Underhook Acquisition Hold 3s
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomWin an underhook and hold it. Win an underhook and hold it — or deny theirs.
Reference video
Open video · Jordan Teaches Jiujitsu
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BOTH PLAYERS
TOP PLAYER and BOTTOM PLAYER share these rules.
POSITION
Standing, wrestling distance, no underhooks established. Symmetric with the other player.
OBJECTIVE
Win an underhook and hold it.
CONSTRAINTS
Hand fight and pummel for underhooks only as the score. No takedowns required for the score. Reset when either player controls an underhook for three continuous seconds.
WIN CONDITION
Control an underhook for three continuous seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Same standing start. Symmetric engagement game.
OBJECTIVE
Win an underhook and hold it — or deny theirs.
CONSTRAINTS
Same no-takedown-for-score, three-second underhook hold, and reset rules.
WIN CONDITION
Control an underhook for three continuous seconds.
In competition
See it in competition: Signature Move: Yazdani's Left-Side Underhook →
Jordan Teaches Jiujitsu, via Ecological Approach BJJ: Constraint-Led Games Explained on LetsBJJ; demonstrated in There's A BETTER Way To Train BJJ | The Ecological Approach.
Problem
Standing, wrestling distance, no underhooks established.
Setup
Standing, wrestling distance, no underhooks established. Symmetric with the other player. Same standing start. Symmetric engagement game.
Score
Control an underhook for three continuous seconds.
Rules
- Hand fight and pummel for underhooks only as the score.
- No takedowns required for the score.
- Reset when either player controls an underhook for three continuous seconds.
- Same no-takedown-for-score, three-second underhook hold, and reset rules.
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Underhook Acquisition Hold 3s
Foundations
BOTH PLAYERS
Position
Standing, wrestling distance, no underhooks established. Symmetric with the other player.
Win condition
Control an underhook for three continuous seconds.
Constraints
Hand fight and pummel for underhooks only as the score. No takedowns required for the score. Reset when either player controls an underhook for three continuous seconds.