Who has the best takedown instructional on BJJFanatics?

ShotgunSamurai

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I'm trying to find a good series I don't want to buy multiple parts I'd rather just buy one long life instructional.

Danaher has a few series but I've seem some wrestlers trash his takedowns in his instructional but I hear his Judo is better than his wrestling.

Neil Melanson has a pretty long instructional with what appears to be some good overhook, underhooks, and arm drag takedowns with some single leg trips. I'm not sure on his credentials.

Cejudo videos are too short but have some good information.

Mocco the wrestling coach at American Top Team has a foot sweep instructional.



Anyone use Andre Galvao or J'den Cox?
 
Richard Salamone shot a DVD series some years back called The Wrestling Plan For The Jiu-Jitsu Man and put the entire thing up on youtube, free:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAKJuOmKVP9VJMcE0BeSDA

It's the best wrestling instructional I've ever seen. If you're a BJJ guy who loves mastering the little details to make everything extra powerful, you'll love the way this guy teaches.
 
 
ShotgunSamurai said:
John Smith is a great instructor but I don't like the low single in BJJ or MMA shooting from your knees feels too dangerous for me.
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For gi the low single against people who want to butt flop or judo you it's often one of the few workable thing you can do.
John Smith shows a bunch of other stuff (compared to Danaher you can clearly see that one is 6x world champ while the other never competed).
Avoid Danaher for wrestling, he can't wrestle and is just showing stuff he saw on youtube with extra bullshit.
 
It entirely depends on your personal physical capabilities.

Whats the point watching an instructional on uchimata, by an Olympian, that requires footwork, drilled for years, with a high level partner, if you are recreational practitioner?

Join a gym and ask all the questions there.
 
yetanother said:
For gi the low single against people who want to butt flop or judo you it's often one of the few workable thing you can do.
John Smith shows a bunch of other stuff (compared to Danaher you can clearly see that one is 6x world champ while the other never competed).
Avoid Danaher for wrestling, he can't wrestle and is just showing stuff he saw on youtube with extra bullshit.
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Gamrot had some nice low singles in this fight. My singles I think I was staying low too long. I'm going to work on this takedown more. My takedown are bad.

https://youtube.com/shorts/kDrs8n4inOw?feature=share
 
Ivaylo Ivanov said:
It entirely depends on your personal physical capabilities.

Whats the point watching an instructional on uchimata, by an Olympian, that requires footwork, drilled for years, with a high level partner, if you are recreational practitioner?

Join a gym and ask all the questions there.
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My instructor has high level jiu-jitsu but his takedown game isn't the greatest. We have some wrestlers at my gym that I drill with to get better. I don't see anything wrong with using an instructional to get better.
 
Is there any reason you’re looking for takedown instructionals on BJJ Fanatics instead of Fanatic Wrestling?
 
ShotgunSamurai said:
Some takedowns don't translate well to BJJ and leave you open for submissions or getting your back taken.
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Sure, but considering the takedown skills of the best BJJ competitors are, at best, on the same level as a bottom-tier middle school wrestler’s, you might as well just learn actual wrestling and adapt it to your game.
 
StopDucking said:
Sure, but considering the takedown skills of the best BJJ competitors are, at best, on the same level as a bottom-tier middle school wrestler’s, you might as well just learn actual wrestling and adapt it to your game.
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What do you mean at best? They're are plenty of high level wrestlers and judoka in BJJ.

Why would I take an inferior approach to improving my BJJ game?
 
ShotgunSamurai said:
My instructor has high level jiu-jitsu but his takedown game isn't the greatest. We have some wrestlers at my gym that I drill with to get better. I don't see anything wrong with using an instructional to get better.
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Because if your training partners are not good at takedowns, your drills be equal to drilling aikido for jiujitsu.

Yes, you can watch the move, and replicate what you see and hear, but your partner's reaction won't be adequate, and thats what really matters.

You will build wrong mechanics and confidence in a move, that will not work against competitive grappler.
 
ShotgunSamurai said:
What do you mean at best? They're are plenty of high level wrestlers and judoka in BJJ.

Why would I take an inferior approach to improving my BJJ game?
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To claim its a norm, there should be at least %60+ high level wrestlers and judoka in jiujitsu, which is simply not true.
 
Ivaylo Ivanov said:
To claim its a norm, there should be at least %60+ high level wrestlers and judoka in jiujitsu, which is simply not true.
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Would Jiu-Jitsu still be the norm in Jiu-Jitsu if at most only 40% of the competitors were Jiujiteiros?

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i feel like plenty =/= norm

I'd accept 33% as 'plenty'. Kickboxers aint the norm in ufc, but there are 'plenty' of kickboxers

israel, rountree, jacoby, alex pereira, conor, fiziev, barboza etc etc

practicing TDs vs jiu jitsu guys is better than not doing any TDs at all. You could probably end up reliably taking down jiu jitsu guys at least
 
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