Seated Guard Engagement
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomPasser must make contact within 10 seconds and work to any pin.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Standing two meters from the seated guard player, facing them. No grips, no contact, no advantage on either side.
OBJECTIVE
Make contact within 10 seconds and work to any pin.
CONSTRAINTS
Engage within 10 seconds. The passer closes distance and makes contact before the count runs out. Guard player stays seated. No standing up at any point in the exchange. Pass before you submit. The passer establishes a passing position before attacking any submission. Reset when the passer reaches side control, mount, knee on belly, or north-south; when the guard player sweeps to top or submits; or when the guard player holds both feet on the passer with grips for 5 seconds. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Reach side control, mount, knee on belly, or north-south.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Seated with legs forward, two meters from the passer. No grips, no contact, no advantage on either side.
OBJECTIVE
Stay seated and fight for a connected guard — both feet on the passer with grips, held 5 seconds — or sweep to top or submit.
CONSTRAINTS
Same stay-seated, engage-within-10-seconds, pass-before-you-submit, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Sweep to top or submit; or hold both feet on the passer with grips for 5 seconds.
Grapplers Collective, Seated Guard Engagement. 3-5 min rounds.
Problem
Engaging and passing against a seated guard player who scoots and disengages.
Tell the room
Passer must make contact within 10 seconds and work to any pin. Guard player stays seated and fights for a connected guard. Connected guard means both feet on the passer with grips, held 5 seconds.
Setup
Start two meters apart. Guard player seated with legs forward. Passer standing, facing them. No grips, no contact, no advantage on either side.
Score
Pin, or 5 seconds connected.
- Passer — reaches side control, mount, knee on belly, or north-south
- Guard player — sweeps to top or submits
- Guard player — holds both feet on the passer with grips for 5 seconds
Rules
- Engage within 10 seconds. The passer closes distance and makes contact before the count runs out.
- Guard player stays seated. No standing up at any point in the exchange.
- Pass before you submit. The passer establishes a passing position before attacking any submission.
Adjust
Easier
Start one meter apart and give the passer one grip — a sleeve or an ankle.
Harder
Let the guard player stand and drop the 10-second timer so the passer sets their own timing.
If it stalls
If the passer lands in hooks on every entry, have the guard player extend only one leg.
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