Structure and Connections

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.
• Constraints: None
• Win Condition: None