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Game 1
Starting Position
- 1 - grab the wrist of your opponent and wrap your neck
- 2 - Connect ankle to ankle
- 3 - grab the crook of your knee (refer to the game 2 image if unsure)
Attention
- Player who is on their back to gain the upper hand position by transitioning to the back of their opponent
- Work on their capacity to finish from the back
Intention
- Player on their back
- You are to move past your opponent’s elbows and get chest to back connection
- When they posture up you can also take a top position
- Player in the guard
- You are to break the connection that are holding you down (the head control & arm control) from your opponent, standing up & away from them
- You are to break the connection that are holding you down (the head control & arm control) from your opponent and getting chest to chest connection for 3 counts of Mississippi
Game 2
Starting Position
- 1 - grab the crook of your knee
- 2 - grab the wrist of your opponent
- 3 - Connect ankle to ankle
Attention
- Player who is on their back to gain the upper hand position
- Work on their capacity to finish from the back
Intention
- Player on their back
- You are to move past your opponent’s elbows and get chest to back connection
- When they posture up you can also take a top position with chest to chest connection
- If they posture up you can also take a top position with chest to chest connection
- Often while trying to pass guard your opponent will hoist their arms up in order to push your legs behind try to capitalize on this opportunity to reverse the position
- Player in the guard
- You are to break the connection that are holding you down (the head control & arm control) from your opponent, standing up & away from them
- You are to break the connection that are holding you down (the head control & arm control) from your opponent and getting chest to chest connection for 3 counts of Mississippi
Game 3
Starting Position
- Start with your legs wrapped ankle to ankle around your opponent
- Your back is to mats
- Your opponent’s hands are on their chest
- Player who is on their back to gain the upper hand position
- Work on their capacity to finish from the back
Intention
- Player on their back
- Using your legs, rock your opponent forward and get them into the position from game 3
- Once the position has been achieved then we can navigate to moving past your opponent’s elbows and get chest to back connection
- If they posture up you can also take a top position with chest to chest connection
- Player in the guard
- You are to break the connection that are holding you down from your opponent, standing up & away from them
- You are to break the connection that are holding you down from your opponent and getting chest to chest connection for 3 counts of Mississippi
- You are to break the connection that are holding you down from your opponent and getting chest to back both legs are connected to your opponent’s thighs
Game 4
Attention
Starting Position
- One player of the game is standing
- One player of the game is seated
Attention
- Player who is on their back to gain the upper hand position by getting back control
- Work on their capacity to finish from the back
- Work on their capacity to use closed guard as a defensive position
Intention
- Player seated
- Using your legs and hands bring your opponent down into your closed guard
- Get them into the position from game 3, once the position has been achieved then we can navigate to moving past your opponent’s elbows to get chest to back connection
- If they begin to posture up, drive your hip into them into order to reverse the position to achieve chest to chest connection
- Player standing
- Get your opponent back to the mats
- Achieve either:
- chest to chest
- chest to back
- Author:jondoesbjj
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