. The order doesn't matter.
Elevated safety. Confirm tap-and-release before the first rep. Stop at the tap. Do not run this if the room is not already serious about it.