Under the Elbow
Mat mode
5:00
Tell the roomTop gets under or across an elbow and drives that arm to the bottom's own head.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Top in full mount, hips low, hands free. Bottom flat, both elbows pinned to the ribs.
OBJECTIVE
Top gets under or across an elbow and drives that arm to the bottom's own head. Three seconds counts, and chest to back counts if the bottom turns away.
CONSTRAINTS
Under or across, then up. Threading under the arm and dragging it across both count as ways in. Trap it, do not grip it. Hands may move the arm. The count needs a knee, shin, head, or chest. Mount only until the turn. Chest to back counts only when the bottom turns away first. No submissions. The control is the score. Reset when the top player holds the bottom's biceps against their own head for three seconds; when the top player holds chest to back for three seconds after the bottom turns away; when the bottom player recovers any guard; or when the bottom player reverses to top. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
The bottom's biceps held against their own head for three seconds; or chest to back when the bottom turns away, held three seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Top in full mount, hips low, hands free. Bottom flat, both elbows pinned to the ribs.
OBJECTIVE
Bottom recovers guard or reverses.
CONSTRAINTS
Same under-or-across-then-up, trap-it-do-not-grip-it, mount-only-until-the-turn, no-submission, and named reset rules. 5-6 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Recovers any guard, or reverses to top.
Grapplers Collective, Under the Elbow. 5-6 min rounds.
Problem
Digging an underhook from mount, then driving that arm to the head.
Tell the room
Top gets under or across an elbow and drives that arm to the bottom's own head. Bottom recovers guard or reverses. Three seconds counts, and chest to back counts if the bottom turns away.
Setup
Start mounted with nothing in. Top in full mount, hips low, hands free. Bottom flat, both elbows pinned to the ribs.
Score
Under or across, then up.
- Top — the bottom's biceps held against their own head for three seconds
- Top — chest to back when the bottom turns away, held three seconds
- Bottom — recovers any guard, or reverses to top
Rules
- Under or across, then up. Threading under the arm and dragging it across both count as ways in.
- Trap it, do not grip it. Hands may move the arm. The count needs a knee, shin, head, or chest.
- Mount only until the turn. Chest to back counts only when the bottom turns away first.
- No submissions. The control is the score.
Adjust
Easier
Bottom starts with one elbow off the ribs, so the first dig has a gap.
Harder
Top calls which side they will dig before the round starts.
If it stalls
If the top paws at the hands and gets bridged, ask what their chest and hips are doing first.
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