Yep, BJJ blue belt here. Been smashing my knees for 4 years now lol Hated every time I would get to training and we had to practice takedowns. I just tried doing the shot like you explained it in my living room and instantly felt the difference. Thanks so much, me and my knees appreciate you
Just a side note, if you are old like me and have bad back and hip problems and don't even compete anymore , just doing this as a workout will seriously help you stay moving well
@@AlecBaulding great video, going to train this at home until all comes naturally. Then I'm going to spam double leg at the sparring session at the end of the bjj training.
What a fantastic and informative breakdown of the double-leg TD! Nobody's ever explained it in this detail before, while simplifying the move at the same time. Thank you Alex #newfan
Hello. I just discovered your channel. I tried BJJ for about 3 months in late 2019. Due to COVID all gyms were closed for a few years. As you know, the gym (instructors and students) is what makes or breaks one’s desire to continue on with any martial art’s discipline. I have resumed my training in Muay Thai (2 years now). I haven’t seriously considered returning to BJJ, because of my concern/safety for my knees. Even though I only tried BJJ for a few months, I was very impressed with what I was exposed to. Especially the level of respect that was shown by all the instructors and students. I’m 63 years old - maybe I will resume my BJJ journey…. Much respect to you. 🙏🏼
I want to thank you for this video, I watched it when it came out and came in 5th at districts in high-school and am now a d2 heavyweight wrestler, I still use this to this day to troubleshoot issues when I am out of practice off season or miss a week or two due to arthritis flareups.
Thank you so much! I have not seen it being broken down like this, even by coaches at where I train. It's especially useful for a non-athlete like me whose muscles don't follow through with motions that are intuitive to athletic people, without me consciously thinking about each step.
Wrestled with alot of success in high school and college. When I transitioned to MMA it was very difficult to do proper shots since I am right handed and never really shot off my left leg before. It will take a while but focus on good technique and take advice from videos like this from people who actually know what the fuck there talking about. Never give up and never stop improving my guys
Flexibility and Mobility helps a lot. Also having a good bodyweight to strength ratio makes a difference. If people's postures are messed up its hard to move in an athletic way.
Totally necromancing this thread, but thank you. I am going to drill this until it is second nature. I have been training BJJ and am pretty consistent with my shots and double legs, but recently a new guy that is 60lbs heavier and 14 years younger just joined the gym and I couldn't snap a double leg on him. His weight and strength is keeping my game honest by showing the imperfections in my setup. This gave the answers I was looking for. Me and my joints thank you.
guard playing purple belt who mainly does no gi, been spending time at purple focusing on passing, pressure and wrestling and this was huge for good set up for someone whos a self described trash wrestler. so much easier on my knee
thank you so much for this video. Im a Jiu Jitsu white belt, i wasnt changing levels so like you said i would slam my knee, this is going to help a lot, especially the form about keeping my back straight.
LoL! Its often like the bigger channels were just invented and they fabricate years of history . This channel has low subs tho. Ive begun to realize "they" can alter time. That probably means we can alter the past as well.
Thank you, very helpful video! I noticed something else as well. You have a flat feet, just like I do. I have various imbalances and shortened/inflexible muscles in my body, which I thought were caused by my flat feet. Now I see that it's not the problem, the problem was probably the 10 years sitting playing video games that caused the imbalances.
What a great video! Since I started wrestling 1,5 months ago, I always felt pain during the beginning of training, where we had to shoot a takedown. Of course I never knew how to shoot a takedown correctly and always did it with an incorrect form, which brought pain into my knees. After watching this video some couple minutes ago, I shot some slow speedy takedowns in my living room with the form you told and I felt the insane difference between both takedown variants. I’m feeling now, that I can finally shoot a takedown in training worrying about having pain afterwards. Thank you for the explanation.👏
Judo green belt here, it might not seem usual to here "leg takedowns" from a judoka, but they are part of judo, its just a choice of the schools wether they teach it or not, I was lucky to be doing judo in an old-school judo dojo I have been smashing my knee so much the past 2 years, but now seeing this, I tried it in my room, and my knee is liking it :) thx man
Watching this as a white belt, I feel blessed. I love takedown and single legs and that explosive efficiciency that wrestling has. Because I feel like its what sets wrestling apart from BJJ. Hope this vid helps me be a step above the competition
I don't know if you ever check these comments but I have never wrestled but studied your videos a lot. As an ultraheavy weight I prides myself on movement. Most guys in my division don't wrestle as you know. For months I could not get it down but I finally started landing the penetration step as you described. Thanks for the detailed explanations.
Thank you man, I always had a need for speed and would dropped directly on my knee causing a lot of pain. This is definitely something I have to share in my wrestling teams GC!
I have seen 6 seconds of this video and the thumbnail. I can tell by your aura that you are elite, and way better than me. I will edit this if Im wrong but I know I wont have to.
Doing a slow shot is SOOO much harder than people think, trying to explain it rather than just doing it always seems odd. Imo the first knee should be in the center of the opponent so they don't know which side you're trying to shoot on or push them towards.
I know that you use this crouching technique to maximize the power to the ground but if we look about weight retribution. Your upper chest weight more than your lower legs and that change how you can use your weight at your advantage. Exemple: what happen if you grap around your opponent neck or upper chest, At this moment, if your weight is in your legs, you can break his back due your weight drop very down by raising your legs from the ground. If you have a big upper chest, your weight will drop back and it have the great chance that you fall on the back instead fall on your legs by inclining them behind.
first year of wrestling, I did that first example for 3 months everyday for 2 hours a day... before season ended I lightly tripped and landed on my knee and it blew out
You are such a legend. I do bjj and never did wrestling. I have so much trouble with fucking double leg( am a blue belt). When i go for double leg i dont change level. Why tue coach didnt tell me this? I dont know. Thank you bro keep them videos up. 💪💪
Yep, that's me, you got me. Bjj guy smashing his knees and not getting any takedowns
Brooo😂😂😂😂😂same
same
Lol. Do greco or sengalse no need for knees
Painful..
Lmao same
Yep, BJJ blue belt here. Been smashing my knees for 4 years now lol Hated every time I would get to training and we had to practice takedowns. I just tried doing the shot like you explained it in my living room and instantly felt the difference. Thanks so much, me and my knees appreciate you
Powerful comment :-)
Just a side note, if you are old like me and have bad back and hip problems and don't even compete anymore , just doing this as a workout will seriously help you stay moving well
Haha
This "opening up of the body" once the knee hits the floor is so helpful
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@@AlecBaulding great video, going to train this at home until all comes naturally. Then I'm going to spam double leg at the sparring session at the end of the bjj training.
Yes
I heard "as efficient as possible." and I liked it already
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I know why my shot sucks now ive been doing back leg knee hits the mat and slides forward I can't wait to try this
What a fantastic and informative breakdown of the double-leg TD! Nobody's ever explained it in this detail before, while simplifying the move at the same time. Thank you Alex #newfan
I’m gonna try this on my cat
We use to do the 'duck walk' to help get use to not killing the knees.. Very helpful. And pretty good leg strengthener as well.
Hello. I just discovered your channel. I tried BJJ for about 3 months in late 2019. Due to COVID all gyms were closed for a few years. As you know, the gym (instructors and students) is what makes or breaks one’s desire to continue on with any martial art’s discipline. I have resumed my training in Muay Thai (2 years now). I haven’t seriously considered returning to BJJ, because of my concern/safety for my knees. Even though I only tried BJJ for a few months, I was very impressed with what I was exposed to. Especially the level of respect that was shown by all the instructors and students. I’m 63 years old - maybe I will resume my BJJ journey…. Much respect to you. 🙏🏼
I want to thank you for this video, I watched it when it came out and came in 5th at districts in high-school and am now a d2 heavyweight wrestler, I still use this to this day to troubleshoot issues when I am out of practice off season or miss a week or two due to arthritis flareups.
That is awesome!
Jiujitsu guy here and your video helped me so much to correct my mistake of originally driving my knee into the ground. Happy New Year!
Developed bursitis training takedowns in bjj! So glad to have found this vid!
Thank you so much! I have not seen it being broken down like this, even by coaches at where I train. It's especially useful for a non-athlete like me whose muscles don't follow through with motions that are intuitive to athletic people, without me consciously thinking about each step.
This is honestly the best tutorial I have seen on this move
Wrestled with alot of success in high school and college. When I transitioned to MMA it was very difficult to do proper shots since I am right handed and never really shot off my left leg before. It will take a while but focus on good technique and take advice from videos like this from people who actually know what the fuck there talking about. Never give up and never stop improving my guys
Super informative!
I am from a country where wrestling is not popular at all so all these basic drills help me a lot, thank´s-
wow! what country?
Chile, sadly wrestling is not popular but judo is not that bad. @@wtfimcrying
@@nicocontreras5366 aw that sucks
So happy I came across this. I’m that “guy” that crashes to the mat. This is much needed. Thank you brother …
Flexibility and Mobility helps a lot. Also having a good bodyweight to strength ratio makes a difference. If people's postures are messed up its hard to move in an athletic way.
Totally necromancing this thread, but thank you. I am going to drill this until it is second nature. I have been training BJJ and am pretty consistent with my shots and double legs, but recently a new guy that is 60lbs heavier and 14 years younger just joined the gym and I couldn't snap a double leg on him. His weight and strength is keeping my game honest by showing the imperfections in my setup. This gave the answers I was looking for. Me and my joints thank you.
If your knees swell/hurt even with proper form; I recommend cliff keen kneepads
@@gecko.3058 Or just turtle up until the big guy gets bored
Can't believe I just found this. No one else breaks it down. Thanks homie!
No problem!
guard playing purple belt who mainly does no gi, been spending time at purple focusing on passing, pressure and wrestling and this was huge for good set up for someone whos a self described trash wrestler. so much easier on my knee
thank you so much for this video. Im a Jiu Jitsu white belt, i wasnt changing levels so like you said i would slam my knee, this is going to help a lot, especially the form about keeping my back straight.
Your takedowns videos are the best I've seen on RUclips so far, really helpful for any wrestling beginners out there
Thank you! This really breaks it down for me. I found myself driving my knee into the ground full force most of the time. Just subbed to you!
Thanks a million! I always have problems with my double legs. New sub
Great tutorial and instructions
Outta nowhere, I see your vids everywhere. Good stuff!
LoL! Its often like the bigger channels were just invented and they fabricate years of history . This channel has low subs tho. Ive begun to realize "they" can alter time. That probably means we can alter the past as well.
Excellent nice details thank you for posting it ....
I felt the same way it made a huge difference. This may be the greatest wrestling video I’ve ever ever seen.
Thank you, very helpful video! I noticed something else as well. You have a flat feet, just like I do. I have various imbalances and shortened/inflexible muscles in my body, which I thought were caused by my flat feet. Now I see that it's not the problem, the problem was probably the 10 years sitting playing video games that caused the imbalances.
Great explanation, trying this tomorrow. Thank you!
What a great video! Since I started wrestling 1,5 months ago, I always felt pain during the beginning of training, where we had to shoot a takedown. Of course I never knew how to shoot a takedown correctly and always did it with an incorrect form, which brought pain into my knees. After watching this video some couple minutes ago, I shot some slow speedy takedowns in my living room with the form you told and I felt the insane difference between both takedown variants. I’m feeling now, that I can finally shoot a takedown in training worrying about having pain afterwards. Thank you for the explanation.👏
Judo green belt here, it might not seem usual to here "leg takedowns" from a judoka, but they are part of judo, its just a choice of the schools wether they teach it or not,
I was lucky to be doing judo in an old-school judo dojo
I have been smashing my knee so much the past 2 years, but now seeing this, I tried it in my room, and my knee is liking it :)
thx man
Fantastic explanation. Fantastic drill. Thank you.
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For me as a beginner wrestler, this video is an awesome STEP BY STEP demonstration of how to shoot…. Thanks brother 👊🏽
Watching this as a white belt, I feel blessed. I love takedown and single legs and that explosive efficiciency that wrestling has. Because I feel like its what sets wrestling apart from BJJ. Hope this vid helps me be a step above the competition
Thats exactly how i destroyed my left knee as a begginer on wrestling. Thanks for the tips
One of the great drills i ve ever seen!!
Thanks
Very cool thank you
I really need to train some wrestling. Thinking about moving somewhere just to train it
just started wrestling and was struggling eith a shot this helped out a bunch now im prepared for my next match
Thanks Hodge brother.
That's hilarious
Thanks for the step by step breakdown Alec.
Your videos are absolutely incredible man
Awesome video bro!!! This is exactly what my son needs !! Let’s see if his skills improve !! Thank you!! 🙏
Happy to help
Just tried this now on hard floors, the level changes the force of ur knee coming down so much. My knees feel great somehow. Thank you very much
This is gold. Thank you so much, I needed this
Happy to help
I don't know if you ever check these comments but I have never wrestled but studied your videos a lot. As an ultraheavy weight I prides myself on movement. Most guys in my division don't wrestle as you know. For months I could not get it down but I finally started landing the penetration step as you described. Thanks for the detailed explanations.
I love basics and fundamentals. You've got awesome basics and fundamentals...
thanks!
Thanks a lot brother.
Subscribed. Perfect explanation. This will help my bjj so much…no more shitty double legs and sore knees.
It’s always the little things that make the most difference great instructing
Uuu😅uu
4:47 when your training partner is hiding in the washroom so he doesn't have to be in the video.
Lol
Can’t tell you how many I emphasize the lowering of the level and keeping the back straight and changing directions, great job at showing this!
Thanks for sharing! I’ve done this a lot without really understanding the technique behind it.
Hope everything works out whatever you're going through rn. Thanks for all the content, always look forward to your videos!
Brilliant! Thank you so much. This move is a lot more complicated than it seems
Bro you're an excellent teacher. I just started wrestling and have been struggling with this. Much appreciated, from South Africa. 🇿🇦
How does it work with the penetration step?
Great coaching video. Thanks.
Thank you. I need to update this video since it’s been a few years
Great tips Alec I am a youth wrestling coach these are perfect drills for perfecting a good shot great technique
Happy to hear this
Very nice, been stucking to hip throws and foot sweeps due to lack of succes with these.
Thank you man, I always had a need for speed and would dropped directly on my knee causing a lot of pain. This is definitely something I have to share in my wrestling teams GC!
I have seen 6 seconds of this video and the thumbnail. I can tell by your aura that you are elite, and way better than me. I will edit this if Im wrong but I know I wont have to.
Doing a slow shot is SOOO much harder than people think, trying to explain it rather than just doing it always seems odd.
Imo the first knee should be in the center of the opponent so they don't know which side you're trying to shoot on or push them towards.
MegaSkilla 🦟👏🏽
I hate reading comments while listening bc it's so distracting.
@MegaSkilla I didn't quite get it, do you have any videos as an example to help me understand it better
@MegaSkilla can you send me a video of that move you were talking about some how?
I know that you use this crouching technique to maximize the power to the ground but if we look about weight retribution. Your upper chest weight more than your lower legs and that change how you can use your weight at your advantage.
Exemple: what happen if you grap around your opponent neck or upper chest, At this moment, if your weight is in your legs, you can break his back due your weight drop very down by raising your legs from the ground. If you have a big upper chest, your weight will drop back and it have the great chance that you fall on the back instead fall on your legs by inclining them behind.
first year of wrestling, I did that first example for 3 months everyday for 2 hours a day... before season ended I lightly tripped and landed on my knee and it blew out
my knees thank you sir!!! great video exactly what I was looking for
This was the best break down I have ever seen. Respect ✊🏾
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I appreciate the way you demonstrated very well thank you
Great video with detailed step-by-step explanation. I'll be checking out more of your stuff.
Thanks so much for that
This was very detailed and informative! Thank you!! Please do more videos
Thanks for this I’m always going straight from standing to driving my knee into the mat and was wondering why it hurts so much
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Thanks bro its my first year wrestling and i have a good feelig about it i feel like i got potential to be better
Unbelievable! Can't wait to try this.
Thxx for breaking down the breakdown, very Helpfull!!! 😀
Great video !
You show the real power of moving through your core, and using your hips.
You’re a good teacher, nice lesson bro thanks.
The best explanation and breakdown I've ever seen of the wrestling shot. Subscribing for sure. Keep up the great content!
this video is gold
OMG! Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks soo much!!
You are such a legend. I do bjj and never did wrestling. I have so much trouble with fucking double leg( am a blue belt). When i go for double leg i dont change level. Why tue coach didnt tell me this? I dont know. Thank you bro keep them videos up. 💪💪
Thank you. It felt to me like every time I go for a double leg, I waste my power. I just can't get it. I know why now thanks.
Very well presented. Thank you
Great breakdown
Excellent step by step! Will be drilling this, thanks
Thats instantly what I did 😂 my knees were so bruised I was puzzled how people constantly shot without their knees going bad
What a very detailed explanation I have not seen it like this before. Thx!
Great detailed video on simple most effective thing 🤙
This video was so useful, thanks a lot
Excellent. Thank you very much from Rome Sir 🇮🇹
He is Well Spoken and Likable! Thumbs Up!New Sub.
Thank you i‘ m from Austria and want to learn it now at my 39 Birthday 😂 your Video help me much to understand 💪
Well explained, I could relate me to that guy who hits the knee directly to the ground.
this is a fantastic vid! More please
Bro I swear you help me so much thank you my brother ❤
Happy to help 🙌🏾
Nice details will definately try it out!
Very detailed explanation great job buddy 👌
superb breakdown.