Bubba The grappling dummy ? Good for TD, and BJJ ?

[had0uken]

Like the title says. I was looking into one of these things online. Pretty interesting if you ask me. I just don't know how well they work for Takedowns, and BJJ.

I'm really short on my schedule at the moment with a job for a while until my business picks back up and running which will give me more free time to train with friends and such. I also don't have that many buddies that just train, all they want to do is roll on the weekends so most of my drilling time comes from getting practice at the Dojo. I plan on using this thing to increase my takedowns, and benefit my top transitions for BJJ.

Do you think this guy will benefit Takedowns and the BJJ game ?

 

[nomilkforsanta]

They are ok for practicing submissions and positions...it will not stand up to allow takedowns.

It is made from heavy gauge wire (skeleton), high density foam, and tons of duct tape.

 

[CinemaKingdom]

I recently built my own grappling dummy, it turned out really nice. I based it on several ideas from videos I found on youtube, plus added my own modifications to it. In total it ended up costing $95 (almost 1/3 of that price was because I went back and put 3 rolls of Gorilla Glue tape over his whole body and it's expensive but worth it for a strong skin). I love it, not as good as a real person but great for practicing most techniques as much as you want, anytime you want.

If you want to practice takedowns from the clinch, you can use a dummy, things like double legs you can use the top of a wavemaster (the heavy bag part) and sit it on the floor, throw your punching combo and lower your level and shoot on it. I was using that for a while and developed a fast double leg that worked great when I tried it on a real person the first time.

 

[Thai Otoshi]

The dummy is shit for footsweeps, but great for stuff like o goshi and seoi nage.