Connect to the Shoulders

Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.

Top Player:

• Position: On your knees in front of your training partner with your partner’s feet inside your knees.
• Objective: Break your partner’s connections to your body and pin them to their back.
• Constraints: None
• Win Condition: Pinning bottom player to their back.

Bottom Player:

• Position: Seated on your butt with our feet between your partner’s knees.
• Objective: Maintain seated open guard, keep your feet between your partner’s knees, and your head/hands pointed at the top player. Make connections between the top player’s elbows or make connection to the outside of top player’s elbows. Attempt to make your opponent post, and then connect to the shoulder line with underhooks and connect your hands.
• Constraints: None
• Win Condition: Double underhooks with connected hands