Maintaining Control

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Tell the roomMaintain control of your opponent's foot.

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Two grapplers sitting in front of one another with their legs entangled and one players foot trapped in the other player's armpit.

ATTACKING PLAYER

POSITION

Seated with your partner in cross ashi (saddle) with an overhook/wrap on your opponent's outside leg.

OBJECTIVE

Maintain control of your opponent's foot. Recapture your opponent's foot if it is freed.

CONSTRAINTS

No finishing, submission attempts, and no exposing the heel. Reset when the round ends.

WIN CONDITION

Does not score.


DEFENDING PLAYER

POSITION

Inside your partner's cross ashi (saddle) with your outside leg wrapped in an overhook.

OBJECTIVE

Hide your heels and free the leg that is captured.

CONSTRAINTS

None. Reset when the round ends.

WIN CONDITION

Does not score.

Reference video

Open video · BJJ Globetrotters in Action

Developing · Top-advantage · Standard · Constraint Positional

Slime Mold Grappling Club, Maintaining Control. Originally created by coach Rob Cole at BJJ Globe Trotters. You can view his original YouTube video here.

Problem

Seated with your partner in cross ashi (saddle) with an overhook/wrap on your opponent's outside leg.

Tell the room

Maintain control of your opponent's foot. Recapture your opponent's foot if it is freed.

Setup

Seated with your partner in cross ashi (saddle) with an overhook/wrap on your opponent's outside leg. Inside your partner's cross ashi (saddle) with your outside leg wrapped in an overhook.

Score

Does not score.

Rules

  1. No finishing, submission attempts, and no exposing the heel.
  2. Reset when the round ends.
  3. None.
Plan tonight from this

submissions · leg locks · cross ashi

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