Lateral Leg Clearance
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5:00
Tell the roomTop clears both legs to one side and pins, keeping a hand on the legs the whole way.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Standing, both hands on the knees.
OBJECTIVE
Clear both legs to one side and pin, keeping a hand on the legs the whole way. Chest-to-chest contact holds for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep a hand on the legs. At least one hand stays on the legs until you pin. Stay on your feet. No dropping to the knees to pass. Pass outside only. No knee cuts or inside passes. Bottom grips below the elbows. No collar or sleeve grips. Reset when the top player holds side control, knee on belly, or north-south chest-to-chest for 3 seconds, when the bottom player recovers any guard with the legs back between them, or when the bottom player sweeps to top. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Side control, knee on belly, or north-south, held chest-to-chest for 3 seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Supine with feet on the hips or floating, hands free.
OBJECTIVE
Get the legs back in front.
CONSTRAINTS
Same keep-a-hand-on-the-legs, stay-on-the-feet, outside-only, below-the-elbows, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Recover any guard with the legs back between them, or sweep to top.
Grapplers Collective, Lateral Leg Clearance. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Toreando-family passing coordination — grip stripping with directional changes.
Tell the room
Top clears both legs to one side and pins, keeping a hand on the legs the whole way. Bottom gets the legs back in front. Chest-to-chest contact holds for 3 seconds.
Setup
Start with hands on the knees. Top standing, both hands on the knees. Bottom supine with feet on the hips or floating, hands free.
Score
Three seconds chest-to-chest.
- Top — side control, knee on belly, or north-south
- Bottom — recovers any guard with the legs back between them
- Bottom — sweeps to top
Rules
- Keep a hand on the legs. At least one hand stays on the legs until you pin.
- Stay on your feet. No dropping to the knees to pass.
- Pass outside only. No knee cuts or inside passes.
- Bottom grips below the elbows. No collar or sleeve grips.
Adjust
Easier
The top player calls the passing direction before each attempt so the bottom player can rehearse the defensive coordination.
Harder
Let the top player scoop an elevated leg and pass over it. Add a 60-second limit — the bottom player wins if it expires.
If it stalls
If grip fighting and leg movement happen separately, cue: “Strip the grip while your hips are already turning.”
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