Behind the Ankles to Hips or Shoulders
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomGet any part of your body behind their knee pits, then get past the legs and connect at the hips or shoulders.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Standing, behind your partner's ankles. Your partner is on their back with their feet up toward you.
OBJECTIVE
Get any part of your body behind their knee pits, then get past the legs and connect at the hips or shoulders.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep their feet in front of you while you work to get behind the knee pits. Once you are behind the knee pits, the finish is the same as the double-under rung: any alignment counts as long as you are past the legs and connected.
WIN CONDITION
Connect your hands around your partner's hips or shoulders while you are past their legs.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back with your feet up, the top player standing and holding behind your ankles.
OBJECTIVE
Keep them from getting behind your knees and past your legs.
CONSTRAINTS
Three ways to win. Feet inside the biceps does not count in this rung (the coach takes it away on purpose). Roles change every time the bottom player wins.
WIN CONDITION
Both feet to the inside of the top player's legs, sit up and away, or trap their shoulders with your legs.
Reference video
Open video · Standard Jiu-Jitsu
Greg Souders (Standard Jiu-Jitsu), CLA Double Under Passing @ Next Level MMA - Coach Greg Souders (free video on the Standard Jiu-Jitsu YouTube channel).
Problem
Standing, behind your partner's ankles.
Tell the room
Get any part of your body behind their knee pits, then get past the legs and connect at the hips or shoulders. Keep them from getting behind your knees and past your legs.
Setup
Standing, behind your partner's ankles. Your partner is on their back with their feet up toward you. On your back with your feet up, the top player standing and holding behind your ankles.
Score
Connect your hands around your partner's hips or shoulders while you are past their legs. Both feet to the inside of the top player's legs, sit up and away, or trap their shoulders with your legs.
Rules
- Keep their feet in front of you while you work to get behind the knee pits.
- Once you are behind the knee pits, the finish is the same as the double-under rung: any alignment counts as long as you are past the legs and connected.
- Three ways to win.
- Feet inside the biceps does not count in this rung (the coach takes it away on purpose).
- Roles change every time the bottom player wins.
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