Change Direction to Pass
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5:00
Tell the roomTop stays on their feet and passes the open guard, changing direction at least once every attempt.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Standing at the knees, both hands gripping the pants at the knees or shins.
OBJECTIVE
Stay on the feet and pass the open guard, changing direction at least once every attempt. Hold the pass chest-to-chest for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Stay on your feet. Dropping to both knees resets the attempt. Change direction every attempt. Show one side, then pass to the other. No submissions from the top. Top scores by passing only. Work inside 3m × 3m. Neither player leaves the area to reset distance. Reset when the top player holds side control, mount, or north-south chest-to-chest for 3 seconds; when the bottom player sweeps to top, submits, or stands to neutral; when the bottom player resettles guard after the passer commits and retreats without pressure; or when the passer drops to both knees. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Hold chest-to-chest for 3 seconds in side control, mount, or north-south.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Any open guard with free grips, starting from the standing-at-the-knees pass.
OBJECTIVE
Sweep to top, submit, stand to neutral, or resettle guard after the passer commits and retreats without pressure.
CONSTRAINTS
Same stay-on-the-feet, change-direction, 3m × 3m, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Sweep to top, submit, or stand to neutral; or resettle guard after the passer commits and retreats without pressure.
In competition
Grapplers Collective, Change Direction to Pass. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Speed-passing footwork, misdirection, and chain-passing combinations.
Tell the room
Top stays on their feet and passes the open guard, changing direction at least once every attempt. Hold the pass chest-to-chest for 3 seconds.
Setup
Start standing at the knees. Top standing, both hands gripping the pants at the knees or shins. Bottom plays any open guard with free grips.
Score
Hold chest-to-chest for 3 seconds.
- Top — side control, mount, or north-south
- Bottom — sweeps to top, submits, or stands to neutral
- Bottom — resettles guard after the passer commits and retreats without pressure
Rules
- Stay on your feet. Dropping to both knees resets the attempt.
- Change direction every attempt. Show one side, then pass to the other.
- No submissions from the top. Top scores by passing only.
- Work inside 3m × 3m. Neither player leaves the area to reset distance.
Adjust
Easier
Top passes toreando only. Bottom uses feet on hips — no de la Riva or lasso hooks — in a 4m × 4m area.
Harder
Drop the direction-change rule, add a 60-second limit where the bottom player wins, and allow leg locks from the bottom.
If it stalls
If the top player keeps dropping to their knees, cue: “Stay standing — reset your distance and change the angle.”
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