Single Leg, Defender's Head Position: Disconnect vs Hips Down or Behind the Elbows
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomFinish from the single. Use the head position to get your leg back and get away.
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ATTACKER (SINGLE LEG)
POSITION
Standing, holding a single leg, with your partner's head in position against you.
OBJECTIVE
Finish from the single.
CONSTRAINTS
Your partner starts with head position, so they can put a lot of weight on your arms and kick the leg out; fight it. You may fight for head position back once you start. Every time someone wins, switch roles.
WIN CONDITION
You put your partner's hips on the mat and end up on top, or you get behind their elbows.
DEFENDER (LEG HELD)
POSITION
Standing on one leg with your partner on your single, and you start with head position: your forehead between their forehead and your hips.
OBJECTIVE
Use the head position to get your leg back and get away.
CONSTRAINTS
Take your time setting your head before you start. Make the leg heavy, put weight on their arms, and use your hands to pull their elbows as you put the leg back down. Run them down with the head position; don't just push. Every time someone wins, switch roles.
WIN CONDITION
You disconnect.
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Problem
Standing, holding a single leg, with your partner's head in position against you.
Setup
Standing, holding a single leg, with your partner's head in position against you. Standing on one leg with your partner on your single, and you start with head position: your forehead between their forehead and your hips.
Score
You put your partner's hips on the mat and end up on top, or you get behind their elbows. You disconnect.
Rules
- Your partner starts with head position, so they can put a lot of weight on your arms and kick the leg out; fight it.
- You may fight for head position back once you start.
- Every time someone wins, switch roles.
- Take your time setting your head before you start.
- Make the leg heavy, put weight on their arms, and use your hands to pull their elbows as you put the leg back down.
- Run them down with the head position; don't just push.
takedowns
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Single Leg, Defender's Head Position: Disconnect vs Hips Down or Behind the Elbows
Developing
ATTACKER (SINGLE LEG)
Position
Standing, holding a single leg, with your partner's head in position against you.
Win condition
You put your partner's hips on the mat and end up on top, or you get behind their elbows.
Constraints
Your partner starts with head position, so they can put a lot of weight on your arms and kick the leg out; fight it. You may fight for head position back once you start. Every time someone wins, switch roles.
DEFENDER (LEG HELD)
Position
Standing on one leg with your partner on your single, and you start with head position: your forehead between their forehead and your hips.
Win condition
You disconnect.
Constraints
Take your time setting your head before you start. Make the leg heavy, put weight on their arms, and use your hands to pull their elbows as you put the leg back down. Run them down with the head position; don't just push. Every time someone wins, switch roles.