Kneeling Single Leg: Double-Lock a Limb vs Lock the Center
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomUse the connection they gave you: you're connected to their shoulder while they're connected to your hip.
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LEG-HELD PLAYER
POSITION
Both of you on your knees. Your partner's hands are connected around one of your legs.
OBJECTIVE
Use the connection they gave you: you're connected to their shoulder while they're connected to your hip. Attack a limb.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep track of their hands and stop them reconnecting higher up your body. Keep a connection to their shoulder the whole time, with an arm, a leg, or an arm on the other side. Try both head positions, head inside and head outside. No finishing: the lock is the win, so stop there and reset. Tap and release the moment anything loads an elbow, shoulder, knee, or ankle; reset on a tap. Alternate roles for 6 minutes.
WIN CONDITION
Two closed connections on a limb: one around the shoulder and one around the elbow or wrist, or one around the hip and one around the foot.
LEG ATTACKER
POSITION
On your knees with your hands connected around one of your partner's legs.
OBJECTIVE
Lock the center of their body.
CONSTRAINTS
Make them put their hands on the floor and disconnect their hands, and gain height on them. Tap and release on any limb pressure; reset on a tap.
WIN CONDITION
Two closed connections around the center of the body, one high and one low, or a low closed connection with one of your legs between their legs.
Reference video
Open video · The Brinkmanship Lab (Charles Roy)
Charles Roy, Attack the Transition | Mutual Connections in Grappling (free video on The Brinkmanship Lab YouTube channel; taught in French with English subtitles at the Accélérateur Martial 12 camp at Jiu-Jitsu Saguenay).
Problem
Both of you on your knees.
Tell the room
Use the connection they gave you: you're connected to their shoulder while they're connected to your hip. Attack a limb.
Setup
Both of you on your knees. Your partner's hands are connected around one of your legs. On your knees with your hands connected around one of your partner's legs.
Score
Two closed connections on a limb: one around the shoulder and one around the elbow or wrist, or one around the hip and one around the foot. Two closed connections around the center of the body, one high and one low, or a low closed connection with one of your legs between their legs.
Rules
- Keep track of their hands and stop them reconnecting higher up your body.
- Keep a connection to their shoulder the whole time, with an arm, a leg, or an arm on the other side.
- Try both head positions, head inside and head outside.
- No finishing: the lock is the win, so stop there and reset.
- Tap and release the moment anything loads an elbow, shoulder, knee, or ankle; reset on a tap.
- Alternate roles for 6 minutes.
- Make them put their hands on the floor and disconnect their hands, and gain height on them.
- Tap and release on any limb pressure; reset on a tap.
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