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Introduction

  • On the spectrum of positions within jiu-jitsu’s turtle falls within the “extremely defensive” category. It is characterized by the exposure of your back from having curling up in a ball-esque form.
  • As we look to gain advantages from turtle we will place our focus on allowing the players to explore strategies to getting into one of the many dominant positional pins of jiu-jitsu for them to then work on isolating a periphery and obtaining a submission
    • Dominant positions being:
      • chest-to-chest
      • chest-to-back
      • chest-to-hip

Core Games

Game 1

  • Starting Position
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    • Bottom Player
      • 1 - one hand covering the knee and the other hand reinforcing the grip
      • 3 - shelving TP’s leg against your shin (get your shin touching their ankle)
    • Top Player
      • 2 - locking their hands around BP’s chest

Objectives

  • Cue(s) → Key points to pay attention to
    • Top Player
      • Freeing the leg → Remove the shin to ankle connection that the bottom player has
      • Freeing the knee → Use a half nelson
    • Bottom Player
      • Using the trapped knee → elevate your leg and shelf the leg by your waistline
  • Top Player
    • Connect your chest to their back and get both hooks in
  • Bottom Player
    • Connect your chest to their back and get both hooks in
 

Game 2

  • Starting Position → Knee on belly
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Objective

  • Cue → grab the arm of your opponent as he tries to pass your guard
  • Attack
    • Working to get chest to chest connection
  • Defender
    • Only defense is turning to turtle
    • working to get chest to back or chest to chest to chest connection
  • Cue →

Game 3

  • Starting Position → Seated vs. Supine
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Objective

  • Cue: grab the arm of your opponent and another appendage as he tries to pass your guard
  • Attacker → Completely disconnected trying to pass their guard
  • Defender
    • Only defense is turning to turtle
    • you are trying to chest get chest to back / chest to chest connection
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