Adults: Passing Part 1 – Entries
Warm-up
Handfighting to Underhooks
Player A
Work on handfighting and getting to underhooks. Control the hands and shoulders to enter underhooks effectively. Control the position. It’s up to your opponent to escape and get out. No takedowns. Reset once opponent escapes.
Player B
Win Condition(s)
Back to the Mat
Player A
Player A is on their feet, attempting to get Player B on their back. Use movement, angles, deny grips, and use high-low grips.
Player B
Player B is seated, trying to create connections and stay seated. No getting up. No sweeping. You are only allowed to post one hand on the mat behind you.
Win Condition(s)
If Player A gets Player B on their back, switch top and bottom.
Feet to Hips
Player A
Player A is on their feet, attempting to get to the hips of Player B. They have to get their foot to each hip.
Player B
Player B is on their back, trying to stay square with Player A. No sweeps, no sitting up. Just stay square.
Win Condition(s)
If Player A gets Player B on their back, switch top and bottom.
Main Class
Entries (Past the Feet) - Outside
I’m going to be drilling these concepts into your heads, and then we’re going to work them into a framework, from where we can then begin to pass. We’re going to start from the concepts, but we’re going to apply them practically to show them in use. Sometimes concepts, without examples, can be difficult to grasp. So, the framework is this.
- Control and get past the feet. Those are our entries.
- Control the kneeline. This is our staging position. From here, we can back out to control the feet again, transition to other staging positions, or finish our pass to get to our end goal.
- Transition to upper-body control. This is our end goal.
- And finally, secure the position. So, controlling the position at our end goal.
Today, we’re going to be working on our entries. With all of our entries, our first objective is to get our opponent flat on their back. This allows us to fight the feet, while not fighting the hands.
Our entries really take four conceptual forms. Those forms are:
- Outside of the knees.
- Under the knees.
- Compress the knees.
- Split the knees.
We’re going to be working through these quickly, but they aren’t going to be extremely complex, because we’re just working on entries, and we’re going to work on a couple of the conceptual forms.
Outside of the knees.
- Double ankle grip, step to the hip.
- Inside hand to hip, outside hand to knee, circle and step outside.
- Single leg pin and circle.
- Double-hand grip on one ankle, leg drag style.
Entries (Past the Feet) - Under/Compress
Our entries take four conceptual forms. Those forms are:
- Outside of the knees.
- Under the knees.
- Compress the knees.
- Split the knees.
Under the Knees/Compress the Knees.
- Double Under entry.
- Over/Under (can also fall under split).
- Side Smash entry (cup the knee, walk outside, cover the knees).
Entries (Past the Feet) - Split
Our entries take four conceptual forms. Those forms are:
- Outside of the knees.
- Under the knees.
- Compress the knees.
- Split the knees.
Under the Knees/Compress the Knees.
- Step in the middle, hand to hip, to knee cut.
- Step in the middle, hand to hip, to headquarters.