Kneeling Single Leg: Get Behind or On Top vs Disengage and Face, or Head and Arm
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3:00
Tell the roomGet behind your partner or on top of them. Free your leg without giving up your back or the top.
Reference video
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SETUP
You can start from the standing low single and let the defender drop to both knees, or start straight from the knees. The coach calls the standing start a cheeky way to sneak in a drill.
TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
POSITION
Both of you on both knees. Your hands are connected around one of your partner's legs. Your partner has a whizzer, their arm over yours.
OBJECTIVE
Get behind your partner or on top of them.
CONSTRAINTS
Switch attacker and defender every time somebody wins.
WIN CONDITION
Get behind your partner with your hands connected, or get on top of them any way you like. He says collecting the second leg makes it easier.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
POSITION
On both knees, one leg caught in your partner's hands, your arm over theirs in a whizzer.
OBJECTIVE
Free your leg without giving up your back or the top.
CONSTRAINTS
A front headlock alone isn't a win. You also have to free your leg. Switch attacker and defender every time somebody wins.
WIN CONDITION
Break every connection and face your partner. Or lock your hands around their head and arm and free your leg from their hands.
Bodega Jiu Jitsu, All Levels Class at Bodega Jiu Jitsu (free video on the Bodega Jiu Jitsu YouTube channel, 9 Dec 2025). The coach isn't named in the audio.
Problem
Both of you on both knees.
Setup
Both of you on both knees. Your hands are connected around one of your partner's legs. Your partner has a whizzer, their arm over yours. On both knees, one leg caught in your partner's hands, your arm over theirs in a whizzer.
Score
Get behind your partner with your hands connected, or get on top of them any way you like. He says collecting the second leg makes it easier. Break every connection and face your partner. Or lock your hands around their head and arm and free your leg from their hands.
Rules
- Switch attacker and defender every time somebody wins.
- A front headlock alone isn't a win.
- You also have to free your leg.
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Kneeling Single Leg: Get Behind or On Top vs Disengage and Face, or Head and Arm
Developing
TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
Position
Both of you on both knees. Your hands are connected around one of your partner's legs. Your partner has a whizzer, their arm over yours.
Win condition
Get behind your partner with your hands connected, or get on top of them any way you like. He says collecting the second leg makes it easier.
Constraints
Switch attacker and defender every time somebody wins.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
Position
On both knees, one leg caught in your partner's hands, your arm over theirs in a whizzer.
Win condition
Break every connection and face your partner. Or lock your hands around their head and arm and free your leg from their hands.
Constraints
A front headlock alone isn't a win. You also have to free your leg. Switch attacker and defender every time somebody wins.