On Your Back: Lock Your Hands Around Them vs Stand Up
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Tell the roomWrap your arms around your partner and lock your hands.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
On top of your partner, who is on their back. Your hands start apart.
OBJECTIVE
Wrap your arms around your partner and lock your hands.
CONSTRAINTS
A lock around the head and an arm counts, and so does a lock around the body. It counts wherever they go: if they lift their head, turn to face you, or turn to their knees and you lock up, you win. Stay in the same role for 2.5 minutes. After any win, reset to the start without swapping; swap roles at 2.5 minutes.
WIN CONDITION
You lock your hands around their head and an arm, or around their body.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back with your partner on top of you.
OBJECTIVE
Stand up.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep your attention on their hands. Block them: get your hands on their hands before they get their hands on you. Blocking the lock keeps you in the game, but your win is getting up, so keep working to stand. Stay in the same role for 2.5 minutes. After any win, reset to the start without swapping; swap roles at 2.5 minutes.
WIN CONDITION
You stand up.
Reference video
Open video · Eco Submission Grappling
Eco Submission Grappling, BJJ Good Habits using Ecological Dynamics (free full-class video on the Eco Submission Grappling YouTube channel, Good Habits class of 05/04/24).
Problem
On top of your partner, who is on their back.
Tell the room
Wrap your arms around your partner and lock your hands. Stand up.
Setup
On top of your partner, who is on their back. Your hands start apart. On your back with your partner on top of you.
Score
You lock your hands around their head and an arm, or around their body. You stand up.
Rules
- A lock around the head and an arm counts, and so does a lock around the body.
- It counts wherever they go: if they lift their head, turn to face you, or turn to their knees and you lock up, you win.
- Stay in the same role for 2.5 minutes.
- After any win, reset to the start without swapping; swap roles at 2.5 minutes.
- Keep your attention on their hands.
- Block them: get your hands on their hands before they get their hands on you.
- Blocking the lock keeps you in the game, but your win is getting up, so keep working to stand.
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On Your Back: Lock Your Hands Around Them vs Stand Up
Foundations
TOP PLAYER
Position
On top of your partner, who is on their back. Your hands start apart.
Win condition
You lock your hands around their head and an arm, or around their body.
Constraints
A lock around the head and an arm counts, and so does a lock around the body. It counts wherever they go: if they lift their head, turn to face you, or turn to their knees and you lock up, you win. Stay in the same role for 2.5 minutes. After any win, reset to the start without swapping; swap roles at 2.5 minutes.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
On your back with your partner on top of you.
Win condition
You stand up.
Constraints
Keep your attention on their hands. Block them: get your hands on their hands before they get their hands on you. Blocking the lock keeps you in the game, but your win is getting up, so keep working to stand. Stay in the same role for 2.5 minutes. After any win, reset to the start without swapping; swap roles at 2.5 minutes.