Single-Leg X — Enter the Outside Game
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomFrom single-leg X, enter a one-sided dominant entanglement, come up to top, or finish. Strip the X, or flatten the attacker and begin to pass.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Attacker in single-leg X, one leg controlled, hips underneath the defender's base.
OBJECTIVE
From single-leg X, enter a one-sided dominant entanglement, come up to top, or finish.
CONSTRAINTS
Elevated safety. Default: no heel hooks unless both partners have agreed and shown tap-release reliability. Reset when the attacker enters a dominant entanglement, comes up to top, or forces a tap, or the defender strips the X to neutral or flattens the player. Role rotates after each reset. Default rounds 3:00.
WIN CONDITION
From single-leg X, secure a confirmed one-sided dominant entanglement (outside ashi), come up to top, or force a lower-limb tap — and hold five seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Standing player with one leg controlled in the attacker's single-leg X.
OBJECTIVE
Strip the X, or flatten the attacker and begin to pass.
CONSTRAINTS
Same heel-hook default, reset logic, and role rotation.
WIN CONDITION
Strip the X and free the leg to a neutral 50/50, or flatten the bottom player and begin to pass.
In competition
See it in competition: Nicky Ryan Uses Heel Hook From Outside Ashi To Submit Tony Ramos →
Original positional game. Single-Leg X — Enter the Outside Game. GAME-LEO-05.
Problem
Attacker in single-leg X, one leg controlled, hips underneath the defender's base.
Setup
Attacker in single-leg X, one leg controlled, hips underneath the defender's base. Standing player with one leg controlled in the attacker's single-leg X.
Score
From single-leg X, secure a confirmed one-sided dominant entanglement (outside ashi), come up to top, or force a lower-limb tap — and hold five seconds. Strip the X and free the leg to a neutral 50/50, or flatten the bottom player and begin to pass.
Rules
- Elevated safety.
- Default: no heel hooks unless both partners have agreed and shown tap-release reliability.
- Reset when the attacker enters a dominant entanglement, comes up to top, or forces a tap, or the defender strips the X to neutral or flattens the player.
- Role rotates after each reset.
- Default rounds 3:00.
- Same heel-hook default, reset logic, and role rotation.
Progressions
Harder constraint variants from the source. Same game, tighter problem.
- This is the bottom working rung of the outside-position ladder; below it is the neutral 50/50 , which both branches share. Its mirror is the inside-position ladder . For the full picture, see reverse phase progression and the phase-ladder library .
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Single-Leg X — Enter the Outside Game
Developing
TOP PLAYER
Position
Attacker in single-leg X, one leg controlled, hips underneath the defender's base.
Win condition
From single-leg X, secure a confirmed one-sided dominant entanglement (outside ashi), come up to top, or force a lower-limb tap — and hold five seconds.
Constraints
Elevated safety. Default: no heel hooks unless both partners have agreed and shown tap-release reliability. Reset when the attacker enters a dominant entanglement, comes up to top, or forces a tap, or the defender strips the X to neutral or flattens the player. Role rotates after each reset. Default rounds 3:00.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
Standing player with one leg controlled in the attacker's single-leg X.
Win condition
Strip the X and free the leg to a neutral 50/50, or flatten the bottom player and begin to pass.
Constraints
Same heel-hook default, reset logic, and role rotation.
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.