[flankwood]

I've learned so many techniques, it's a shame to forget them after time. I used to go for a single leg takedown at the ankle in the past but I find myself shooting for doubles more often now. So what's your favorite/most effective takedown?

I like to shoot between the legs and takedown to the side. Although I think the single leg at the ankle was more effective

[bma_mat]

Pull scissor sweep lol.

[crazyfacejack]

you want good take downs do yourself a favour and search out igor yakimovs russian judo!!!!!!!

since learning a few of these and adjusting my grips my judo partners hate randori with me

my favourite takedown is the georgian/khaberreli pickup

[roll]

my favorite is the oochi mata, (don't think i spelled it right), its easy to do and leaves you in a good position.

[bmikebjj]

my favorites are the first ones on this video and they work well for me.


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[heavyfrost]

Against bigger opp. level change arm-drag to behind the leg single

Gi- osoto gari/Ouchi combo or hiza/osoto combo

Drop knee seoinage is good. maybe tome if it presents itself.

no-gi : armdrag take the back and kick the knees out. or tai toshi like leg trip from the back with the arm tied up.

I jump /pull guard a lot..takes downs are risky in a jiu-jitsu match

[Zending]

Double leg take-down. All day. Everday.

[Dirtyrancher]

For BJJ if the guy is grabbing my lapel and stalling, then the runaway double leg, only if he's not a wrestler though.

[JasonM1982]

High Crotch to whatever. I like the ones Jacare was using sometimes too.

[SavageKitsune]

I learned an awesome technique in a Shaolin class where you put your foot beside the other person's foot, your knee on the opposite side of their knee (so your shin and the other person's shin form an "X") and then just lean/lunge into the other person to buckle the leg. It works from almost any angle, with almost no effort involved as long as the positioning is correct.

I'm dying to try this in BJJ- but unfortunately, on the rare occasions so far when I've been in a class where standup was involved, the BJJ people all grab hold of me, lean their upper bodies into me and angle their feet away. Since I am much shorter than any of them, this means I can't reach their feet at all.

(Somebody please enlighten me if this move is illegal in BJJ! I think many of my Shaolin takedowns are going to be legal except for the ones that involve kicking... and some of those, I can modify so that the kick turns into a push. I can't wait to do some more standup, but that doesn't seem to be a large part of the curriculum here.)

[Locke07]