Tripod Butterfly: Inside Leg vs Sweep or Entangle
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomGet one of your legs past theirs to the inside and hold it.
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Notes (this phone)
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Underhook on one side, head on the opposite side of your partner's head, leaning forward so both of their shoulders are pinned flat. Your free hand is on the floor. They have two butterfly hooks.
OBJECTIVE
Get one of your legs past theirs to the inside and hold it.
CONSTRAINTS
Stay under at least one elbow. Keep both shoulders pinned flat. Use your free hand and free leg to pummel for inside position. You do not have to finish a full pass. Hold the inside leg for 3 seconds. Reset after either side wins.
WIN CONDITION
Get one leg to the inside position and hold it for 3 seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back with two butterfly hooks, shoulders being pinned flat, under an underhook and a head pin.
OBJECTIVE
Sweep, reverse, submit, or entangle once you free the shoulders.
CONSTRAINTS
Fire attacks while they pin the shoulders. If you entangle, you must disconnect them from your shoulders first; entanglement with the shoulders still pinned does not win. Reset after either side wins.
WIN CONDITION
Sweep them to come on top; reverse them; submit; or disconnect their shoulders and entangle their leg.
Reference video
Open video · Ground Game Theory
Ground Game Theory, In the Lab w/ GGT Black Belts Tommy & CM: Private CLA Training 4/29/2025 (free video on the Ground Game Theory YouTube channel).
Problem
Underhook on one side, head on the opposite side of your partner's head, leaning forward so both of their shoulders are pinned flat.
Tell the room
Get one of your legs past theirs to the inside and hold it. Sweep, reverse, submit, or entangle once you free the shoulders.
Setup
Underhook on one side, head on the opposite side of your partner's head, leaning forward so both of their shoulders are pinned flat. Your free hand is on the floor. They have two butterfly hooks. On your back with two butterfly hooks, shoulders being pinned flat, under an underhook and a head pin.
Score
Get one leg to the inside position and hold it for 3 seconds. Sweep them to come on top; reverse them; submit; or disconnect their shoulders and entangle their leg.
Rules
- Stay under at least one elbow.
- Keep both shoulders pinned flat.
- Use your free hand and free leg to pummel for inside position.
- You do not have to finish a full pass.
- Hold the inside leg for 3 seconds.
- Reset after either side wins.
- Fire attacks while they pin the shoulders.
- If you entangle, you must disconnect them from your shoulders first; entanglement with the shoulders still pinned does not win.
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