Core Games

Game 1

Starting position

• Person on their back
• 0 - back to the mats
• 1 - connect palm to palm underneath your opponent’s armpit
• 2 - connect ankle to ankle
• 3 - the head of your opponent should underneath your own armpit

Intention

• Making and maintaining connection for the end goal of getting to a dominant scoring position (mount)

Attention

• Player on their back
• GOAL
• Maintain the starting position
• HOW
• Keep your opponent’s posture broken with your opponent’s head under your own armpit (put pressure on their the shoulder blade region)
• CONSTRAINTS
• Do not take your opponent’s back to the mat
• You can not get up off your own back
• RESET CONDITION
• None, this game is continuous for the person on bottom

• Player on their knees
• GOAL
• Break the closed guard
• Get chest to chest or chest to back
• HOW
• Break the connection that your opponent has over your own armpit
• Free your head from underneath your opponent’s armpit
• CONSTRAINTS
• None
• RESET CONDITION
• Getting chest to chest/back for 3 counts of mississippi

Game 2

Starting position

• 0 - Back to the mats

• 1 - grab the crook of your knee

• 2 - grab the wrist of your opponent

• 3 - Connect ankle to ankle

Attention

• Player on their back
• Get to the starting position of game #1 and maintain the palm to palm connection
• Head control & hand connection

• Player on top
• Recovering the isolated arm to prevent the choke
• Regaining posture

Intention

• Player on their back
• GOAL
• HOW
• 1 - While your opponent is trying to pass your guard (beating the knee line to get inside of your hip) they will sometimes raise their elbow you can use that to get the position from game #1
• 2 - Dig for the underhook yourself
• CONSTRAINTS
• You aren’t allowed to stand-up
• RESET CONDITION
• None, this is game of finding the position, losing and regaining i.e. continuous

• Player on their knees
• GOAL
• Break the closed guard
• Get chest to chest or chest to back
• HOW
• Free your head from underneath your opponent’s armpit
• Work towards creating distance between yourself and your opponent
• CONSTRAINTS
• None
• RESET CONDITION
• After gaining either chest to chest OR chest to back for 3 counts of mississippi

Game 3

Starting position

• Start with your legs wrapped ankle to ankle around your opponent

• Your back is to mat

• Your opponent’s hands are on your chest

Attention

• Player on their back
• Breaking posture

• Player on their knees
• Breaking the ankle to ankle connection around them

Intention

• Player
• GOAL
• Get to the position from game #1
• HOW
• Using your legs, rock your opponent forward to get them into the position from game 1
• CONSTRAINTS
• You aren’t allowed to stand-up
• Do not sweep your opponent over and get their back to the mats
• RESET CONDITION
• None, this game is continuous

• Player on their knees
• GOAL
• get chest to chest or chest to back
• HOW
• Break the ankle to ankle connection
• CONSTRAINTS
• None
• RESET CONDITION
• 3 counts of mississippi from either chest to chest or chest to back

Game 4

• Let this game last longer (10 mins)

• Interchanging both parties each rep

Starting position

• One player is standing

• One player is seated

Attention

Intention

• Player seated
• GOAL
• Get into the position from game #1
• Once in the position, bring your opponent over
• HOW
• Get ankle to ankle connection on your opponent having brought them to their knees
• CONSTRAINTS
• You aren’t allowed to stand-up
• RESET CONDITION
• If you sweep your opponent and achieve a dominant position for 3 counts of mississippi

• Player standing
• GOAL
• Achieve either chest to chest or chest to back
• HOW
• Get access to their hips having moved their legs out of the way
• CONSTRAINTS
• None