Single-Leg Chain Playbook

Mat Manual companion guide to "One Leg, Three Doors." Print it and mark it up without mercy. The article explains the chain: a secured single leg with the head inside is a hub, and the defense picks one of three finishes, run the pipe against the hop, the trip against the plant and lean, the Turk lift against the square and post. This book drills the read and each door at the speeds and standards the cards state, gives the defender their own chain of hop and whizzer with timings per door, and hands every finish off to the ride, because in this art a takedown that lands loose is a loan the bottom player collects with interest.

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BEFORE ANYTHING: PARTNER SAFETY AND AGREEMENTS ☐ All finishes in this book land a partner on hip and shoulder, guided down. Nobody is dumped from the Turk lift from height, and nobody lands on a straight posted arm. A landing that loads a posted arm stops the set. ☐ The Turk lift is lifted with level and legs, never with the back. Any lifter who feels the lift move into their lower back stops the rep and resets. Back pain ends that student's lifting for the day; log it in Part 16. ☐ The trip takes out a planted leg that the partner knows may be tripped in that card. No surprise trips in mixed or live work until Part 14, and in live work trips run at agreed speed. ☐ Running the pipe walks a hopping partner backward: the runner checks the space behind them before the card starts, and a coach or watcher stops the rep before any wall, mat edge, or other pair is reached. ☐ Knee safety: the captured leg is controlled, never torqued sideways. If the defender's knee twists in any finish, the holder releases the leg at once, even mid-rep. A released leg is a reset, never a failure. ☐ Stop on any pain, dizziness, or loss of control, from either partner, with no argument. Log it in the session log (Part 16).

Part 1: The Chain at a Glance

Chain law: the defense chooses the door. Say it at the start of every session in the first cycle, out loud, with the students repeating it once; it sounds like a slogan for about two weeks and then one day in a live round it saves somebody's takedown percentage, and after that nobody in the room needs it explained again. Choosing your door before they defend is the fault this book exists to remove.