Body Lock, Hips Apart: Break the Hands vs Hip, Guard, Pin, or Behind the Elbows
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Tell the roomTurn the body lock into a takedown or get behind them. Keep distance between your hips and theirs and get out.
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ATTACKER (BODY LOCK)
POSITION
Standing, hands connected in a body lock, with your hips disconnected from your partner's and their head in position against you.
OBJECTIVE
Turn the body lock into a takedown or get behind them.
CONSTRAINTS
Start with the hips apart, not connected; the defender's head position is in from the start. Every time someone wins, switch roles. Five-minute rounds.
WIN CONDITION
You put your partner on a hip, into a guard, or into a pin, or you get behind their elbows.
DEFENDER
POSITION
Standing in your partner's body lock with head position (your head shielding you from their forehead) and your hips away from theirs.
OBJECTIVE
Keep distance between your hips and theirs and get out.
CONSTRAINTS
Every time they connect their hands, create distance at the hips. Work to break their hands and their position. Every time someone wins, switch roles. Five-minute rounds.
WIN CONDITION
You disconnect their hands and their position.
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Problem
Standing, hands connected in a body lock, with your hips disconnected from your partner's and their head in position against you.
Setup
Standing, hands connected in a body lock, with your hips disconnected from your partner's and their head in position against you. Standing in your partner's body lock with head position (your head shielding you from their forehead) and your hips away from theirs.
Score
You put your partner on a hip, into a guard, or into a pin, or you get behind their elbows. You disconnect their hands and their position.
Rules
- Start with the hips apart, not connected; the defender's head position is in from the start.
- Every time someone wins, switch roles.
- Five-minute rounds.
- Every time they connect their hands, create distance at the hips.
- Work to break their hands and their position.
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Body Lock, Hips Apart: Break the Hands vs Hip, Guard, Pin, or Behind the Elbows
Developing
ATTACKER (BODY LOCK)
Position
Standing, hands connected in a body lock, with your hips disconnected from your partner's and their head in position against you.
Win condition
You put your partner on a hip, into a guard, or into a pin, or you get behind their elbows.
Constraints
Start with the hips apart, not connected; the defender's head position is in from the start. Every time someone wins, switch roles. Five-minute rounds.
DEFENDER
Position
Standing in your partner's body lock with head position (your head shielding you from their forehead) and your hips away from theirs.
Win condition
You disconnect their hands and their position.
Constraints
Every time they connect their hands, create distance at the hips. Work to break their hands and their position. Every time someone wins, switch roles. Five-minute rounds.