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Wrestle-up
Also known as Sit-Out and Stand-Up Mechanics — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Common term for the half guard stand-up
Names wrestling up to the feet
Wrestle-up is a descriptive name for the sit-out and stand-up mechanics — naming the act of wrestling back up to the feet from the bottom.
Etymology. “Wrestle-up” describes contesting the way back to standing against a top player’s pressure; the term covers the sit-outs and stand-ups that achieve it. The label is the umbrella name for getting up under resistance.
Mechanics. Standing up is a scramble for hip height: as the bottom player rises, they drive to put their hips above the top player’s, since the higher hips hold the structural advantage that lands them on top or free. Rising without winning the hip height leaves them bent under the opponent, so the stand-up succeeds when the hips clear.
Cross-reference. Full mechanical coverage on Sit-Out and Stand-Up Mechanics.