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Connection Hold — Grips Off

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InGrappling, Connection Hold — Grips Off.

Problem

Side control, chest-to-chest on a flat bottom player.

Tell the room

Pin by connection alone and hold it. Create space and turn or recover a knee.

Setup

Side control, chest-to-chest on a flat bottom player. Flat on the back under side control.

Score

Keep the bottom player flat and unable to turn to their side for twenty continuous seconds. Create enough space to turn to your side or bring a knee in front of the top player, held for three continuous seconds.

Rules

  1. Hands off the partner — clasped behind the back, or flat on the mat for base only, never gripping.
  2. No underhooks, no hand-fighting.
  3. No submissions.
  4. Follow turns with the chest and reload contact instead of reaching for a grip.
  5. Roles rotate after each reset.
  6. Default round length 2:00.
  7. Not specified beyond working frames, bridges, and shrimps to create space.
  8. No submissions implied by the game’s “no submissions” framing for this foundations task.
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TOP PLAYER

POSITION

Side control, chest-to-chest on a flat bottom player.

OBJECTIVE

Pin by connection alone and hold it.

CONSTRAINTS

Hands off the partner — clasped behind the back, or flat on the mat for base only, never gripping. No underhooks, no hand-fighting. No submissions. Follow turns with the chest and reload contact instead of reaching for a grip. Roles rotate after each reset. Default round length 2:00.

WIN CONDITION

Keep the bottom player flat and unable to turn to their side for twenty continuous seconds.

BOTTOM PLAYER

POSITION

Flat on the back under side control.

OBJECTIVE

Create space and turn or recover a knee.

CONSTRAINTS

Not specified beyond working frames, bridges, and shrimps to create space. No submissions implied by the game’s “no submissions” framing for this foundations task.

WIN CONDITION

Create enough space to turn to your side or bring a knee in front of the top player, held for three continuous seconds.