Single Leg: Off-Balance Plus a Second Connection vs Cover the Head
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomDo two things, in either order: put them onto two hands or their hips, and make one additional connection to the waist, the other leg, or the head.
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ATTACKER (SINGLE LEG)
POSITION
Standing, you hold your partner's leg in a single leg.
OBJECTIVE
Do two things, in either order: put them onto two hands or their hips, and make one additional connection to the waist, the other leg, or the head.
CONSTRAINTS
Either order counts: hands or hips to the mat and then one more connection, or one more connection and then hands or hips to the mat. One leg is only half the body; get them moving and attack the second side. Work at about 20 to 30% intensity and move more than you muscle. The same player stays on the single for the 3-minute round, then swap.
WIN CONDITION
They are on two hands or their hips and you have one extra connection (waist, other leg, or head), achieved in either order.
DEFENDER (LEG HELD)
POSITION
Standing, one leg held in your partner's single leg.
OBJECTIVE
Cover your partner's head.
CONSTRAINTS
You can't pull your leg out of the single. You can move the leg to any side, but it stays in. Stay connected and close to your partner so they have to move around your body.
WIN CONDITION
You cover your partner's head.
Reference video
Open video · The Brinkmanship Lab (Chris Alfar)
Chris Alfar, Win the Center, Keep Them Down | Standing to Ground (free video on The Brinkmanship Lab YouTube channel; taught at the Accélérateur Martial camp at Jiu-Jitsu Saguenay).
Problem
Standing, you hold your partner's leg in a single leg.
Tell the room
Do two things, in either order: put them onto two hands or their hips, and make one additional connection to the waist, the other leg, or the head. Cover your partner's head.
Setup
Standing, you hold your partner's leg in a single leg. Standing, one leg held in your partner's single leg.
Score
They are on two hands or their hips and you have one extra connection (waist, other leg, or head), achieved in either order. You cover your partner's head.
Rules
- Either order counts: hands or hips to the mat and then one more connection, or one more connection and then hands or hips to the mat.
- One leg is only half the body; get them moving and attack the second side.
- Work at about 20 to 30% intensity and move more than you muscle.
- The same player stays on the single for the 3-minute round, then swap.
- You can't pull your leg out of the single.
- You can move the leg to any side, but it stays in.
- Stay connected and close to your partner so they have to move around your body.
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