15 Takedowns directly to instant Submissions (with time stamps)

[@artygunnar]

Xiao looks close to breaking point, keep doing this, he'll break out the rubber gun and start shouting bang, BANG, like Jourdan used to

[@ichirakuramenguy4604]

More like a real gun

[@varanid9]

I thought Jordan was the one into rubber knives?

[@jeegupopli1871]

@@varanid9 he is dead

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

@@jeegupopli1871 What, really?

[@IncredibleMD]

DJ's armbar is one of the craziest submissions ever. It's one thing to drop a guy and armbar him, and another entirely to catch him in an armbar in midair. Absolutely crazy.

[@schizoproductions5612]

Catch-As-Catch-Can is one of the most beautiful, rare, and intricate martial arts in the world

[@rustyshackleford735]

And it's been most well preserved in Japan.

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

Where is it taught in its original form these days? One almost never hears of it anymore. All I ever find on it are old videos and nothing more. Does no one actively compete in it now?

[@tichtran8792]

@@Vlad_Tepes_III There is Snake Pit Wigan, Snake Pit Japan, scientific wrestling ( Jake Shannon), Riley's Gym( Kyoto), or even luta livre( catch wrestling combined with kosen judo).

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

@@tichtran8792 Thanks for the info, I'll look it up.

[@snatchX626]

i never thought ramsey dewey would show a practical version of the aikido wristlock😄

[@RamseyDewey]

I’ve only shown this technique like 50 times on this channel.

[@snatchX626]

@@RamseyDewey lol. are there any other aikido techniques that you've made practical? it would be good to see a compilation; it would make guys like rokas happy😄

[@RamseyDewey]

I didn’t invent wrist locks. It’s basic jiu-jitsu and catch wrestling. The fact that this technique is also in the aikido syllabus is inconsequential. They’re just labels.

[@tichtran8792]

@@RamseyDewey Plus aikido came from aikijujutsu.

[@tichtran8792]

I would love to see those aikido wristlocks in mma or even PRO WRESTLING ( since pro wrestling came from catch wrestling). LOL.

[@GaelicMongrel2023]

I'm a simple man. I see a Ramsey Dewey video about Catch Wrestling, I hit the like button.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

I'd love to see Ramsey to pull off a Boston Crab. Make it happen.

[@RamseyDewey]

Everyone is shocked beyond belief when they get caught with a half Boston crab. It’s shockingly easy to do. Even Jigoro Kano taught this technique in the early days of judo.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

@@RamseyDewey But full Boston crab has been only done once in mma, as far as I know. That video was so hotly debated (many claims it was fake).

[@無主-f2z]

@@GuitarsRockForever are there too many mma videos to easily validate if it was actually mma, or debate if it was truly boston full crab

[@tichtran664]

I have actually seen a half boston crab in JAPANESE PRO WRESTLING. Since japanese pro wrestling was a lot closer to it catch wrestling roots. Japanese pro wrestling companies hired catch wrestlers like Billy Robinson and Karl Gotch as coaches. Plus they even hired students of Karl Gotch for at least UWFI. While Debbie Malenko, the ONLY FEMALE STUDENT OF GOTCH, went to All Japan Wrestling(a JOSHI IE FEMALE PRO WRESTLING COMPANY). Although I have also seen the full boston crab in japanese pro wrestling too.

[@gingercore69]

There is a video of a purple belt doing one kn response to a guy pulling guard, since it was not allowed he was given a warning or something like that, and then ended the fightnwith a valid technique... But it was such a flex

[@MrMeme_A]

Ty really much, this indeed helped me getting through my opponent, and finishing the round with one take down and one submission ❤👍

[@RamseyDewey]

That’s awesome!

[@RamseyDewey]

If you like this concept of stringing together takedowns and submissions, you should check out the book “Guerilla Jiu-Jitsu” by Dave Camarillo. It’s an oldie but a goodie.

[@NeutroniummAlchemist]

Poor Xiao's face every submission. The guy really has a good mindset.

[@tichtran8792]

You should see what shayna baszler does to jessmyn duke on her KZbin channel Baez. Not only submission but also the Mongolian hand chop.

[@charrleschervanik3632]

One I personally like Is The Anaconda* Choke. Its quick and effective, and Has a very easy set up from a Muy Thai Clinch. Snap em down to sprawl, gator/death roll and tighten to finish. On the other hand you can use a similar choke from North south, aptly titled the North South Choke, if you are good at doing the gator/ death roll, and you are in the bottom position.

[@salehsankar9012]

I love the face expression of Xiao every single time with a takedown technique: oh crap here we go again 😂😂😂😂😂 Mr. Dewey is an awesome teacher 💚❤

[@AmericanMMA1776]

Thanks for the techniques I won a tournament today with the sitting armbar.

[@bingsoo9559]

Thank you so much, I just graduated from High school and now this! This is the best day ever

[@kallepikku4991]

You got some smooth executions mate. One can really see you've been wrestling for long time.

[@tichtran8792]

What a lot of people don't know is that many pro wrestlers are trained LEGIT catch wrestlers. Men and women like Leyla Hirsch ( spent time in Japan where she most likely got training in catch wrestling at Snake Pit Japan), shayna baszler( trained by Billy Robinson and spent time at Snake Pit Japan), Debbie Malenko ( Karl Gotch), Chris Benoit ( Stu Hart), Chris Jericho ( Stu Hart), Norman Smiley( Gotch), Dean Malenko (Gotch), Hart kids and grandchildren including NATALYA ( Stu Hart), William Regal( by Marty Jones who was trained by Billy Robinson), etc.

[@davemeads859]

Nothing better than waking up and finding a new Ramsey video made my day great video

[@thorthethunderdawg5289]

3:38 The Tomoe Nage armbar you just showed me in your short video if only id seen this first lol...Thank you again

[@RamseyDewey]

This one is similar, but a little different. For a tomoe nage (no gi) I use a collar tie and a biceps tie up because I need a little more space to get my foot up higher toward my opponent’s abdomen so I can elevate him. With this “sitting armbar”, I don’t need to elevate my opponent, I just need to break his posture, so I start from a dirty boxing clinch (collar tie + forearm grip) and place my foot on his hip joint. The tomoe nage version gives me the option to throw or armbar, the sitting version only gives me the option to armbar or fail and pull guard.

[@thorthethunderdawg5289]

@@RamseyDewey understood and thank you for clarifying the differences

[@binaryglitch64]

The intro made me literally lol ... and the outro.

[@Iron-Bridge]

Xiao: * sigh* Here we go again. I'm going to channel stoic Spider Man with this rash gard. 😄

[@tvoyelitsoglupoye2326]

The depth of knowledge is impressive.

[@borgshadow13]

look at that, coach pumping out more quality content then usual recently (given most things you post are, in fact, quality content). simply amazing

[@RamseyDewey]

I’ve made fewer videos in the last month than ever before by a significant margin. But thanks.

[@heirapparent5004]

Wow. I'm a baby white belt, this is crazy! Thank you. ❤️

[@richardgomez1151]

Much respect for the good content 💪👏👏👏👏. We subscribers apreciate it .

[@MG-bi6mq]

So a takedown with a submission instead of a takedown and then a submission. Good mindset. I’ll use this later.

[@bombastikderteutone6858]

man that flying pulling triangle was sick

[@TheQauntumSamuri]

Hey bro... you picked that dude up like he was a baby a couple of times man...cant be doing that....that man still got to go out in the world with confidence after training

[@RamseyDewey]

I can pick up most humans like they’re babies. I used to be a professional ballet dancer, after all. It’s what men do.

[@aequitasification]

Really good video, thank you. I prefer this kind of fluid transition.

[@rhylsttoncarlospereiraduar4206]

This Video is Gold! Many thanks, friend.

[@IncredibleMD]

7:31: We really, really do. Seeing those transitions into Boston Crabs makes the Boston Crab's rarity in MMA inexcusable.

[@RamseyDewey]

It’s shockingly simple. Even Jigoro Kano taught this technique.

[@IncredibleMD]

@@RamseyDewey It also seems like a great answer to stack guard, if you're not allowed to kick or stomp grounded opponents, like in most organizations that used the Unified Rules.

[@RamseyDewey]

You absolutely CAN kick downed opponents under unified rules- just not in the head!

[@PatheticMortal]

Another great video, will save this video for practice and references. I always wanted to learn different kinds of transition after a take down. Thank you Coach!

[@tercelken]

🤔Another superb Ramsey video !👍🏽

[@oubliette862]

that dirty grab to the arm bar was nice real nice i like that..

[@leftymariano1020]

Ur the man Ramsey, awesome dude, awesome personality, honest, smart, and a true martial artist, love ur channel my brother

[@viniciusbaeta7997]

Loved the video, thank you for the timestamps 👍

[@Domzdream]

Damn Ramsey, you're so good at movement! SO GOOD!

[@bartimaus8738]

I love the style of the video!

[@VTLille]

Nice Ramsey! Lots of good stuff in there!

[@AikidoScholar]

Really nice video sir! Now time to try them all! 🤙🏻

[@aix83]

Cool video and thanks for the timestamps. Came here from the Russian tie one. I keep missing some of your posts although I'm on all notifications.

[@mikielsahagun6054]

THAT'S AN ADORABLE SPIDY ANTI FRICTION GEAR

[@akumagouki8668]

from the iminari roll you can also do a calf crush or achiles lock, they look similar to the straight ankle lock because the position is similar but slightly different and key details are changed.

[@thedogrunner]

Very useful. Much thanks.

[@Axath0th]

Please, more of these kind of videos, and maybe a breakdown of the moves

[@deecampbell.rva-2]

Dang Ramsey!

[@veronicaortiz2172]

Tank you for this tips

[@RamseyDewey]

Your welcome! Thanks for the feedback!

[@edi9892]

I'm seriously impressed how you changed your voice for the intro. LOL

[@manudewi]

Dear Ramsey, would you please do the same Video again with a guy 20 Kg heavier than you an a terrific grip strength. Your video is damn awesome and I loved it, but sadly for me in my Judo class I just can't relate to fighting smaller and lighter guys. Enjoyed this video very much.

[@RamseyDewey]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXWbmGycicmVfdE It’s not fighting, it’s a technique demo, but if you really feel like you can’t learn a technique unless you see it demonstrated on a larger guy, there you go.

[@maxzhao8331]

awesome!

[@wiser.kinder.calmer.6530]

Nice!

[@tichtran664]

Believe it or not I have seen a lot of those moves that you show today in JAPANESE PRO WRESTLING. Since japanese pro wrestling, at least up to the early 2000s, was more closer to it catch wrestling root. I have seen the kurifuda clutch(the way Shayna Baszler does the sleeper hold), the grapevine abdominal stretch(wrestling guillotine or better known as the twister), a inverted front facelock(upside down guillotine) ON THE GROUND with a leg scissor ON THE ABDOMEN(I have seen that move in a picture at website of Black Sun Boxing a school which teaches kung fu AND catch wrestling), etc. Although the funny part is that now american pro wrestling is trying to get back to it catch wrestling root. They(WWE) have now hired , as coaches, Steven Regal(who was trained by Marty Jones who was trained by Billy Robinson) and Norman Smiley(Gotch's student) to teach both catch and pro wrestling. Now they are even trying to hire a former Japanese pro wrestler who was trained by Billy Robinson to teach mainly catch wrestling or the catch style of pro wrestling.

[@mikielsahagun6054]

SWEET BRO

[@engine2truck6]

As a boxer.... this is SO SCARY.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Time to expand your knowledge

[@nateb4543]

I'd be very interested in a video for former wrestlwrs just starting out. This has a lot of leg locks which will be out of my league for a while. Like your throw to an arm triangle (I think?) Or a cow catcher to guillotine?

[@TristanBehrens]

I recognize the wristlock from my aikido days as a kid which is interesting, but what's to stop him from punching you in the face as both hands are on his wrist? Genuine question

[@RamseyDewey]

Set it up from a clinch, and when you have the hand, pivot fast. If you take the time to fumble around and give the guy space, you might as well just let go and bring up your guard or change levels and shoot in on his hips for a takedown when he thinks he sees and opening for a punch to the face.

[@TristanBehrens]

@@RamseyDewey Thanks, I'll give it a go. I got relatively adept at applying wristlocks quickly but only occasionally on a resisting opponent and I haven't done it in a long time so I see a lot of failure in my future

[@deadrussianliberal2897]

I know all of these. Done so many times in my UFC career. Particularly UFC 3.

[@kehindesalako2168]

fire

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

I like the way you do Kani Basami, doesn't look dangerous at all. Planting the hand down first instead of throwing your entire weight into the opponent really removed the risk of injury I don't think that's a flying armbar. More like sacrifice throw leads to a normal armbar And damn, it seems you really love heel hook Also, i was taught that the Aikido wrist lock (Kotegaeshi) works better if you keep the opponent's hand close to your chest and rotate it with both pivot step and your hip, it will be almost impossible to resist against

[@RamseyDewey]

As I said in the video “it’s a SITTING armbar”.

[@IncredibleMD]

2:54: Hello, Darkness, Xiao's old friend.

[@davemeads859]

Lol I was just thinking didn't mighty mouse do that then you played the clip

[@bubblewhip382]

Hey Ramsey, what do you think of the 4oz MMA gloves in Muay Thai, and the use of a cage instead of ropes in the same ruleset like what ONE FC does? Is this the future of Muay Thai? Thanks,

[@martingj6930]

Great vid mate, Any chance of a future review of my aikido vs taekwondo video Ramsey?

[@RamseyDewey]

Got a link to your video?

[@martingj6930]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqKsdYZ5pMiqeZI

[@RamseyDewey]

Cool! I’d be happy to do some commentary.

[@martingj6930]

@@RamseyDewey Awesome thanks 👍😀

[@wii_music_intensifies9023]

0 dislikes, 103 likes, that's what i like to see:)

[@politicalbigboss611]

I firmly believe that your body size along with your fighting experiences could take on some heavyweight fighters. That's not an exageration.

[@ricardojorge7981]

I have a question, if you can answer next video, it would be very pleasant. Why a lot of professional mixed martial art fighters train muay thai and boxing? Isn't it enough if they just learn muay thai? They have the punching + kicking, knees, elbows, clinch etc. So my question is, what does boxing have, that muay doesn't? What is the skill set that a fighter gain from boxing alone (and not muay thai) that can make a difference in a match? Thank you.

[@RamseyDewey]

Boxing is the art of position. All the best Muay Thai fighters cross train in boxing.

[@charrleschervanik3632]

5:08 The Rousey Special: Judo style hip throw into armbar

[@GamingNStuff777]

Leave Shao alone! You big bald meanie! OMG that ending XD

[@JettoGospel]

Ramsey, could you please review the monkey style king Fu of Jiang yu Shan from Taiwan?

[@MegaLars10]

This poor guy was just in pain for the whole video XD

[@oubliette862]

is what u call a triangle hold the figure 4 hold...i learned that wrestling but wasnt allowed to use it...if i remember correctly...im a headhunter and rarely grab. hitting as hard and fast as possible seems effective enough..my jedi mind trick prob wouldnt work well on a professional..but the average bear has no chance lol.

[@tichtran8792]

The triangle choke reminds me of the Undertaker's Hell Gate. But then pro wrestling evolved from catch wrestling. Can you do a video on the anaconda vice?!

[@kanucks9]

(that's the omoplata)

[@tichtran8792]

@@kanucks9 No the omoplata is the coil lock in catch/ pro wrestling.

[@muhaiminakbar4472]

@@kanucks9 it's gogoplata actually

[@無主-f2z]

please upload that super cool background music dewey san!~~

[@politicalbigboss611]

Hi Ramsey, Isn't learning striking more important than how to do takedowns since most people are more inclined to strike in a fight?

[@RamseyDewey]

No. Learning everything about fighting is more important than learning a small part of it at the exclusion of the rest.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Grappling and striking are equally important in a fight. A guy who's really good at striking but didn't train anything else will get destroyed by a guy who is just okay at both grappling and striking. UFC1 is the biggest proof

[@tichtran8792]

Mr.Ramsey did catch wrestling borrowed their submission grappling from Jiujutsu?! As in Yoshi Tano?!

[@RamseyDewey]

Catch wrestlers borrowed techniques from everyone they trained with. Catch as catch can was never meant to be a closed cannon of techniques.

[@tichtran8792]

@@RamseyDewey Except there are now catch wrestlers that want to keep catch wrestling " pure"( like Roy Woods). Or deny that catch wrestling borrowed their submission grappling from the Japanese.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Grappling is grappling. Even if catch wrestler didn't borrow jujutsu techniques, they would still ended up invented the same techniques. We human only have 2 arms and 2 legs, don't think about style differences too much

[@danielhounshell2526]

I may be wrong, but for the triangle one it does look like they could fight you for that posting arm if they knew what you were up to

[@RamseyDewey]

Everyone fights you when you strangle them. Everyone!

[@kevg5009]

Patches o houlihan!

[@RamseyDewey]

What does the greatest dodgeball coach in the history of modern cinema have to do with this?

[@elliottphillips1074]

is 8:40 saddle? I thought that saddle was the same position as honeyhole, inside sankaku, 411 guard, etc.?

[@MrKowalskyfication]

I think it's not quite a saddle but it's very close to since it's also cross ashi

[@RamseyDewey]

I don’t care what you call it, just make sure it’s tight.

[@cahallo5964]

Have you been training judo recently?, you are usually not familiar with Japanese names of techniques but you seem to know the judo ones. (this is not a complain or anything just curious)

[@RamseyDewey]

I’ve trained with many judoka over the last 20 years. I know the Japanese names of martial arts techniques from karate and judo, but I’m a big proponent of picking a language and sticking to it. When I’m communicating in English, I’m not going to stop and call a triangle choke “sankaku jime” or a round kick “mawashi geri” when there’s a perfectly good and much more universally understood term in the language I’m communicating with- especially since the Japanese expressions literally mean the same thing! I spent too many years bowing to foreign flags using Japanese and Korean jargon (as if the foreign words were magic spells) with martial artists who would be completely hopeless trying to communicate with real live humans in Japan or Korea. In my last video on the kimura (shoulder lock) I used the term “kimura” instead of “ude garami” or “double wrist lock” or “hammer lock” because kimura the most widely used and widely recognized name for the move. The CACC and judo nerds got mad (seriously, they wrote a series of angry comments because I didn’t use their jargon)

[@cahallo5964]

@@RamseyDewey haha yeah I agree with you in just using the most recognisable word for the move, in my opinion it doesn't really matter what you call it just learn how to do it! I love your tutorials.

[@mikielsahagun6054]

Iminari-ankle-hurricane

[@gokussj397]

Would this work on da streetz though?

[@gokussj397]

Just kidding, love your technique video's!

[@ciscokid1214]

This is beutiful

[@moroteseoinage]

What's up! Brian peterson recently did a video on grips. and I've seen a couple Jimmy Pedro videos on grips in the gi. do you have any insights you would care to share with your audience? With thanks JF in Boston

[@RamseyDewey]

I haven’t seen those videos. What specifically do you want to know about grips?

[@moroteseoinage]

@@RamseyDewey Jimmy Pedro has a few videos and an instructional on judo grip fighting in the gi. Brian Peterson's recent grips overview has a wrestling focused arm control from a couple different positions. I'd be interested in an overview on your takes on pommeling drills, shoulder and head control from a standing clinch, wrist control grips, and Russian ties. I find grip retention difficult in no gi.Are there details amateurs miss that help maximize grip of a wrist, and how do you position yourself to maximize the leverage you have?

[@moroteseoinage]

@@RamseyDewey and a thousand thank yous for your ability to communicate technical details in an accessable way. You're teaching style is very helpful to me.

[@xsewer2406]

What do you think of the dan wolfman video about you and few different martial arts KZbinrs?

[@RamseyDewey]

Who?

[@xsewer2406]

@@RamseyDewey dan the wolfman from channel catchjitsu .com he is very skilled retired professional fighter but he has pretty big ego if wanna know more about him and why he calls out all of this people watch icymikes podcast with him it was 11 months ago but mikes points are still valid

[@RamseyDewey]

So, some random dude with an ego is calling me out on the internet, and he did a collab with a guy who is constantly insulting me, and I’m supposed to care about this? Why?

[@xsewer2406]

​@@RamseyDewey because he is not a completely random person he has a lot of useful information, great stories and in general he seems to be a good guy only he has ego problems and I thought that you would be able to reason with him and as far as I know mike does not insult you all the time and the only thing I saw is This is a video of that parody of you and the master wong you yourself said was okey which is why I thought you were rather on good terms and if its true sorry for not knowing

[@sayantanmandal717]

That's OK but would dat wark on da streetz ?!

[@tichtran8792]

ALL pro wrestlers should learn LEGIT catch wrestling so they could understand what they're learning in pro wrestling. Plus it may help them if they want to go to MMA or even SUBMISSION GRAPPLING ( Sakuraba). Okay sakuraba was trained by Billy Robinson but it was for pro wrestling. Beside pro wrestling is a STAGED form of catch wrestling. Heck the king of catch invited pro wrestlers to compete for REAL.

[@joenotsoexotic2772]

So for the mat return to armbar the way he does the mat return could use work what you would want to do after picking them up is throw their legs to one side (similar to a double leg) and then take them down sorry just a minor criticism from a wrestler

[@RamseyDewey]

I know exactly what you’re talking about, and no, your criticism is invalid- no, that won’t set up the armbar.

[@temujin5743]

12:18 I told you Aikido is to deadly for mma!!!

[@RamseyDewey]

Everything in this video is 100% legal in MMA.

[@temujin5743]

@@RamseyDewey I know wanted to make a joke😂

[@muhaiminakbar4472]

@@temujin5743 joke aside honestly everyone should know that the reason why certain martial art is deadly is not the fact that we could permanently harm or kill the person while barehanded. It's the fact that they know how to use weapon much more efficiently compare to us since weapon fighting is a 1 dimension of its own. Which mean you can be good at beating me up when h2h fight. But if both of us gonna fight with weapon, I'm going to win since I know how to use weapon much more better than you.

[@wearblackclothes]

Im starting to think i have a body dysmorphia. Not that im fat and think I'm skinny but that I'm taller and have a longer reach by think im short and stocky. Coach will just randomly shout "ish use your reach man stop fighting in the pocket" and I'm here thinking "how? i got t-rex arms" Im facing a weird duality. Do i want to practice fighting at a distance or fighting up close and in the clinch. one will get me hit less and the other is just so much fun. Obviously you train both and you should be competent in all aspects but there is one you should focus on preferably the one your body type would lean into. I'm also tall compared to the guys in my gym. When we bring in guys that are my weight class im giving up a lot of weight and reach.

[@RamseyDewey]

Developing skill in all ranges of combat is good. Winning is good. Learning is good. But... If you are favoring one area at the exclusion of the rest, that’s a problem.

[@ThunderMaster1764]

9:26 EWW, YOUR HEAD IS SO RED! 😂😂😂

[@ThunderMaster1764]

15:46 THIS IS WHY I DON'T WANT TO GRAPPLE WITH MEN! 😂😂😂

[@RamseyDewey]

?

[@mateoleon7688]

Some these won’t work on high level wrestling I feel like , I’ve only wrestled and grappled little but maybe I could be wrong

[@RamseyDewey]

Your ability to successfully use grappling techniques is directly proportionate to your grappling ability. In other words, if you want to use a technique against a high level opponent, you must be a high level competitor.

[@muhaiminakbar4472]

You gonna lose either way if you fight against somebody who much more better than you.

[@benjaminlamptey1867]

Wait, wristlocks are legal in MMA?! I learned some in a Ninjutsu class and assumed they weren't common in MMA bcus of the rules. Silly me.

[@RamseyDewey]

Of course they are legal! Why wouldn’t they be?

[@benjaminlamptey1867]

@@RamseyDewey it just felt too easy/too good to be true when I first did it😂

[@saltdonut2827]

Spider-man getting smashed

[@SwordFighterPKN]

The butt scooters do not agree with you. ;-)

[@mackt.knight6688]

9:02

[@ThunderMaster1764]

10:13 WHY ARE YOU KICKING THE ROPE.

[@RamseyDewey]

What?

[@ThunderMaster1764]

@@RamseyDewey YOU KICKED THE ROPE FOR WHAT? STOP ROPE BULLYING 2021.😂😂😂

[@tichtran8792]

Too bad when Brock lesnar came back to pro wrestling from UFC they started calling it the kimura rather than it original name double wrist lock.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Blame Helio Gracie and his cocky attitude which forced Kimura to broke his arm with that technique

[@tichtran8792]

@@jaketheasianguy3307 Helios Gracies?! The same Gracies that beaten up a catch wrestler with a METAL rod?! The same family that beaten up a Japanese pro/ catch wrestler ( Anjo) , didn't let the media see it and claimed it was a fair fight?!

[@tichtran8792]

@@jaketheasianguy3307 The only reason why bjj was successful is because the Gracies mixed judo with catch wrestling. They were trained by Maeda( judoka, catch and pro wrestler) , kimura ( same), Eulydes Hatem( catch and pro wrestler).

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

@@tichtran8792 thank you for the history lesson. I don't like the way people treated the Gyaku Ude Garami/double wrist lock as Kimura's marvelous invention against the all mighty Gracie family either. But still, names are just names. I'm still calling it the kimura in training when knowing full well the history behind it, simply it's shorter and more people familliar with it more, it's the technique that'd matter

[@tichtran8792]

@@jaketheasianguy3307 I also don't like it when catch wrestlers claim kimura learned it from catch wrestling. When it was already in judo long before interaction with catch wrestling.

[@kythe7429]

Looks like leglocks aren't your strong game.

[@RamseyDewey]

Why do you say that?

[@kythe7429]

It may be because its just a demo, but it doesn't look like you have strong clamp. Also it could be improved if you could drive your hop above the opponent's knee line. And that ankle lock from thr knee knot is not done correctly.

[@josh949]

Now try that on a heavyweight that knows how to fight. Something tells me most of them techniques will work out as well as women's self defense techniques. Lol

[@kythe7429]

The techniques are legit. It seems that he does not show good control for finishing the submissions, however.

[@mrmoth26]

WTF are you talking about? These are tried and tested submissions and takedowns used by grapplers in all kinds of grappling sports. These would work well. But, against a heavyweight, almost nothing will work unless you are fairly close to his weight and size, strength and size is important in a fight, the heavyweight might win by virtue of being bigger and stronger. Also, these if you know these techniques, how to apply them and the grappling fundamentals to use them, you do know how to fight and you can use them against people that know how to fight? What do you mean by "knows how to fight"?

[@RamseyDewey]

Well, I’m a light heavyweight. I have no lack of experience grappling and sparring with heavyweights (ie: guys slightly larger than me) Did you not know that I coach professional fighters for a living?

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Sounds like the guy who have never grapple before. Sign up for a BJJ or Catch Wrestling gym and see these same techniques applied on you, then come back and tell us your experience