Blue belt · Takedown · Key
Double-leg takedown
You drop under their arms and drive through both legs to take them down. Use it when they stand tall or lean in, especially after a fake or a snap brings their weight forward.
Step by step
- Set it up: snap their head down or fake high so their hips come forward.
- Change levels, then take a penetration step: your lead knee lands between their feet, head up and tight to their chest or side.
- Wrap both legs behind the knees, ear on their ribs.
- Bring your back foot up beside your lead knee and drive at an angle (toward a corner), not straight forward.
- As they land, keep your head on their chest, clear their legs and settle into side control.
Details that make it work
- Drive diagonally through them, like pushing a car out of a corner.
- Keep your head outside their body or on their chest. A head out in front of them gets guillotined.
Common mistakes
- Shooting with your head down, straight into a guillotine.
- Stopping after the penetration step instead of driving through.
Drill it
10 penetration steps to the knee, then 10 full doubles on a soft landing.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Side control: pins & pressure Control · Side control
- Knee cut (knee slice) pass Pass · Passing
Set it up from
How to defend it
Double-leg defense: downblock and sprawl: How to stop a double leg: downblock, sprawl early and go to front headlock. Use it as soon as their level drops.
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