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Takedown (Attack) Flashcards

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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Pull guard from standing

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  1. From standing simultaneously grab your opponent’s sleeve and their opposite collar (doesn’t need to be deep)
  2. Side step to the side with the collar grip and place opposite foot up on your opponent’s hip.
  3. Twist your body (towards the side you have your foot up on opponent’s hip) as you sit down and drag your opponent off base. Pull them into closed guard.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Double leg takedown

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  1. From standing step one leg forward between their legs. You should step fairly close to opponent.
  2. Put your shoulder into their hips and grab their legs behind or just under the knees.
  3. Look ‘up’ and use your neck as a hook to drive them down and to the side.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Sweep your opponent from standing

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  1. If you and your opponent are standing and facing one another, get your grips. Get a collar grip with one hand (same side) and grip the fabric of their gi on the back of their tricep with your other hand.
  2. Step with your outer leg to the same side you have the tricep grip. Your foot should land parallel with theirs (if you are too far in front of them or too far behind, you will be off base and they can counter sweep you). At the same time, use your grips to lift/pull your opponent towards you to get them off balance (‘look at the watch’ and ‘answer the phone’)
  3. Kick your trailing leg through the space between your opponent’s leg and yours. When you swing your leg backwards to the starting point, kick out your opponent’s leg from behind the knee. In the same motion twist your body to push/throw them to the floor and land in knee-on-belly position. Make sure to keep your opposite leg stretched/posted far away so they cannot underhook it and counter sweep you.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Pull open guard from standing

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  1. Get a solid grip on your opponent’s collar (on the same side as your gripping hand).
  2. Plant your opposite hand on the floor next to your same foot and do a ‘reverse technical stand up’ to sit and shoot your legs towards your opponent.
  3. Make sure to keep your legs WIDE so you can catch your opponent.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Trip your opponent backwards from standing

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  1. If you and your opponent are standing and facing one another, get your grips. Get a collar grip with one hand (same side) and grip the fabric of their gi on the back of their tricep with your other hand.
  2. Step your foot (on the same side you have the collar grip) between your opponent’s legs. Your hips should be perpendicular to theirs.
  3. Bring your other leg in to take the place of your first foot and use your arms to lift up your opponent by your grips to get them off balance.
  4. With your collar grip, push your opponent’s gi back to expose their shoulder. Looking over their shoulder at the ground, hook your initial stepping leg behind their leg and twist your upper body toward that same direction, to trip your opponent on a diagonal. Immediately get on top in whatever way you can.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Scoop up opponent’s leg and trip them from standing

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  1. If you and your opponent are standing and facing one another, get your grips. Get a collar grip with one hand (same side) and grip the fabric of their gi on the back of their tricep with your other hand.
  2. In the same motion, (a) twist your upper body so you bring your opponent’s arm upward while (b) stepping forward (on the same side you have the tricep grip) and planting your foot by your opponent’s (on the same side). You should now be semi-perpendicular to your opponent.
  3. Keeping your collar grip, ‘charge’ forward into your opponent to keep them off balance while letting go of your tricep grip and scooping up your opponent’s leg that is closest to you. You should go for an ‘under’ side grip.
  4. Raise your opponent’s leg high while continuing to push forward to keep them off balance. You can now leg go of the collar grip and get an ‘over’ grip on your opponent’s raised leg to solidify your grip and raise the leg higher.
  5. Use one of your legs to trip your opponent on their standing leg and topple them over backwards. You should follow and immediately land in side control.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Take down via level change using grips on back/belt and leg

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  1. If you have a same-side collar and sleeve grip on your opponent, use a ‘blanket-flapping’ motion to get them off balance and bring them to perpendicular to you. You should also be moving, not just pulling them into place.
  2. Once you have your opponent perpendicular, yank their sleeve and collar upward and then leg go and drop levels for the take down.
  3. In the same fluid motion (a) reach around their waist to grab the back of their belt, (b) reach down with your other hand to scoop up their leg behind the knee joint and (c) step/sweep in with the same-side leg as your belt gripping hand to place your foot between your opponent’s legs and sweep their leg in to you while driving your opponent backward and down with your shoulder.
  4. Once you have your opponent on the floor, drive your shoulder into them to keep them on the floor while moving your legs to pass guard.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Steering wheel take down from standing

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  1. If you have a same-side collar and sleeve grip on your opponent and attempt to trip by sitting down and shooting in to wrap one leg around your opponent’s leg (on same side as your sleeve grip), but your opponent steps their leg back out of your line of attack then transition to the steering wheel take down.
  2. Keep a FIRM grip on your opponent’s collar and keep their posture down while you release the sleeve grip and loop your arm around your opponent’s leg behind the knee.
  3. With your non-shooting leg, step through so you have a stronger base and ram your head into your opponent’s rib cage.
  4. Using your head as a battering ram and using your collar grip to pull your opponent down and your other hand to bring their leg up, twist your body in a ‘steering wheel’ motion to take your opponent down. If they are much bigger, it helps to stand while driving them down to get more power/better angle.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[NO-GI - TRANSITION]
neck grip > choke hold > bring to ground > back take

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  1. If you start from standing, establish neck and wrist control with your opponent (cupping one hand behind their neck and grabbing their wrist on the opposite side).
  2. Once established, pull their neck downward to your opposite side to loop your arm under their neck. With the hand that was on the back of their neck, loop underneath their arm pit and grasp your hands together to lock their head in place.
  3. Once your head lock / choke grip is established, step backwards and sprawl/bring your opponent to the ground.
  4. Once on the ground, use your shoulder/chest against your opponent’s shoulder (on the side you have the underhook on) to press your opponent into the ground and use this as a pivot point to step/pivot around to wind up parallel to your opponent and get them in a body lock before transitioning to the seatbelt and taking their back.

Option: if it’s available, go right to the seatbelt rather than get the body lock.

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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[SUBMISSION]
Take down into closed guard and transition into triangle choke

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  1. From standing simultaneously grab your opponent’s sleeve (either at wrist or under tricep) and their opposite collar (doesn’t need to be deep)
  2. Side step to the side with the collar grip and place opposite foot up on your opponent’s hip.
  3. Twist your body (towards the side you have your foot up on opponent’s hip) as you sit down and drag your opponent off base. Rather than climbing for guard, climb right for the triangle choke.
  4. With your ‘free’ leg, snake it UNDER their arm gripping your collar and shoot it up over their shoulder. You can either pause with your foot on their shoulder and shove to break their grip on your collar or just go for it, shooting your hips upward and hooking the back of your leg over the back of their neck. You should go as high as possible to have the crook of your knee right next to their neck.
  5. Swap grips on their arm you still have a sleeve-grip on to move this arm ‘out of the way’ to your inner hip to set up the choke. Your hips should still be HIGH.
  6. With your opponent’s arm out of the way, grab their head and pull it down with your hands while pushing with your foot on their hip to tilt your body to the side and create the angle where (a) you have access to close the triangle and (b) their arm/shoulder is pressed against their own neck for optimal choking pressure.
  7. Once you have the angle, grab your own shin on the leg hooked over your opponent’s neck and throw your other leg up and over your hooked one to close the triangle.
  8. Pull your opponent’s head down while squeezing with your thighs and raising your hips to apply pressure for the tap.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Pull guard and use tripod sweep, then use knee slice to get to side control

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  1. Establish grips on your opponent’s sleeve and collar (same sides) and pull your opponent off base towards you.
  2. Once they are off base, pop your foot (on the same side you have a sleeve grip) up on their hip and swivel into the ground so your opponent is standing in your open guard. Your remaining leg should pendulum AWAY from your opponent so they cannot grab and control it.
  3. Keeping a tight grip on your opponent’s collar, immediately get your foot hooked behind your opponent’s knee. Your other foot should still be propped up on their hip, keeping them away. Tug your opponent’s collar to make them naturally posture up, and as they do so let go of the collar and shove their hips with one foot while you pull the back of their knee with your other foot. Your opponent should fall backwards.
  4. Once your opponent falls, immediately, retract the foot on their hip and fold it under you. Plant your foot that was behind their knee on the ground and bring your own knee up so your opponent doesn’t close guard on you. Immediately go for a knee slicer (on the side you had your foot on their hip). As you do so, ensure you get an underhook (on the same side you had your foot hook) so that you can control your opponent in side control.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Pull opponent forward and use inside-inside trip to trip them backward

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  1. Establish grips on your opponent’s sleeve and collar. You need to make your opponent move forwards.
  2. The moment your opponent moves forward and is about to plant their front foot, duck down and use your forward leg (should be the same side as the collar grip) to hook your foot around your opponent’s leg (on the side you have a sleeve grip) and push them backwards for the trip.
  3. You should land in your opponent’s partial half guard. Ensure you keep your collar grip and pull yourself on top of your opponent to prevent them from going on the offense.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Side step and pull opponent forward and use inside-outside trip to trip them backward (Luciano’s version)

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  1. Establish grips on your opponent’s sleeve and collar. With your foot on the sleeve-grip side, step out to the side and slide your remaining foot with you, pulling your opponent as well. You should end up perpendicular to your opponent with one leg (on the same side you have the collar grip) almost between their legs.
  2. Do a shuffle-step, to bring your leg (that is furthest from your opponent) in. It replace the spot where you had your foot planted between your opponent’s legs. With your displaced leg, hook your opponent’s outer leg from the inside (same side as your collar grip). Look over your opponent’s shoulder on that same side, and twist/push them backward for the trip.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Side step and pull opponent forward and use inside-outside trip to trip them backward (Tayane’s version)

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  1. Establish grips on your opponent’s sleeve and collar (on the SAME side - you have both the sleeve and the collar on your opponent’s single side). PULL your opponent to the opposite side so you are now perpendicular to each other.
  2. With your leg closest to your opponent, sweep at their ankle to get them to lift their leg (kick your foot against the inside of their closest ankle).
  3. Once your opponent lifts their leg to defend, use your same sweeping foot to change direction and hook behind the knee of your opponent’s remaining leg. PUSH your opponent backward, keeping grips on their sleeve and collar. You should land on your knee and shove your chest right into them so you end up in half guard or in a place you can easily scramble to mount.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRIP]
Single leg variation takedown via a trip if your opponent removes their leg from between yours.

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  1. If you are attempting a single leg takedown and have your opponent’s leg trapped between your thighs and have a grip on their far-side collar, but they defend by removing their trapped leg you can transition to a trip instead. Shuffle step toward your opponent and hook your foot behind their remaining posted leg to trip the backwards. If they do not break fall and instead attempt to hang onto your collar, this can be a nasty fall.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRANSITION]
Simple single leg variation takedown via hop back (if your opponent’s leg is trapped between yours) and then collapsing forward once your opponent is off base

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  1. If you are attempting a single leg takedown and have your opponent’s leg trapped between your thighs and have a grip on their far-side collar, simply hop backward as far as you can while keeping their leg trapped. This will pull your opponent off base.
  2. Once your opponent is off base, let go of their collar and grab their far-side leg and collapse forward to take them to the ground.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRIP]
Single leg variation take down via a trip (if your opponent’s leg is trapped between yours and you step over it)

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  1. If you are attempting a single leg takedown and have your opponent’s leg trapped between your thighs and have a grip on their far-side collar, step over their leg (so you are on the outside of their leg.
  2. Let go of your opponent’s leg and scoop that hand under your opponent’s leg (so you are basically carrying your opponent’s leg like a log) and raise it up high to keep them off base.
  3. Shuffle step close to your opponent and use your arm closest to them to grab around their waist. Keep your head pressed against their ribs and kick their leg out from under them to take them to the ground.

Note: it helps if you can lift your opponent off the ground slightly before you kick their leg out.

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[JUDO TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[SUICIDE TRIP]
Use an arm drag to partially take your opponent’s back and trip/fall backwards so you both fall but you land in a better position

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  1. If your opponent extends an arm, snatch it up in an arm drag (grab wrist and behind tricep) so you can wrap your tricep grabbing arm around their back. If possible, just cup their ribs and don’t grab their gi (otherwise you may injure your hand during the fall). Keep your grip on their wrist and keep their arm extended downward away from both your hips so they cannot use this hand to base when you both fall.
  2. At this point you should be at your opponent’s side as if you were both two side of a box creating a right angle. Step your foot (on the wrist grabbing side) forward as you step your other foot (on the tricep grabbing side) on your opponent’s nearest foot/ankle to trap it. Do not kick, just trap them.
  3. Look over your shoulder (tricep grabbing side) and fall backwards, pulling your opponent with you. As they cannot base with their arm or foot as you have trapped/controlled them, you should land in dominant position and be able to quickly scramble into side control.
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[JUDO TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRIP]
Use same side grips and a step through to do a simplified trip (similar to osotogari)

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  1. Establish wrist/elbow and collar grips on the same side. The collar grip doesn’t need to be deep, just get it around their collarbone area.
  2. Step out to the wrist/elbow side to create space while dragging your opponent’s arm with you to put them off balance.
  3. Step your second leg through the space in between you and TWIST your foot and pivot your body so you toes/ball of your foot hit the ground and your foot is facing back the direction you came from. At the same time, your hand on the collar should be pushing forward so the entire blade of your forearm is against their armpit/chest. Note that for the step through, you do not need to be very close to your opponent. In fact, about half a foot of distance is good between your hips so that you do not sit on their knee and injure them.
  4. Complete the twist so that your opponent trips over your planted foot and lands on their back/side. You should easily be able to get an armbar/mount/side control from your dominant position.
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[JUDO TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[TRIP]
Use a slap kick and a steeringwheel takedown

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  1. Establish grips on your opponent’s wrist/elbow and collar. The collar grip doesn’t need to be deep, just get it around their collarbone area.
  2. Step forward on your collar grip side, punching forward with your fist against your opponent’s shoulder to shove your opponent backward.
  3. As your opponent steps backward, use your elbow grip to drive your opponent’s elbow in between your bodies and across their body (start of the steering wheel move) to get them off balance.
  4. Use your foot on the elbow grip side to slap/kick your opponent’s ankle. To avoid pain on both sides, use the bottom of your foot to slap directly on their ankle/foot. It should not be a high kick, you’re just trying to trip them.
  5. As you slap kick, push your opponent’s shoulder back and their elbow in (in a steering wheel motion) to off balance your opponent and trip them. If they have good balance and hop to stay standing, keep hopping with them as you are in the dominant position. Continue to keep their foot up with yours and pull on the steeringwheel until they fall.
21
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[SUBMISSION]
Same side sleeve/collar snap down to loop choke

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  1. Establish wrist and collar grips on the same side. Your collar grip should be fairly low to give you space for the choke later.
  2. Jumping backwards and using full force, SNAP your opponent down (like your snapping a blanket) until you get them onto their knees. For an extra heavy snap down, you can go to your knees too and the end of a jump.
  3. Once your opponent is on the ground, let go of their wrist and use that hand to shove the back of their head into a loop choke or a guillotine.
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[TAKEDOWN - ATTACK]
[NO-GI - TRANSITION]
Escape tie up to a standing back take, use gable grip to take down and take the back for real

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  1. If you and your opponent are tied up, grabbing the backs of each other’s necks, first get to their back from standing. Use your non-neck grabbing hand to circle in and plant against their bicep. Shove their arm up while you duck under it, pulling down on their neck and swivelling onto their back. Remember to keep your hips out and your face/chest pressed against their lower back so they cannot hip toss you.
  2. Get your hands in a gable grip. Your face should be looking the same side you have an under grip.
  3. Use your elbow to trap your opponent’s hip on the side you have an overgrip and drive your opponent down to the ground. As they cannot step out with their hip trapped, it should be an easy task. You can also trip them if they have good balance.
  4. Once your opponent is on the ground, it’s easy work to step over their hips with one leg, snatch up a seat belt grip and sit back to take their back and fight for the choke.
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