I’m seeing many issues with this instruction. All three of these takedowns would be very low percentage. The most grievous offender is the second one. You can’t take someone who is actively resisting down by pulling just their shoulders. A simple adjustment would be to also kick the back of their leg as you pull. This guy also teaches the arm drag very poorly. Not reaching high, not getting chest to the back of the arm, and moving himself not the opponent. Same story with that shallow undertook. A resist opponent would pull their arm out. You need a deep undertook with weight on them to keep someone bent over like that. Otherwise the dude would literally just posture up and away from the strikes. Too many issues to count here. For any students reading please be try to actively resist and see what happens. You’ll find a lot of this crap doesn’t work. Source: 11 years of combat sports. Not “martial arts.”
I’m seeing many issues with this instruction. All three of these takedowns would be very low percentage. The most grievous offender is the second one. You can’t take someone who is actively resisting down by pulling just their shoulders. A simple adjustment would be to also kick the back of their leg as you pull. This guy also teaches the arm drag very poorly. Not reaching high, not getting chest to the back of the arm, and moving himself not the opponent. Same story with that shallow undertook. A resist opponent would pull their arm out. You need a deep undertook with weight on them to keep someone bent over like that. Otherwise the dude would literally just posture up and away from the strikes. Too many issues to count here. For any students reading please be try to actively resist and see what happens. You’ll find a lot of this crap doesn’t work.
Source: 11 years of combat sports. Not “martial arts.”
I would call the first one a old man take down. Great for novice
I remember this session clearly. It's great to see the clip for reference to keep it sharp in the mind.