Seated Guard and Back Exposure
Each game consists of a three minute round, a one minute break, and then another three minute round with the position of the players switched.
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
Reset if top player wins.
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 partner post as many times as you can.
- Constraints: None
- Win Condition: None
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
Attribution: This game is based on an Instagram reel posted by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.
Top Player:
- Position: Behind your partner with chest to back contact.
- Objective: Maintain chest to back contact for as long as possible.
- Constraints: Do not connect your hands. You can grab anywhere on your opponnent but never connect your own hands.
- Win Condition: None
Bottom Player:
- Position: In front of your partner with your hands (or elbows) and knees on the ground and their chest contacting your back.
- Objective: Use movement to create space and improve your position.
- Constraints: None
- Win Condition: Turn and face your partner by any means necessary.
Reset if bottom player wins.
Attribution: This game is based on an Instagram reel posted by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu.
Top Player:
- Position: Behind your partner with chest to back contact and your hands locked around their waist.
- Objective: Get your hands connected to the hips and shoulders simultaneously. Maintain chest to back connection and back exposure for as long as possible.
- Constraints: Do not puncture hooks or submit your opponent.
- Win Condition: None
Bottom Player:
- Position: In front of your partner with your hands and knees on the ground, their chest contacting your back, and their hands locked around your waist.
- Objective: Use movement to create space and improve your position.
- Constraints: None
- Win Condition: Turn and face your partner by any means necessary.
Reset if bottom player wins.
6 Minute Round
Live round with a partner. Start standing if you are able to do so safely. Otherwise pick the starting position from one of the previous games and start there. Roll to submission, reset, and continue. Repeat as many times as possible before the round ends.