Kneeling Underhooks: One Knee Up vs Float Them
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomGet your leg to the outside of their hip.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
On your knees facing your partner, one underhook each. You start with both knees down.
OBJECTIVE
Get your leg to the outside of their hip.
CONSTRAINTS
Bring one knee up immediately. If both of your knees touch the mat, you lose. Keep one knee up the whole time. Do not body lock pass: keep your body moving and get a leg to the outside.
WIN CONDITION
Get your leg to the outside of their hip: shin on the hip, knee on the belly, or similar.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your knees facing your partner, one underhook each.
OBJECTIVE
Get underneath them and lift or tilt.
CONSTRAINTS
Stay on the same underhook pathway, trying to get underneath them. A top player whose two knees touch the mat loses.
WIN CONDITION
Boost or tilt them so their hands touch the mat, or their butt touches the mat.
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 your knees facing your partner, one underhook each.
Tell the room
Get your leg to the outside of their hip. Get underneath them and lift or tilt.
Setup
On your knees facing your partner, one underhook each. You start with both knees down. On your knees facing your partner, one underhook each.
Score
Get your leg to the outside of their hip: shin on the hip, knee on the belly, or similar. Boost or tilt them so their hands touch the mat, or their butt touches the mat.
Rules
- Bring one knee up immediately.
- If both of your knees touch the mat, you lose.
- Keep one knee up the whole time.
- Do not body lock pass: keep your body moving and get a leg to the outside.
- Stay on the same underhook pathway, trying to get underneath them.
- A top player whose two knees touch the mat loses.
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