Back to the Wall: Wall Touch, Takedown, or Foot Sweep
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Tell the roomScore points: put them into the wall, take them down, or foot sweep them.
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FACING PLAYER
POSITION
Standing, facing your partner, who has their back close to a wall.
OBJECTIVE
Score points: put them into the wall, take them down, or foot sweep them.
CONSTRAINTS
Any part of their body touching the wall scores. After a takedown, keep going only while you are clearly advancing; stall for a couple of seconds and you reset. The aim is the foot sweep, not walking your partner into the wall.
WIN CONDITION
1 point for making your partner touch the wall, 2 points for any takedown or back take, 3 points for a foot sweep.
WALL PLAYER
POSITION
Standing with your back close to a wall but not touching it, facing your partner. Cal Jones suggests starting up to about a meter away so you have room to turn.
OBJECTIVE
Push back hard, turn your partner, and score on them.
CONSTRAINTS
Don't let yourself get pushed to the wall. Same scoring for you: turn your partner so they touch the wall, take them down, or sweep them. Their push into you is your chance to turn and sweep.
WIN CONDITION
1 point for making your partner touch the wall, 2 points for any takedown or back take, 3 points for a foot sweep.
Reference video
Open video · Bren Teaches Movement
Bren Veziroglu (Bren Teaches Movement), concept credited to Cal Jones, I Travelled 4000 Miles to Learn Ecological Judo (Ft. Cal Jones) (free video on the Bren Teaches Movement YouTube channel, 30 Jul 2025).
Problem
Standing, facing your partner, who has their back close to a wall.
Tell the room
Score points: put them into the wall, take them down, or foot sweep them. Push back hard, turn your partner, and score on them.
Setup
Standing, facing your partner, who has their back close to a wall. Standing with your back close to a wall but not touching it, facing your partner. Cal Jones suggests starting up to about a meter away so you have room to turn.
Score
1 point for making your partner touch the wall, 2 points for any takedown or back take, 3 points for a foot sweep.
Rules
- Any part of their body touching the wall scores.
- After a takedown, keep going only while you are clearly advancing; stall for a couple of seconds and you reset.
- The aim is the foot sweep, not walking your partner into the wall.
- Don't let yourself get pushed to the wall.
- Same scoring for you: turn your partner so they touch the wall, take them down, or sweep them.
- Their push into you is your chance to turn and sweep.
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