Base Only
pins
Grapplers Collective, Base Only. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
A body lock from behind where the floor is the bottom's only tool.
Tell the room
Top holds a body lock from behind with the head hidden. Bottom has the floor and nothing else. Bottom scores by recovering any guard; top scores with back control or a pin.
Setup
Start seated, locked from behind. Bottom sits on one hip, posted on that hand. Top locks the hips from behind the knee line, head hidden behind the back.
Score
Back control, a pin, or a guard.
- Top — back control with a seatbelt, or any pin, held three seconds
- Bottom — recovers any guard, with a leg or a frame between them and the top
Rules
- Head stays hidden. Top keeps their head behind the bottom's back and re-hides it before advancing.
- Stay behind the knee line. The top's connection never crosses in front of the bottom's knees.
- No lifting and dropping. Top may raise the hips but returns them under control.
Adjust
Easier
Bottom posts both hands, so there are two bases to move from.
Harder
Top may hunt hooks and a strangle once back control lands, so a slow escape costs more.
If it stalls
If the bottom keeps digging for the head, ask what their posted hand and their feet can do instead.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Bottom sits on one hip, posted on that hand. Top locks the hips from behind the knee line, head hidden behind the back.
OBJECTIVE
Top holds a body lock from behind with the head hidden. Bottom has the floor and nothing else. Bottom scores by recovering any guard; top scores with back control or a pin.
CONSTRAINTS
Head stays hidden. Top keeps their head behind the bottom's back and re-hides it before advancing. Stay behind the knee line. The top's connection never crosses in front of the bottom's knees. No lifting and dropping. Top may raise the hips but returns them under control.
WIN CONDITION
back control with a seatbelt, or any pin, held three seconds
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Bottom sits on one hip, posted on that hand. Top locks the hips from behind the knee line, head hidden behind the back.
OBJECTIVE
Top holds a body lock from behind with the head hidden. Bottom has the floor and nothing else. Bottom scores by recovering any guard; top scores with back control or a pin.
CONSTRAINTS
Head stays hidden. Top keeps their head behind the bottom's back and re-hides it before advancing. Stay behind the knee line. The top's connection never crosses in front of the bottom's knees. No lifting and dropping. Top may raise the hips but returns them under control.
WIN CONDITION
recovers any guard, with a leg or a frame between them and the top