Sprawl to Front Headlock
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomDefender keeps both arms behind the back until the shot touches the legs, then sprawls and takes a front headlock.
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TOP PLAYER (SHOOTER)
POSITION
Both standing at close wrestling distance. The shooter has free hands and the initiative.
OBJECTIVE
Shoot a leg attack at 50-70%. Score if the defender fails to convert the sprawl, or drive through.
CONSTRAINTS
Hips, not hands. The defender's arms stay behind the back until the shot contacts the legs. Shoot at 50-70%. Keep real direction, timing, and level change at controlled speed. Three seconds to convert. Head control must follow the sprawl without a pause. Leg attacks only. No throws or trips. Reset when the defender locks a chin strap, head-and-arm, or head wrap with chest-to-back pressure; when the defender fails to get that grip inside 3 seconds of leg contact; or when the shooter drives through to back exposure, both knees down, or sustained leg control. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
The defender fails to get the front-headlock grip inside 3 seconds of leg contact; or drive through to back exposure, both knees down, or sustained leg control.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
POSITION
Both standing at close wrestling distance. The defender's arms stay clasped behind the lower back.
OBJECTIVE
Keep both arms behind the back until the shot touches the legs, then sprawl and take a front headlock. The grip must land within 3 seconds of leg contact and carry chest-to-back pressure.
CONSTRAINTS
Same hips-not-hands, shoot-at-50-70, three-seconds-to-convert, leg-attacks-only, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Chin strap, head-and-arm, or head wrap with chest-to-back pressure, locked inside 3 seconds of leg contact.
Grapplers Collective, Sprawl to Front Headlock. 3-5 min rounds.
Problem
Integrated sprawl-to-front-headlock as a single defensive action.
Tell the room
Defender keeps both arms behind the back until the shot touches the legs, then sprawls and takes a front headlock. The grip must land within 3 seconds of leg contact and carry chest-to-back pressure.
Setup
Trap the defender's hands behind the back. Both standing at close wrestling distance. The shooter has free hands and the initiative; the defender's arms stay clasped behind the lower back.
Score
Front headlock inside 3 seconds.
- Defender — chin strap, head-and-arm, or head wrap with chest-to-back pressure
- Shooter — the defender fails to get that grip inside 3 seconds
- Shooter — drive through to back exposure, both knees down, or sustained leg control
Rules
- Hips, not hands. The defender's arms stay behind the back until the shot contacts the legs.
- Shoot at 50-70%. Keep real direction, timing, and level change at controlled speed.
- Three seconds to convert. Head control must follow the sprawl without a pause.
- Leg attacks only. No throws or trips.
Adjust
Easier
Remove the 3-second timer and drop the shooter to 40-50% speed.
Harder
Raise the shooter to 80-90% with fakes and level changes before entry, and cut the window to 2 seconds.
If it stalls
If the defender reaches for the head first, cue chest on the back, then the head through the pressure.
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