Earn the Straight Jacket
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5:00
Tell the roomAttacker starts clasped with hooks in and lets go to build the straight jacket.
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TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
POSITION
Behind with the seatbelt clasped and both hooks in.
OBJECTIVE
Let go of the clasp and build the straight jacket.
CONSTRAINTS
Clasped or hunting, never both. Hands are joined, or they are on the arms. Switching is free. No submissions. The control is the score. No guard pulls. Defender scores by turning to face or going back flat. Reset when the attacker holds one arm over the shoulder, one under the far armpit, and a defender arm trapped for three seconds; when the defender turns fully chest to chest, on top or bottom; or when the defender gets their back flat with the attacker displaced. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
One arm over the shoulder, one under the far armpit, a defender arm trapped, held three seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
POSITION
Upright, both hands on the choking arm's wrist.
OBJECTIVE
Turn in, or get the back flat.
CONSTRAINTS
Same clasped-or-hunting, no-submission, no-guard-pull, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Turns fully chest to chest, on top or bottom; or gets the back flat with the attacker displaced.
Grapplers Collective, Earn the Straight Jacket. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Trading the seatbelt clasp for arm control without giving up the back.
Tell the room
Attacker starts clasped with hooks in and lets go to build the straight jacket. Hands are clasped or on the arms, never both. Three seconds of straight jacket scores. Defender wins by turning in or getting their back flat.
Setup
Start in full back control. Attacker behind with the seatbelt clasped and both hooks in. Defender upright, both hands on the choking arm's wrist.
Score
The straight jacket, three seconds.
- Attacker — one arm over the shoulder, one under the far armpit, a defender arm trapped
- Defender — turns fully chest to chest, on top or bottom
- Defender — gets their back flat with the attacker displaced
Rules
- Clasped or hunting, never both. Hands are joined, or they are on the arms. Switching is free.
- No submissions. The control is the score.
- No guard pulls. Defender scores by turning to face or going back flat.
Adjust
Easier
Any one defender arm controlled counts, without the full configuration.
Harder
The attacker may clasp only twice in a round, so returning to the seatbelt has a limit.
If it stalls
If the attacker unclasps and gets turned immediately, ask which shoulder their chest is on.
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