15.12.2023 The tenth hour of my client's course on Wrestling/stand-up grappling. We focused entirely on the classic double-leg takedown. This procedure included a complete breakdown of its execution. After a warm-up collar/elbow tie bulling, over-hook/under-hook pummelling, sport specific callisthenics and shadowing the double-leg takedown we moved onto dropping levels. Dropping levels is crucial for setting up a shoot. Typically freestyle wrestlers and submission grapplers adopt lower stances than the majority of other combat sports involving grappling. This is due to the amount of low-line attacks. However, in order maximise efficiency of a low level attack an opponent should be prompted take a higher stance. Therefore, part of the shooting the process is to use the first point of contact to feign attacking higher or to tap the opponent's hands upwards. The grappler than drops low and steps deep. An important point here is to remember to lead with the feet and not the hands or head. Distance closing is crucial. The grappler must move forward on the same level and not dive in diagonally. They are aiming to get their hips and torso flush against their opponent's body. Any gap left when the takedown is attempted gives the opponent room to drop their hips back and sprawl. It also important to maintain a strong upright posture. Not only does this help the takedown overall it also strong crossover advantages in submission grappling where such attacks might be countered with guillotine chokes. The arms then encircle the backs of the legs and the trail leg sweeps in at a rough 45 degree angle in alignment with the wrestler's head now pushing in under the opponent's armpit. The takedown is completed by using the force of the angle in one direction and taking the legs away in the opposite direction with the arms. This should send the opponent on their back and the wrestler should end up in side control. After going through this technique in a step-by-step manner before drilling into a smooth move, we finished with the arm-drag/single-leg/double-leg takedown tactical sequence. https://clubbchimera.com/services/
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