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The Chewjitsu Podcast

Episode 304 - How To Overcome Fear Of Takedowns In BJJ

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Chewy and Eugene discuss how to overcome the fear of takedowns in Jiu-Jitsu.

We discuss one of the main things Jiu-Jitsu does wrong when training takedowns, the importance of training takedowns with someone that is similar to your weight to decrease injuries and to improve success, how to build confidence in your takedowns, when it is ok to “cherry pick” your training partners, why takedowns have the highest risk of injury, the first thing to focus on when working on takedowns, one of the most important attributes of an experienced BJJ practitioner, Chewy’s preferred takedowns to teach BJJ white belts, the lowest risk and highest reward Gi takedown, how to train Judo throws, the most dangerous standing techniques, and the benefit of having wrestling-specific or takedown specific grappling classes.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What up, guys? So today, Eugene and I are wearing, if you're watching the video version of this,

0:04.0

we're wearing the same hoodie, just different colors. Same but different. Same but different, right?

0:09.9

But anyway, we're Twinsies today. And we're going to chat with you guys about an idea. I think that

0:17.1

this destroys like most jiu jitzy practitioners who do not have take down experience

0:23.1

but they want it they want to get good with takedowns this will destroy your ability to be proficient

0:28.3

with takedowns and in a lot of in all honesty it'll probably lead to a lot of injuries it's not what a

0:33.7

lot of other more like superior martial arts in regards to takedowns do.

0:38.0

We'll talk about the differences and we'll talk about how it can translate to other areas of grappling.

0:42.3

And again, it can just be a really good training practice.

0:44.3

And if you're someone that's smaller, you're getting older or even the big guys out there,

0:49.3

this is something that you should keep in mind for your training.

0:52.4

So we'll jump into it here in just a second. Uh, first off, big thanks to our sponsors, Charlotte's Web, CBD, if you guys have

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1:03.8

For me, CBD represents one of the things that I have in my arsenal for recovery.

1:09.0

So again, my 39th birthday was last week at the time

1:12.3

of recording this. Old fart. Not getting any younger. And, you know, as you get older, we're all there.

1:16.5

We're all trying to tweak and improve our recovery, right? And again, your biggies for recovery,

1:21.2

drinking a lot of water, eating good food, getting enough sleep, right? The big ones. And after that, you get into things like undulating

1:29.2

training volume, like basically taking it down sometimes, increasing training volumes and other times,

1:34.0

that kind of thing. And then also, too, then you get into supplements, right? Supplements really,

1:37.6

to me, only make a difference after we have got those other big things out of the way. And one of the

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