Three Points of Contact: Shin Touch vs Float the Passer
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomKeep at least three points of contact the whole time and destabilize the top player.
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BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On the mat with the sole or top of a foot inside each of your partner's legs, plus one hand connected to them: three points of contact.
OBJECTIVE
Keep at least three points of contact the whole time and destabilize the top player.
CONSTRAINTS
Hold a minimum of three points of contact at all times. Four is allowed: use the second hand, grab the collar, push and pull them around. Any control from underneath their body that destabilizes them counts. You do not have to come up. Just make them touch.
WIN CONDITION
The top player's hands or butt touch the mat because of your control.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Facing the bottom player, who has feet inside your legs and a hand on you.
OBJECTIVE
Disconnect from the bottom player and get a shin to the outside of their body.
CONSTRAINTS
You must break the connection before you score.
WIN CONDITION
Put a shin on the outside of their body (the hip counts) and hold it for 3 seconds. Or drop them to two or fewer points of contact and hold that for 3 to 5 seconds.
Reference video
Open video · The MATS Jiu-Jitsu Academy
The MATS Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 01.05.2026 | Games That Force Off-Balancing (free video on The MATS Jiu-Jitsu Academy YouTube channel).
Problem
On the mat with the sole or top of a foot inside each of your partner's legs, plus one hand connected to them: three points of contact.
Tell the room
Keep at least three points of contact the whole time and destabilize the top player. Disconnect from the bottom player and get a shin to the outside of their body.
Setup
On the mat with the sole or top of a foot inside each of your partner's legs, plus one hand connected to them: three points of contact. Facing the bottom player, who has feet inside your legs and a hand on you.
Score
The top player's hands or butt touch the mat because of your control. Put a shin on the outside of their body (the hip counts) and hold it for 3 seconds. Or drop them to two or fewer points of contact and hold that for 3 to 5 seconds.
Rules
- Hold a minimum of three points of contact at all times.
- Four is allowed: use the second hand, grab the collar, push and pull them around.
- Any control from underneath their body that destabilizes them counts.
- You do not have to come up.
- Just make them touch.
- You must break the connection before you score.
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