Underhook Back Step Entry
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3:00
Tell the roomAttacker starts with a deep underhook and square feet.
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TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
POSITION
Chest-to-chest, attacker's underhook deep with the hand on the back.
OBJECTIVE
Attacker starts with a deep underhook and square feet. Get your foot past their foot and dump them backward.
CONSTRAINTS
Enter from the underhook side. No double legs, no shooting single legs from out front. Defender holds ground. No more than two back-pedal steps in any direction. Backward finishes only. Forward hip throws and forward sweeps do not score. Reset when the attacker dumps the defender onto butt or back with the underhook held through the fall; when the defender strips the underhook to a 2-on-1 or full outside control; or when the defender holds a tight whizzer with the attacker's posture broken to 45 degrees for 3 seconds. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Dump the defender onto butt or back, underhook held through the fall.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
POSITION
Both sets of feet parallel — neither has stepped past the other.
OBJECTIVE
Defender scores by stripping the underhook or holding a whizzer for 3 seconds.
CONSTRAINTS
Same enter-from-the-underhook-side, defender-holds-ground, backward-finishes-only, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Strip the underhook to a 2-on-1 or full outside control; or tight whizzer, attacker's posture broken to 45 degrees, held 3 seconds.
Grapplers Collective, Underhook Back Step Entry. 3-5 min rounds.
Problem
Connecting a deep underhook to a foot-past-the-leg position against a squared-up defender.
Tell the room
Attacker starts with a deep underhook and square feet. Get your foot past their foot and dump them backward. Defender scores by stripping the underhook or holding a whizzer for 3 seconds.
Setup
Start square with the underhook in. Chest-to-chest, attacker's underhook deep with the hand on the back. Both sets of feet parallel — neither has stepped past the other.
Score
Rearward dump, or the underhook lost.
- Attacker — dump the defender onto butt or back, underhook held through the fall
- Defender — strip the underhook to a 2-on-1 or full outside control
- Defender — tight whizzer, attacker's posture broken to 45 degrees, held 3 seconds
Rules
- Enter from the underhook side. No double legs, no shooting single legs from out front.
- Defender holds ground. No more than two back-pedal steps in any direction.
- Backward finishes only. Forward hip throws and forward sweeps do not score.
Adjust
Easier
Start each exchange with the foot already past the leg line for 30 seconds, then reset to square feet.
Harder
Defender adds whizzer pressure on the underhook arm from the start of every exchange.
If it stalls
If the attacker pushes straight into the frame, cue: “Snap the head down or drag them sideways first.”
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