I have wrestled for 8 years. This man knows what he is talking about. The two mistakes I would always make was searching or reaching with the arms and having bad posture. I often wrestled people heavier than me through college and my doubles would rarely work on them so I always preferred the snatch single leg takedown. I attempt an outside leg trip and while they are trying to regain their balance, I grab the single leg.
@@MMACoach79 I remember I had a wrestling coach who came in to run a practice at a Wrestling nonprofit that helped teach skills to people in NYC. The trick he recommended for double legs is that you want to attempt to have your initial penetration step be through the legs of your opponent so that before you have done your level change and set up to finish your takedown your opponent was already off balance. Just out of curiosity, is there a similar style of "chain wrestling" where you fully commit to every takedown but you make sure that your takedowns become good combos for winning
I'm I the only one who would be really scared about getting thrown, falling, rolling or somehow crashing into those radiators? Looks extremely dangerous to have sharp metal edges exposed like that in a mma gym. :/ Great video though! :)
Fredrik Wahlgren That was our old gym. Now we're in a bigger one which will be seen in the future videos. We never had anyone crash into the radiators because we they careful, and the rest of the gym is padded. Thanks for the concern Fredrik. :)
#3, planting the knee.. I train by-myself, no MMA gyms in my town,, been having this problem FOREVER, finally this video explains it..I almost gave up.. Time to get to work on not planting my knee. Maybe i'll even get this guys DVD's because he's the 1st to explain this.
A lot of people plant the knee and that's why I included it as one of the most common mistakes. I use to do it too. Low double leg ia not the only way to do it. You can also try the tackle (high double leg). No need to go down on your knees with that variation.
I've recently started training wrestling by myself for that reason (but I also do bjj at a gym), and it's been hard to learn this way. Do you have any tips for self-training? I'm hoping to train wrestling at a community college in the future.
Technique/concept videos can often be repetitive, but this one was edited perfectly. I loved the cuts of the active uke resistance-- just long enough to see what could go wrong, but brief enough to not bog down the pace of the narrative. Great vid, +1 sub
Double Leg Takedown, 6 most common mistakes: 1) Bad posture (0:49) 2) Shooting in fron too far (1:46) 3) Planting the lead knee (2:41) 4) Searching with the legs with arms (3:10) 5) Not committing to the takedown (3:52) 6) Not running through your opponent (4:56)
Thank you! very good advices! I do Sanda sanshou and I struggle a lot with the double leg takedown and I realised I do quite a lot of those mistakes. Now I can fix it
@@jameshudibyo483 yes it is. un sanda we have alot of takedowns and throws. once a fighter is down. the fight gets paused and you have to stand up. so there is no groundfighting.
Finally somebody with REAL wrestling knowledge speaks up on the double-leg in MMA. So many of the people you hear from are BJJ guys who do a loose half-hearted adaptation and it's become the dominant perception of double-leg takedowns in mainstream fighting fandom.
i wrestled in highschool and have dabbled in other martial arts and these are great tips. I think the most underrated parts is the penetration step and head location. If your penetrating step is good they should be off balance before up even grab the legs. And the head position is key bc by looking across the back as you finish gives you so much more power than first trying to muscle it and pick them up.
Question. If you want to train for MMA and want to have Wrestling as your strongest background. Should you first go to an MMA gym and train striking, bjj AND WRESTLING (whilst prioritising your wrestling) or should you only train in PURE WRESTLING FIRST before transitioning? I really wanna know.
Very good tips. I learned a lot. It always struck me as wrong to slam your knee into the ground to do a double leg and I was never going to train that way. 🙂
Around the legs. ;) You can wrap them high up just under the butt, or lower. Either way make sure they are wrapped (deep grip), and not touching with hands only.
CRUCIAL QUESTION: If you want to train for MMA and want to have Wrestling as your strongest background. Should you first go to an MMA gym and train striking, bjj AND WRESTLING (whilst prioritising your wrestling) or should you only train in PURE WRESTLING FIRST for some time before transitioning to MMA? I really wanna know.
enrol in a wrestling gym first. train it for about a year and then start MMA. so you wont have alot of problems with your wrestling. but i perefer judo or juijutsu instead of wrestling cause there is submissions and self defences in judo and juijitsu as well.
I've also seen people (e.g. fedor) finish a high double by cutting the angle, is it sensible to combine the frontal offbalancing high double (I guess classical morote gari in judo) with the angle cut finish (arguably te guruma)? I've noticed that the drop-step double I learned in MMA is hard to defend in part because of this direction change.
Having a proper form is sometimes not enough - injuries can still happen if your back is weak. Whenever I drill a lot of double legs or do other kinds of lifting, and my back and abs are not in shape, I usually get a light injury. The solution is to do back extensions and situps every day. Start with 2-3 sets of 10-15 reps and hold the back extension on the last rep and count to 10 slowly. This always does the trick and then my back are injury free. You have to consult your doctor first in case you have a more serious injury like a herniated disc. I might do a video in the future about this...
There are many ways to set the double leg up, with or without hands up. I teach the offensive and the defensive setups (just how I call them). Offensive - preparing the entry with the punch. Defnesive - preparing the entry with the slip. To learn more about it, check out MMA: Essential Lessons part 1 and 2: www.mmacoach.net/store And you can use faints of course.
Thanks I've learned many good technics from your lesson..only i want you advise me shall i start with other martil arts first before then mma or start mma straight ?? please reply me thanks again
That depends a lot on the person and other factors. GSP has the best shoot in the business and he says that his Karate background helped him a lot with timing the double leg. Which would be logical if he was a Shotokan practitioner (because the have those blitz types of attacks). But he was a Kyokushin fighter so it is a bit confusing to me because they mostly stand and bang. Sanda is not a pure striking art, but incorporates takedowns as well. Muay Thai also has takedowns but they are mostly done from the clinch. It doesn't matter what your background in striking is because you can learn how to take people down with enough training and effort.
MMA Coach ok how about boxing? And which one should I train in since I don't have a striking background and would love to use takedowns in mma when I start fighting?
MMA Coach ok how about boxing? And which one should I train in since I don't have a striking background and would love to use takedowns in mma when I start fighting?
Boxing is great and it is the most used striking art in MMA. The best way to connect striking and takedowns is either by slipping the punch and going for the takedown or by setting up takedowns with punches. So start learning boxing and pay close attention to head movement (slips, weaves...).
this is a good video and I have mma exam next week but one thing caught my eye is that you leave your head out laying it on opponents side, might not be such a good idea because you could easily get guillotine done on you? Our coach always tells us to keep our head inside and laying it on their chest
There are many variations of the double leg and several head positions (outside, inside, on the chest). It is not incorrect and if you drive hard sideways during the takedown and clear the legs, getting guillotined is difficult.
I have a simple question regarding doing double leg takedown in MMA situation. Please don't crap on me for how simple it is. When my opponent has his left leg forward, what are the advantages and disadvantages of shooting for a double leg where my head goes to the right side of his body? Versus the left side of his body? Thank you.
It's a good question. I call that far side (hip) double leg. Most fighters shoot with the head aiming for the near hip, and there is nothing wrong with that. The disadvantage if we can call it that is that people expect it and have drilled the double leg defense against it many times. Double leg defense is probably the most drilled takedown defense. Far side double leg can of course also be defended, but sometimes people expect the near side double, sprawl accordingly which many times means twisting their body to the side and spreading legs. That can actually aid the attacker since his head goes on the "wrong side". And there are several ways to finish it. Check out this video that showcases TJ Dilllashaw's far side doubles: ua-cam.com/video/In47i85tfEw/v-deo.html
@@MMACoach79 I think every takedown that Khabib ever did in UFC he put the right side of his head against his opponent's R hip. I dont recall Khabib ever putting the left side of his head against his opponent's left hip?
@@MMACoach79 I think a video on when you would choose to do a near-side double? and when you would choose to do a far-side double? would be very helpful. And the advantages and disadvantages of both. Thank you for considering.
It can be if a judoka learns how to modify it for MMA. Everybody knows how to defend single and double legs (not saying those will not work anyway), but not a lot of people know how to deal with some specific judo throws as they have never experienced them before. Wrestling is better for MMA, but it will depend on the individual also.
The only guy I seen get take downs from really far away was KHabib agains Connor, after connor threw a kick, KHabib distanced, then shot in shockingly deep from far away. But otherwise I haven't seen it against anyone good.
Someone can help me with this please. My coach told me that is not the best way to put the knee on the floor but is very difficult for me to do the take down I need a council please and thanks for the video
I wish I had known about shooting in from closer a long time ago. I suppose if you're Kurt Angle or Sean Sherk you can get away with it but there's just so much time for your opponent to react. Most people that try it are going to have their takedowns stuffed or run into a knee.
Being closer to your opponent makes the double leg increases the chances of success, but it doesn't guarantee it. It is still possible to hit it from further away, but it is quite unlikely.
It helped me A LOT. Before my injury, I rarely got the double to work. When shooting with one arm, your penetration step has to be on point in order for the takedown to work.
I have wrestled for 8 years. This man knows what he is talking about. The two mistakes I would always make was searching or reaching with the arms and having bad posture. I often wrestled people heavier than me through college and my doubles would rarely work on them so I always preferred the snatch single leg takedown. I attempt an outside leg trip and while they are trying to regain their balance, I grab the single leg.
JungleFevor Thank you very much. :)
your neck is so thick haha..
@@MMACoach79 I remember I had a wrestling coach who came in to run a practice at a Wrestling nonprofit that helped teach skills to people in NYC. The trick he recommended for double legs is that you want to attempt to have your initial penetration step be through the legs of your opponent so that before you have done your level change and set up to finish your takedown your opponent was already off balance. Just out of curiosity, is there a similar style of "chain wrestling" where you fully commit to every takedown but you make sure that your takedowns become good combos for winning
Psychology Stud so sad that there is no wrestling in Canada’s high school
Wait so i shouldnt use double leg takedowns if my opponent is heavier??
I'm I the only one who would be really scared about getting thrown, falling, rolling or somehow crashing into those radiators?
Looks extremely dangerous to have sharp metal edges exposed like that in a mma gym. :/
Great video though! :)
Fredrik Wahlgren That was our old gym. Now we're in a bigger one which will be seen in the future videos. We never had anyone crash into the radiators because we they careful, and the rest of the gym is padded.
Thanks for the concern Fredrik. :)
#3, planting the knee.. I train by-myself, no MMA gyms in my town,, been having this problem FOREVER, finally this video explains it..I almost gave up.. Time to get to work on not planting my knee. Maybe i'll even get this guys DVD's because he's the 1st to explain this.
A lot of people plant the knee and that's why I included it as one of the most common mistakes. I use to do it too.
Low double leg ia not the only way to do it. You can also try the tackle (high double leg). No need to go down on your knees with that variation.
I've recently started training wrestling by myself for that reason (but I also do bjj at a gym), and it's been hard to learn this way. Do you have any tips for self-training? I'm hoping to train wrestling at a community college in the future.
Technique/concept videos can often be repetitive, but this one was edited perfectly. I loved the cuts of the active uke resistance-- just long enough to see what could go wrong, but brief enough to not bog down the pace of the narrative. Great vid, +1 sub
defcon Thank you. I try to make them as interesting as I can.
This is by far the best video I've seen demystifying the double leg, thank you.
Thank you Rudy. More videos are coming up soon...
Super objasnjeno, svaka cast! :)
Double Leg Takedown, 6 most common mistakes:
1) Bad posture (0:49)
2) Shooting in fron too far (1:46)
3) Planting the lead knee (2:41)
4) Searching with the legs with arms (3:10)
5) Not committing to the takedown (3:52)
6) Not running through your opponent (4:56)
This teacher works with me. Very easy to follow and understand.
Thank you.
Definitely the best vid i saw so far on double leg. Excellent
Thank you.
Just what i needed to finally feel well rounded thank you
One of the best martial arts videos I've seen.
Thank you.
The video is toooo good man! keep up the good work!
Great Guy Thank you, I will.
Every guy that wants to do mma, sould be watching this video twice a day. Great Video, great demos and great details. 👍
Hvala puno. :)
very useful, thank you.
By the way those heaters on the wall are very dangerous..
Awesome video I have been making all these mistakes. Thanks so much for your advice.
You're welcome. :)
Very, VERY good video on Double Leg takedown mistakes. and some great philosophy with regards to life and full conviction! Thank you!
송영진 Thank you. Jigoro Kano said that the highest expression of Judo is the application of it's principles in life, and I agree.
Thank you! very good advices! I do Sanda sanshou and I struggle a lot with the double leg takedown and I realised I do quite a lot of those mistakes. Now I can fix it
Hey isnt that Chinese kickboxing? They have takedowns?
@@jameshudibyo483 yes it is. un sanda we have alot of takedowns and throws. once a fighter is down. the fight gets paused and you have to stand up. so there is no groundfighting.
Thanks you very much for this video! Now I understand why I failed takedowns.
Nice guidance sir
Lovely soundtrack on this one 🕺
Thanks. Drum 'n' bass rules.
Excellent video! Very informative and great explanations , like the music too lol
Thank you. A little bit of drum 'n' bass never hurt anyone. ;)
Thank you for the great instruction.
Beautiful work!
Thank you.
This guy is a real master. Teaching with perfectionism. Congrats 👏🏼 oss
Thank you.
Excellent advice thank you
You are welcome.
Be careful you don’t cut the corner into the rad. Great instruction! Thanks 🙏
Finally somebody with REAL wrestling knowledge speaks up on the double-leg in MMA. So many of the people you hear from are BJJ guys who do a loose half-hearted adaptation and it's become the dominant perception of double-leg takedowns in mainstream fighting fandom.
Thank you. The Main difference are the setups and stance.
keep adding chill music coach!
I will (haven't done that in a long time).
Thanks you coach 🙏
thanks coach this is a amazing channel
Thank you. Glad you like it.
Great video, thanks!
Glad you liked it, thanks.
I do high doubles and this is perfect advice. Gsp is probably the king in doing these.
i wrestled in highschool and have dabbled in other martial arts and these are great tips. I think the most underrated parts is the penetration step and head location. If your penetrating step is good they should be off balance before up even grab the legs. And the head position is key bc by looking across the back as you finish gives you so much more power than first trying to muscle it and pick them up.
your way of teachiching is so amaizing, its so easy to understand. Thankyou sir
I think this is the best double leg video out there. Thanks a lot.
Thanks, I'm glad you like it. :)
Question. If you want to train for MMA and want to have Wrestling as your strongest background. Should you first go to an MMA gym and train striking, bjj AND WRESTLING (whilst prioritising your wrestling) or should you only train in PURE WRESTLING FIRST before transitioning? I really wanna know.
One thing that is good about this is he talks about his personal mistakes so you don't feel so bad about things you got wrong.
Very good tips. I learned a lot. It always struck me as wrong to slam your knee into the ground to do a double leg and I was never going to train that way. 🙂
Thank you.
Amazing Video
This video is so good!
Thank you.
Good tips, teaches the little tweaks that even experienced double leggers can use
Thank you. The devil is in the details.
I really like the high double leg at the end. I find I run through but they just don't go down. Where do I wrap my arms?
Around the legs. ;)
You can wrap them high up just under the butt, or lower. Either way make sure they are wrapped (deep grip), and not touching with hands only.
really nice dynamic instrucionnal video . didnt see a lot like this one . thx!
Steady Life Thank you.
awesome video im new to grappling and it explained alot thanks
Very good!
+Gustavo Cardoso dos Santos Thanks.:)
CRUCIAL QUESTION: If you want to train for MMA and want to have Wrestling as your strongest background. Should you first go to an MMA gym and train striking, bjj AND WRESTLING (whilst prioritising your wrestling) or should you only train in PURE WRESTLING FIRST for some time before transitioning to MMA? I really wanna know.
enrol in a wrestling gym first. train it for about a year and then start MMA. so you wont have alot of problems with your wrestling. but i perefer judo or juijutsu instead of wrestling cause there is submissions and self defences in judo and juijitsu as well.
I've also seen people (e.g. fedor) finish a high double by cutting the angle, is it sensible to combine the frontal offbalancing high double (I guess classical morote gari in judo) with the angle cut finish (arguably te guruma)? I've noticed that the drop-step double I learned in MMA is hard to defend in part because of this direction change.
guird4 Yes, of course you can do that. Start high and cut the corner.
thanks for replying!
Great info, I loved the editing work!
Thank you.
great pointers coach.
Thank you.
After watching this hopefully I won't hurt my back again,this helped a lot,thanks!!!!!
Having a proper form is sometimes not enough - injuries can still happen if your back is weak.
Whenever I drill a lot of double legs or do other kinds of lifting, and my back and abs are not in shape, I usually get a light injury.
The solution is to do back extensions and situps every day. Start with 2-3 sets of 10-15 reps and hold the back extension on the last rep and count to 10 slowly.
This always does the trick and then my back are injury free.
You have to consult your doctor first in case you have a more serious injury like a herniated disc.
I might do a video in the future about this...
Really good material and instruction, thank you.
Glad you like it. :)
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great video. alot of good pointers
Thank you very much! Very helpful 💪😁👍😊
Great videos coach. Keep it up. I am sure your subscribers will raise to the roof pretty soon.
Thank you. That's the plan. :)
Good vid. Thanks
THIS IS GOLD
Great video. Thank you.
Excellent points. Thanks, man.
You're welcome.
awesome video mate, again :)
Šone Zver Thanks. :) More vids coming up soon...
Excellent tutorial! Subscribed!
Thanks Jason, more instructionals coming up...
What an awesome informative video! You really covered a lot in a short time. Very nice, man!
Thank you. :)
Awesome video!
Thank you. :)
Nice video, thanks for the tips
At the beginning of the action, do you recommend to faint with hands up ☝ ?? Thanks
There are many ways to set the double leg up, with or without hands up. I teach the offensive and the defensive setups (just how I call them). Offensive - preparing the entry with the punch. Defnesive - preparing the entry with the slip. To learn more about it, check out MMA: Essential Lessons part 1 and 2: www.mmacoach.net/store
And you can use faints of course.
great video sir
This is awesome thank you!
Thank you!
Those judo counters were beautiful. More reason for me not to try to hit a sloppy throw I barely know lol
Thanks I've learned many good technics from your lesson..only i want you advise me shall i start with other martil arts first before then mma or start mma straight ?? please reply me thanks again
You can start with MMA or with other martial arts. It doesn't matter.
@@MMACoach79 ok thanks mark but i love mma.. bjj.. judo..muay thai i don't know with one i chose it😞😟
You called Sanda as Sansho, classy af
Can you do one for a different type of takedown?
great tips
Which striking background is best for setting up takedowns? Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay thai, Karate, Sanda, Kickboxing etc.
That depends a lot on the person and other factors.
GSP has the best shoot in the business and he says that his Karate background helped him a lot with timing the double leg. Which would be logical if he was a Shotokan practitioner (because the have those blitz types of attacks). But he was a Kyokushin fighter so it is a bit confusing to me because they mostly stand and bang.
Sanda is not a pure striking art, but incorporates takedowns as well. Muay Thai also has takedowns but they are mostly done from the clinch.
It doesn't matter what your background in striking is because you can learn how to take people down with enough training and effort.
MMA Coach ok how about boxing? And which one should I train in since I don't have a striking background and would love to use takedowns in mma when I start fighting?
MMA Coach ok how about boxing? And which one should I train in since I don't have a striking background and would love to use takedowns in mma when I start fighting?
Boxing is great and it is the most used striking art in MMA. The best way to connect striking and takedowns is either by slipping the punch and going for the takedown or by setting up takedowns with punches.
So start learning boxing and pay close attention to head movement (slips, weaves...).
MMA Coach thanks.
Thank You🙌👊🔥🔥🔥💯
this is a good video and I have mma exam next week but one thing caught my eye is that you leave your head out laying it on opponents side, might not be such a good idea because you could easily get guillotine done on you? Our coach always tells us to keep our head inside and laying it on their chest
There are many variations of the double leg and several head positions (outside, inside, on the chest). It is not incorrect and if you drive hard sideways during the takedown and clear the legs, getting guillotined is difficult.
great video!
Thanks.
This was too good, man! Thanks a bunch!
Thank you, glad you like it. :)
Awesooomeee!!!
Thank you.
Great advice. New sub here.
I have a simple question regarding doing double leg takedown in MMA situation. Please don't crap on me for how simple it is. When my opponent has his left leg forward, what are the advantages and disadvantages of shooting for a double leg where my head goes to the right side of his body? Versus the left side of his body? Thank you.
It's a good question. I call that far side (hip) double leg. Most fighters shoot with the head aiming for the near hip, and there is nothing wrong with that. The disadvantage if we can call it that is that people expect it and have drilled the double leg defense against it many times. Double leg defense is probably the most drilled takedown defense.
Far side double leg can of course also be defended, but sometimes people expect the near side double, sprawl accordingly which many times means twisting their body to the side and spreading legs. That can actually aid the attacker since his head goes on the "wrong side". And there are several ways to finish it.
Check out this video that showcases TJ Dilllashaw's far side doubles:
ua-cam.com/video/In47i85tfEw/v-deo.html
@@MMACoach79 I think every takedown that Khabib ever did in UFC he put the right side of his head against his opponent's R hip. I dont recall Khabib ever putting the left side of his head against his opponent's left hip?
@@MMACoach79 I think a video on when you would choose to do a near-side double? and when you would choose to do a far-side double? would be very helpful. And the advantages and disadvantages of both. Thank you for considering.
Thanks a lot from France, it's very instructive.
You've talking about Judo , do you think it's a great tool in MMA ?
It can be if a judoka learns how to modify it for MMA. Everybody knows how to defend single and double legs (not saying those will not work anyway), but not a lot of people know how to deal with some specific judo throws as they have never experienced them before.
Wrestling is better for MMA, but it will depend on the individual also.
this video is kind of old, but thaaaank you
But still relevant. You're welcome.
@@MMACoach79 for sure! I meant like i wasnt expecting you to see my comment lol!
Good stuff!
Thanks Sean, glad you like it. :)
I can't let you get close!
Chael!
How do you breakfall with double leg attacks? I'm not a fan of double legs as I feel they take too long and a lot of energy
Now I know how to do a double takedown I'm gonna use it
I'm glad I could be of assistance.
The only guy I seen get take downs from really far away was KHabib agains Connor, after connor threw a kick, KHabib distanced, then shot in shockingly deep from far away.
But otherwise I haven't seen it against anyone good.
good stuff
Muy Bien!!
Which kind editor did this?
Software? Premiere Pro.
Someone can help me with this please. My coach told me that is not the best way to put the knee on the floor but is very difficult for me to do the take down I need a council please and thanks for the video
I wish I had known about shooting in from closer a long time ago. I suppose if you're Kurt Angle or Sean Sherk you can get away with it but there's just so much time for your opponent to react. Most people that try it are going to have their takedowns stuffed or run into a knee.
Being closer to your opponent makes the double leg increases the chances of success, but it doesn't guarantee it. It is still possible to hit it from further away, but it is quite unlikely.
what is the name of the judo move that you used? thanks btw
Daesung Kim Harai goshi.
harai goshi
Double leg takedown for MMA
Super 👍👍👍👍👍
awesome
Aaron Ramsden Thank you. :)
MMA Coach you're welcome, I just got into bjj a few months ago and the tips are really helpful
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Shooting for takedowns with one hand would actually be a good training drill to improve takedown accuracy.
It helped me A LOT. Before my injury, I rarely got the double to work. When shooting with one arm, your penetration step has to be on point in order for the takedown to work.
nice
Steinadler X Thank you.