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5:00
Tell the roomTop holds a body lock from behind with the head hidden.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Locks the hips from behind the knee line, head hidden behind the back.
OBJECTIVE
Hold a body lock from behind with the head hidden. Score 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. Reset when the top player holds back control with a seatbelt, or any pin, for three seconds; or when the bottom player recovers any guard with a leg or a frame between them and the top. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Back control with a seatbelt, or any pin, held three seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Sits on one hip, posted on that hand. The floor is the only tool.
OBJECTIVE
Recover any guard. The floor is the only tool.
CONSTRAINTS
Same head-stays-hidden, behind-the-knee-line, no-lifting-and-dropping, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Recovers any guard, with a leg or a frame between them and the top.
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.
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