Turtle

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: In front of your partner with your chest connected to their shoulder blades.
  • Objective: Focus on keeping your partner's head and shoulders covered for as long as possible.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: None

Bottom Player:

  • Position: Underneath your partner with your hands (or elbows) and knees on the ground.
  • Objective: Focus on breaking your partner's chest to back connection by connecting to their legs and using that connection to improve your position.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Exit your position into an entanglement where you are connected to one or both of your partner's legs.

Reset if bottom player wins.


Top Player:

  • Position: Kneeling next to your partner with one hand across their back.
  • Objective: Focus on breaking your partner down and getting their hips to the mat, their shoulders to the mat, or chest to back contact with their hips covered (hooks in).
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Partner's hips or shoulders are touching the mat.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On the ground with your knees and either hands or elbows on the mat. Your partner should be on kneeling next to you with one hand across your back.
  • Objective: Focus on standing or getting your legs between you and your partner.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Either stand up or transition to a position where your legs are between you and your partner.

Reset if either player wins.


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

Top Player:

  • Position: On your toes with your chest connected to your partner's shoulder blades, one hand on their chin, and one hand on their elbow.
  • Objective: Continuously try to keep your partner's hands on the mat and continuously cover their head. Connect your arms locking your partner's head and arm together then destabilize them to their back.
  • Constraints: No submissions allowed.
  • Win Condition: Partner is destabilized to their back with their arm and head locked together.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On your hands and knees with your partner's chest connected to your shoulder blades, one hand holding your chin, and one hand on your elbow.
  • Objective: Try to relieve yourself from the situation by freeing your head.
  • Constraints: None.
  • Win Condition: Free your head.

Reset if either player wins.


Top Player:

  • Position: On top of your partner with chest to chest contact lying perpendicular to their torso. Your arm furthest from their head should be holding the wrist of their far arm. Your other arm can be anywhere that you choose.
  • Objective: Focus on maintaining control of your partner's far arm using your figure four grip.
  • Constraints: None
  • Win Condition: Acehieving a two on one grip with one hand holding their wrist and the other reinforcing it in a figure four.

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On your back with your partner on top of you lying perpendicular to your torso with chest to chest contact. They should be holding one of your wrists with one hand.
  • Objective: Create space and movement in order to allow improvement of your position.
  • Constraints: None.
  • Win Condition: Bring your feet between you and your partner or reverse the position.

Reset if either player wins.


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

Top Player:

  • Position: On top of your partner with chest to chest contact lying perpendicular to their torso.
  • Objective: Focus on isolating one or more of your partner's limbs or achieving chest to back contact in preparation for applying a submission.
  • Constraints: None.
  • Win Condition: Achieve a figure four grip from top side control, an extended arm connected to your partner's head while in mount, or an exposed back with solidified chest to back contact with an over/under grip (seatbelt).

Bottom Player:

  • Position: On your back with your partner on top of you lying perpendicular to your torso with chest to chest contact.
  • Objective: Create space and movement in order to allow improvement of your position.
  • Constraints: None.
  • Win Condition: Bring your feet between you and your partner or reverse the position.

Reset if either 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.