www.bjjweekly.com Sometimes when working takedowns with a very defensive opponent, it can be difficult to execute a throw succesfully. Jimmy Pedro shows us some great simple trips that will work well against a tight stand up player.
Will these techniques work if both people have the same foot forward? Eg. both with the left foot forward. In this example Jimmy Pedro has his left foot forward and his opponent the right.
If they are stiff its easy to force them to walk just by walking backwards. If they are walking, one foot must end up in front of the other and you can force your opponent to swap. For this reason yes of course you can do it with your opponents other foot forward but you would need to switch your grip and your stance.
@waldomarek these particular gentleman i beleive are judoka... but yeah jujitsu /judo is that sort of game... same as akido but they are all from the same tree/familly i guess
People do that in Judo aswell (even though it serves no real purpose at times). When that happens, Judoka tend to thrust themselves up (keeping grip of course), this means that the guy leaning down will get forced upwards and temporarily off-balance, leaving him wide open for takedowns.
There is a lot of miss-information going around about leg grabs in Judo. You are allowed to grab your opponents leg if: 1. It is a secondary attack (like in this video where he attacks with his foot and brings the foot to his hand, or if you go from Ippon Seoinage immediately into kata garuma for example) 2. You are defending an attack (opponent comes in for Harai Goshi and you counter with te garuma) 3. Your opponent uses a Russian style back grip over your opposite shoulder Otherwise you can't
assuming he's only done a few throws, and not been training all day - which he probably has considering he was filming with BJJweekly. Also, if he wasn't breathing heavy you could assume he wasn't warmed up properly and therefore susceptible to injuries. Plus, he's mic'd up from his gi, so his breathing will sound heavier compared to most demo videos.
Does judo and BJJ frown upon wrestling takedowns? Obviously for MMA wrestling takedowns are primo, but do they set you up for failure with BJJ in terms of how you land? If so, why?
My previous comment was made prior to March of 2013 when the rules were updated again. So, you are correct, no leg grabs are allowed unless both opponents have transitioned to Newaza.
great video. So many bjj guys are stiff on the feet. It makes takedowns very difficult. they get grips, bend at the waist, and all they do top engage is tug on the lapel. not all bjj guys of course.
+uvu157 It's a hard habit to break. I had been doing bjj for over 8 years when I first started crosstraining in judo. I didn't realize how stiff I was until I started moving and trading throws with the judo guys. They kept having to remind me to relax. On the ground I was relaxed as can be. I guess it's all due to being nervous in a different aspect of fighting. The throws are pretty uncomfortable in the beginning so you tense up a lot.
Same here. especially when Judocas were doing uchikomis and throw at the end I used to stiff up. Very helpful to be comfortable on the feet, as all fights start on the feet.
The better you are at doing throws, the less you care about what they're called. I can't even count the number of Japanese elite competitors who do picture perfect Hane Goshi and call it Uchi Mata.
this is so helpful Thanks ! i needed some of these tecniques where i train most of the guys have that defensive stiff arm thing so this seems like it will be really effective, thank you
Ko soto gari. Gake throws are typically a block and drive uke over. This is a gari reaping motion where you sweep the foot away. De ashi is similar action to gari but the direction is different.
Direction doesn't make a throw. Gari refers to a mechanic where you reap the supporting foot. De Ashi Harai it's a sweep to a foot whose weight is being transitioned (that's about to receive weight or that's about to let go) In this case it's a de ashi harai. You can see in the Kodokan videos that it can be used in directions different than sideways
