Chest or Hips
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Grapplers Collective, Chest or Hips. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Leaving side control for mount, back, or north-south by trading one control for the other.
Tell the room
Top holds the chest or the hips, never both, and must reach mount, back, or north-south. Bottom wins with any guard, including catching the crossing leg in three-quarter guard.
Setup
Start in settled side control. Top chest to chest and perpendicular, hips low. Bottom flat, elbows tight, no frames built yet.
Score
Mount, back, or north-south.
- Top — mount, back control, or north-south, held three seconds
- Bottom — recovers any guard, half guard included
- Bottom — catches the crossing leg in three-quarter guard
Rules
- Chest or hips, not both. Hold the upper body or the hips. Release one to take the other.
- Side control never scores. Only a better position counts. Isolating an arm is allowed as a means.
- Bottom starts flat. No frames built before the reset. Elbows tight, back on the mat.
Adjust
Easier
Bottom uses one framing arm only, so the top gets a cleaner read on the trade.
Harder
Top calls the destination out loud before moving, so the bottom knows what is coming.
If it stalls
If the top rides and waits, ask which connection they are holding right now.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Top chest to chest and perpendicular, hips low. Bottom flat, elbows tight, no frames built yet.
OBJECTIVE
Top holds the chest or the hips, never both, and must reach mount, back, or north-south. Bottom wins with any guard, including catching the crossing leg in three-quarter guard.
CONSTRAINTS
Chest or hips, not both. Hold the upper body or the hips. Release one to take the other. Side control never scores. Only a better position counts. Isolating an arm is allowed as a means. Bottom starts flat. No frames built before the reset. Elbows tight, back on the mat.
WIN CONDITION
mount, back control, or north-south, held three seconds
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Top chest to chest and perpendicular, hips low. Bottom flat, elbows tight, no frames built yet.
OBJECTIVE
Top holds the chest or the hips, never both, and must reach mount, back, or north-south. Bottom wins with any guard, including catching the crossing leg in three-quarter guard.
CONSTRAINTS
Chest or hips, not both. Hold the upper body or the hips. Release one to take the other. Side control never scores. Only a better position counts. Isolating an arm is allowed as a means. Bottom starts flat. No frames built before the reset. Elbows tight, back on the mat.
WIN CONDITION
recovers any guard, half guard included; catches the crossing leg in three-quarter guard