Straight Arm Locks

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.


Top Player:

  • Position: On your back with your partner's arm isolated between your legs with their forearm held to your chest.
  • Objective: Maintain control of your partner's arm.
  • Constraints: Do not finish the submission.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On your back with one arm isolated between your partner's legs and with your forearm on their chest.
  • Objective: Escape by any means.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Breaking free of your partner's control.

Reset if bottom player wins.


Attribution: This game was originally created by the user Spacecityliving on Discord.

Top Player:

  • Position: Sitting up, perpendicular to your partner, one arm deep elbow to elbow hook, and the other arm posting or hooking the leg, with your partner's arm between your legs.
  • Objective: Maintain control of your partner's arm, and break their grip, so you can isolate one arm.
  • Constraints: Do not finish the submission.
  • Win Condition: Break the grip between their hands and keep them separated.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On your back with one arm isolated between your partner's legs but with your other hand reinforcing the isolated arm with any hand to hand grip.
  • Objective: Escape by any means and don't allow your arm to get separated.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Breaking free of your partner's control.

Reset if either player wins.


Attribution: This game was originally created by coach Greg Souders at Standard Jiu-Jitsu. You can find the original video on their YouTube Channel.

Start in S Mount Start in S Mount

Top Player:

  • Position: Start in the position pictured above.
  • Objective: Maintain your structure and hold your partner down as they move underneath you.
  • Constraints: Do not separate your partner's hands or finish the submission.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Start in the position pictured above.
  • Objective: Resist your partner's attempts to hold you down.
  • Win Condition: You free your arm or are able to get your back off of the mat.

Reset if bottom player wins.


Top Player:

  • Position: Standing with one of your partner's feet connected to one of your legs.
  • Objective: Use hands to keep your partner's connections broken and your feet free.
  • Constraints: Stay as close to your partner as possible.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Lying on your back with one knee retracted to your chest and elbows in. One leg should be extended with the foot connected to one of your partner's legs.
  • Objective: Keep your feet between you and your partner. Make and maintain connections to the inside of your partner's legs using your hands and feet.
  • Constraints: No sweeps allowed
  • Win Condition: None

This game is continuous.


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

Top Player:

  • Position: Standing disconnected from your partner near their feet.
  • Objective: Clear the line of the feet and advance to the line of the knees either outside or inside your partner's legs. Hold this position for as long as possible.
  • Constraints: Stay as close to your partner as possible.
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Lying on your back with your knees retracted to your chest and elbows in near your knees.
  • Objective: Make and maintain connections to inside position using your hands and feet and then use those connections to destabilize your partner.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Off balance your partner forcing them either onto their hands or their butt. If they land on their butt immediately reset and continue. If they land on their hands hold them in that position for as long as you can.

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.