Best Takedown vs Bigger Opponents?

Catch as Catch Can "Baseball Slide" takedown set ups by Snake Pit U.S.A.

Silat Suffian Bela Diri - Devastating Throws, Take-downs & Sweeps

Capoeira Muzenza 20 quedas under 2 minutes

This is some of the best Capoeira moves I have seen, I have an old video with some stuff I never see in other videoes like head butts, but these takedowns are new to me.

KELID IN 8 DIRECTIONS

With that speed, attitude, compliance and power she is attacked with, I can do any kind of counter technique no matter how inefficient it is.  

Technique Tuesdays with Duke Wrestling

This week Duke Assistant Wrestling Coach, Will Rowe, will show an Iranian finish to a high crotch. For more techniques and information on Duke Wrestling, visit our facebook page at Duke Wrestling or follow us on our official twitter page @Duke_WRES. #GoDuke

One of my favourite takedowns is a high crotch, I have even used it from a kneeling start position, I usually push forward to get pushed back and then do it or else it is extremely hard to do. One thing I have felt missing in so many arts was the setup, I learned how to do techniques with no context, lately I have seen a few who do think about setup but there a too few of them. 

Silat Suffian Bela Diri - Joint Dislocations & Takedowns

Even though their training methods are absolutely not my cup go tee, as it is too compliant were anything is possible since it lacks oppositional training, many of their videos have a lot of interesting things to offer, I like what I see but don’t like how it’s done.

This has tremendous value depending on how you look at it, I have chosen to get inspiration and use it as another view as many of their techniques are similar to what I teach, but as I teach with 90% opposition and 10% specific technical training, so all I need to do is train the techniques and then see if it can be done in oppositional training and sparring.

One huge misconception in some clubs is that some techniques do not work as they have tested it in sparring, but I know a HEMA (European medieval combat) club that use that as a yardstick to chose what is efficient or not, the head instructor has only had 3 nights of training 4,5 hours total before instituting himself as an expert in European medieval combat by reading old books, that would be the equivalent to have trained any system 3 times and after reading books from an age where the structuring of the text to pass on information was IMO very lousy, and name yourself as an expert of that style of combat. There are depictions from medieval times but not in sequence, you have to read and in some cases guess how they reached from start to end as there is only one drawing for the technique.

The problem is when amateurs who appoint themselves as experts, it is most likely that the reason why they cant execute certain techniques is because they have not reached a high enough skill level or have not trained it properly and failed. The easiest way to blame the errors is by choosing that it’s the techniques inadequacy and not their own lack of skill and training, and use it for deciding what the high% techniques are.

Braulio Estima - Sneaky Triangle Setup - BJJ Weekly #115

This week, Braulio Estima continues his sweep series from guard. Braulio has an answer for every defense and this week he goes for the kill. Braulio con not achieve the grip he used in the past two weeks so he opts for the cross grip. With the same motion he opens up his opponent and shoots a nice triangle submission. This move works very well, enjoy!

Clinch 5 - The Sources - Trailer 1

Coming Soon to DVD! Greg Nelson is back with more clinch wisdom, and this time he brings Jacob Volkmann and Saul Mitchell with him. Extremely high level wrestling and MMA style clinching in this one.

Wellington Megaton Dias - Takedown like Megaton - BJJ Weekly Issue #108

This week Megaton goes to his "A" game from the feet. Megaton as some of you know is a high level Judoka and in the world of BJJ he is the most feared from the feet. Megaton shows us a nice takedown which does not compromise your own position. Try it out and make it your own!

Mark Schultz Drag Trip

Another video from Damage Control MMA Academy with Mark Schultz an Olympic gold medalist wrestler and UFC veteran, I can recommend Mark Schultz DVD’s the last he made is full of amazing stuff, wrestling for street combat is how I would describe it, simple stuff as smashing the opponents head on concrete and more advanced material, he describes some concepts so its not only a collection of techniques.

MMA Striking to Takedown

From DamageControlMMA.com

Years ago a great man wanted to see what was possible if the restrictions of classical system and tradition were replaced by the philosophy of “no way as way, no limitation as the only limitation”

That man was Bruce Lee and the sporting permutation of his vision is what we know today as MMA. At the technical level, Bruce Lee’s art is known for its ability to seamlessly transition from one art or range to another. Something that MMA professionals are only now just beginning to realize and incorporate.

One of our favorite nods to the JKD tradition is the use of the shuffle step kick entry. In the members area of our website we elaborate further on the variations and possibilities we like to use but here you can see how we’ve applied the basic concept to the realm of MMA.

The key for using this entry is to consistently mix your dedicated striking attacks using the shuffle kick entry with your compound takedown attacks. Again something we cover at length for our members.

Until next time, “Take what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is essentially your own”. Leave a comment and let us know what you’ve found useful.