Double Octopus: Lock the Hips Plus the Shoulders or the Ankle
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Tell the roomStay connected to your partner's hips and get your legs into the space between their legs, then lock two connections at once.
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BOTH PLAYERS
PLAYER A (DOUBLE OCTOPUS) and PLAYER B (DOUBLE OCTOPUS) share these rules.
POSITION
Start in double octopus with your partner, hip to hip.
OBJECTIVE
Stay connected to your partner's hips and get your legs into the space between their legs, then lock two connections at once.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep the hip-to-hip connection and keep fighting to get your legs between theirs. The two connections must be locked together: legs around the hips plus arms around the shoulders, or legs around the hips plus arms around the foot, ankle, or heel (legs to the center, arms to the extremities). The capture is the win; stop there. Symmetric: your partner has the same tasks. 6-minute round.
WIN CONDITION
Your legs are locked around their hips while your arms are locked around their shoulders, or around their foot, ankle, or heel.
PLAYER B (DOUBLE OCTOPUS)
POSITION
Start in double octopus with your partner, hip to hip.
OBJECTIVE
Same as Player A: stay connected to the hips, get your legs between theirs, and lock two connections at once.
CONSTRAINTS
Same rules as Player A. The capture is the win; stop there.
WIN CONDITION
Your legs are locked around their hips while your arms are locked around their shoulders, or around their foot, ankle, or heel.
Reference video
Open video · The Brinkmanship Lab (Charles Roy)
Charles Roy, Submission Threats as a Means To Keep Them Down (free video on The Brinkmanship Lab YouTube channel; taught at the Accélérateur Martial camp at Jiu-Jitsu Saguenay, building on Chris Alfar's session).
Problem
Start in double octopus with your partner, hip to hip.
Tell the room
Stay connected to your partner's hips and get your legs into the space between their legs, then lock two connections at once. Same as Player A: stay connected to the hips, get your legs between theirs, and lock two connections at once.
Setup
Start in double octopus with your partner, hip to hip.
Score
Your legs are locked around their hips while your arms are locked around their shoulders, or around their foot, ankle, or heel.
Rules
- Keep the hip-to-hip connection and keep fighting to get your legs between theirs.
- The two connections must be locked together: legs around the hips plus arms around the shoulders, or legs around the hips plus arms around the foot, ankle, or heel (legs to the center, arms to the extremities).
- The capture is the win; stop there.
- Symmetric: your partner has the same tasks.
- 6-minute round.
- Same rules as Player A.
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