Front Headlock Lift
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomBreak the defender down until both hands touch the mat, then go behind and lock your hands at the waist.
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TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
POSITION
Attacker wraps the head with hands clasped, chest into the near shoulder.
OBJECTIVE
Break the defender down until both hands touch the mat, then go behind and lock your hands at the waist. Finish by lifting the defender's feet for 1 second or forcing the hands to the mat again.
CONSTRAINTS
Both hands down first. The go-behind only starts once both defender hands touch the mat. Hold the head until then. Releasing the headlock before the breakdown gives the round to the defender. No submissions. No guillotines or chokes from the front headlock. Reset when the attacker forces both defender hands to the mat and then gets behind the shoulder line; when the attacker, from a waist lock, lifts the feet 1 second or forces the hands down; when the defender separates to neutral standing distance with no contact; or when the attacker releases the headlock before the breakdown. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Force both defender hands to the mat, then get behind the shoulder line; from a waist lock, lift the feet 1 second or force the hands down.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
POSITION
Defender bent at the waist, hands free, both feet down.
OBJECTIVE
Separate to neutral standing distance with no contact.
CONSTRAINTS
Same both-hands-down-first, hold-the-head-until-then, no-submissions, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Separate to neutral standing distance with no contact; or the attacker releases the headlock before the breakdown.
Grapplers Collective, Front Headlock Lift. 3-5 min rounds.
Problem
Sequencing the standing front headlock through a hands-down breakdown into a finishing go-behind and lift.
Tell the room
Break the defender down until both hands touch the mat, then go behind and lock your hands at the waist. Finish by lifting the defender's feet for 1 second or forcing the hands to the mat again.
Setup
Start in a standing front headlock. Attacker wraps the head with hands clasped, chest into the near shoulder. Defender bent at the waist, hands free, both feet down.
Score
Break down, then finish behind.
- Attacker — force both defender hands to the mat, then get behind the shoulder line
- Attacker — from a waist lock, lift the feet 1 second or force the hands down
- Defender — separate to neutral standing distance with no contact
Rules
- Both hands down first. The go-behind only starts once both defender hands touch the mat.
- Hold the head until then. Releasing the headlock before the breakdown gives the round to the defender.
- No submissions. No guillotines or chokes from the front headlock.
Adjust
Easier
Require only one defender hand on the mat before the go-behind.
Harder
Give the attacker 30 seconds for the full chain and 15 more seconds to finish after going behind.
If it stalls
If the attacker releases early, have them look at the defender's hands before thinking about the back.
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