Knee to the Ceiling
Mat mode
5:00
Tell the roomTop climbs ankle to knee to hip to torso, keeping that knee at the ceiling and hands on the legs until the hip is theirs.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Standing in front of a supine partner, holding one ankle above the hip line, that knee turned to the ceiling.
OBJECTIVE
Climb ankle to knee to hip to torso, keeping that knee at the ceiling and hands on the legs until the hip is theirs. Win with any body lock on the torso.
CONSTRAINTS
Legs only until the torso. Top touches nothing above the bottom's hips until the hip segment is controlled. Climb one segment at a time. Contact moves ankle, then knee, then hip, then torso. No skipping. Knee to the ceiling. Knee points up, foot off the mat. If either goes, the top drops back one segment. Fold past a shoulder. Send it to the side of the head, never into the neck. Tap for pressure. Reset when the top player connects any body lock around the bottom's torso — front, side, or behind; or when the bottom player stands to a balanced base facing the top. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Any body lock, hands connected around the bottom's torso; the lock counts from the front, the side, or behind.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Supine. One ankle is already held above the hip line, that knee turned to the ceiling.
OBJECTIVE
Stand up. Bottom only wins by standing up.
CONSTRAINTS
Same legs-only-until-the-torso, one-segment-at-a-time, knee-to-the-ceiling, fold-past-a-shoulder, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Stands to a balanced base facing the top.
Grapplers Collective, Knee to the Ceiling. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Climbing from ankle to torso to a body lock, one segment at a time.
Tell the room
Top climbs ankle to knee to hip to torso, keeping that knee at the ceiling and hands on the legs until the hip is theirs. Bottom only wins by standing up; top wins with any body lock on the torso.
Setup
Start with the ankle already high. Bottom lies supine. Top stands in front holding one ankle above the bottom's hip line, that knee turned to the ceiling.
Score
A body lock on the torso.
- Top — any body lock, hands connected around the bottom's torso
- Top — the lock counts from the front, the side, or behind
- Bottom — stands to a balanced base facing the top
Rules
- Legs only until the torso. Top touches nothing above the bottom's hips until the hip segment is controlled.
- Climb one segment at a time. Contact moves ankle, then knee, then hip, then torso. No skipping.
- Knee to the ceiling. Knee points up, foot off the mat. If either goes, the top drops back one segment.
- Fold past a shoulder. Send it to the side of the head, never into the neck. Tap for pressure.
Adjust
Easier
Top starts already owning the knee segment, so the first climb is shorter.
Harder
Bottom may grip the top's legs and attack from the ground.
If it stalls
If the top hugs the leg and stops moving, ask which segment they own right now and where the next contact goes.
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