Breakdown Chain Chart

Mat Manual companion guide to "Riding Is Not Breaking Down." Print it. The article teaches the theory: a base stands on four supports, and a breakdown removes one of them. This book is the working chart: the five breakdowns as step cards against the four-supports map, the full chain chart printed as a one-page flow for the wall, drills where the partner defends one breakdown honestly so the chain must run, a resistance ladder, and an attempts log that counts what your top game actually tries.

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BEFORE ANYTHING: POSITION RULES FOR ALL TOP WORK IN THIS BOOK ☐ Weight down before weight anywhere. A breakdown driven by a light chest is a suggestion, and partners are told to treat it as one. ☐ Your hips stay behind his hips. Travelling north past them donates your legs to the bottom wrestler. ☐ One hand controls something at all times: a wrist, an ankle, the claw. Two free hands end the set. ☐ The chest never leaves his back during a chain. If your chest came up, the chain broke, and the log says so. ☐ Breakdown force is drilling force: supports are taken by position and timing, never by falling on a posted arm or wrenching an ankle. A partner's tap or call stops any rep instantly. ☐ Ankles are controlled, never twisted. The ankle breakdowns slide a support out; they do not attack the joint.

Part 1: The Four Supports — The Map

The naming rule. Before any drive in drilling, the top wrestler names the support being taken, out loud. A breakdown with no named support is pushing on the rectangle, and the set is restarted.