Shin Staple: Open the Guard and Staple a Leg vs Sweep or Take the Back
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomOpen the guard and pin a leg with your shin. Keep your guard and come up on top.
Reference video
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
On your knees inside your partner's closed guard (from the description, which says you open the guard, and the video, which starts there).
OBJECTIVE
Open the guard and pin a leg with your shin.
CONSTRAINTS
No submissions.
WIN CONDITION
Open the guard and staple one of your partner's legs with your shin, any way you like.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back with your partner in your closed guard.
OBJECTIVE
Keep your guard and come up on top.
CONSTRAINTS
No submissions.
WIN CONDITION
Get on top with a sweep, or take the back.
SFC Jiu Jitsu, Shin Staple Game (free video on the SFC Jiu Jitsu YouTube channel, 13 Jan 2026). The rules are from the video description. The video has music and no spoken rules.
Problem
On your knees inside your partner's closed guard (from the description, which says you open the guard, and the video, which starts there).
Setup
On your knees inside your partner's closed guard (from the description, which says you open the guard, and the video, which starts there). On your back with your partner in your closed guard.
Score
Open the guard and staple one of your partner's legs with your shin, any way you like. Get on top with a sweep, or take the back.
Rules
- No submissions.
passing
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Shin Staple: Open the Guard and Staple a Leg vs Sweep or Take the Back
Developing
TOP PLAYER
Position
On your knees inside your partner's closed guard (from the description, which says you open the guard, and the video, which starts there).
Win condition
Open the guard and staple one of your partner's legs with your shin, any way you like.
Constraints
No submissions.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
On your back with your partner in your closed guard.
Win condition
Get on top with a sweep, or take the back.
Constraints
No submissions.