Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi BJJ DVD offering a perfect base for standing through Greco-Roman wrestling.
- Contains fundamentals of movement, angles, entries, and finishes.
- Features counters and re-counters and submission follow-ups to completed takedowns.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
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Dominating on the feet in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, if you don’t have a background in a grappling martial art like Judo, Sambo or wrestling is a very difficult skill set to develop. However, it is not impossible, and you won’t need to sign up for Judo or wrestling classes to become competitive in standing exchanges.
A very good, if not excellent resource to figure out how to set up takedowns for BJJ is the Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD. This instructional will teach you a lot more than just takedown techniques – it offers a blueprint for dominating while standing to the point where takedowns start appearing on their own.
Greco Roman Wrestling for BJJ
When you sign up for BJJ, nobody tells you that you’ll most likely need to figure out your takedowns game using a different grappling sport. Many different people are going to recommend different stuff, with and without the Gi, and have their reason for it.
The one undeniable truth is that apart from catch-wrestling, none of the other grappling arts has even nearly as many submission options as BJJ. None of them feature the guard as well. These are huge aspects to consider when trying to B-line toward the best grappling source to master takedowns for BJJ quickly.
Based on my personal experience, extensive research, and countless hours of discussions with grappling minds, Greco-Roman is most likely the best base for developing a standing BJJ game. Focus on the word ‘base’ here, since once you figure out the key aspects of Greco, you can expand into whatever you want – Judo, Sambo, Glima, etc.
Greco-Roman wrestling works perfectly for BJJ for one particular reason – it emphasizes upper body control, gained through grip fighting. When submission threats await left, right, and center, and the exchange is still open once you reach the ground, this seems like the most logical, effective, and proven method to set up your takedowns.
I tend to take this a step further, as neck injuries have left me incapable of any wrestling exchange. So, my Greco base serves as a great way to pull guard and immediately start attacking. Instead of developing this base the hard way, like I did, using many sources and incomplete instructionals, you have everything you need in the Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD. Use it!
Grappling Champion Brandon Ruiz
Not many people in the world have extensive experience in several different grappling arts. Even fewer were able to take all that knowledge and devise effective systems and concepts they could then teach to others.
One of the few that goes against the grain is Brandon Ruiz. A 4th-degree BJJ black belt under Rigan Machado, 4 time All American in Greco Roman as well as a silver medalist in the Pans. With titles in Grappler’s Quest, Pancrase, and Catch, there’s hardly anything in grappling that Brandon has not tried and excelled at.
Ruiz has transitioned better than most into high-level coaching after his competitive career came to a natural end. Apart from founding and heading the Ruiz Combat Grappling Academy, he has been taking his expertise to the Military and law enforcement as well.
Lots of Brandon’s students have won prestigious titles, be it in BJJ, wrestling, or Greco. Ruiz is a very sought-after coach, and you can see exactly why from his super-effective and simple takedown system, which is explained in the Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD.
Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD Review
The Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD consists of four volumes, each with a different running time. The combined length of the material is almost 4 hours, and every technique is demonstrated without a Gi.
Part 1 – Standing Basics
If you have spent any amount of time in any wrestling gym you’ve heard about and drilled stance, footwork, level changes, and grip fighting. This is exactly what the first part of the Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD demonstrates, albeit in a much more concise matter than trying to learn this stuff live in a gym.
Ruiz begins with his philosophy of grappling, which is all about blending the most effective aspects of different grappling martial arts. He follows up with details on the best stances to use and alternate between, clearly emphasizing the differences in wrestling and grappling stances.
Motion, represented through footwork, and the geometry of movement is arguably the best chapter in this entire DVD, as it is applicable to all areas of grappling, not just standing exchanges. Distance management and purposeful grip placement bring this opening act to a close.
Part 2 – Creating Angles
The deciding factor between something working or failing, especially during standing, often has to do with the angle of approach. The second part of the Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD breaks down the top angles for attacking, reducing the options down to 4 key ones.
Ruiz then uses examples of takedown finishes to make the application of these angles clearer to all. The front headlock, arm drag and over-the-top attacks feature here, with a very cool standing chokes chapter marking the halfway point of this instructional.
Part 3 – Counters and Re-counters
There are two key areas of resistance you’ll meet in any grappling exchange when you’re attacking – defense and/or counters. The latter is much more dangerous for you, so being aware of how to handle common counters, and re-countering them is the mark of an expert grappler.
In terms of takedowns, this Brandon Ruiz Takedown DVD makes it easy. Brandon’s 30+ years of grappling experience help him single out the key moves you’ll need to master to counter and re-counter common leg attacks. Plus he uses cool names such as the sword & shield position and the Rambo counter.
He also goes into defense a bit, demonstrating how to do damage control when you end up being taken down, and how to turn the tables. He also provides a very cool leg lock follow-up to the single-leg takedown that I’m itching to try.
Part 4 – Underhook Series
The final portion of the Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD addresses underhooks, but does so by focusing only on the most effective positions available. I’m already aware of, and relying on the cowcatcher position in my own standing game, so I enjoyed learning even more about it.
On top of the cowcatcher, Ruiz offers a bunch of options to help you dominate the top underhook position and open up arm-locking submission finishes. He also shares a few catch wrestling-inspired attacks against the turtle position, which include heel hooks and a very cool Kimura.
Reducing The Clutter
One thing I used to love, and now am wary of about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the amount of information available. This often leads to confusion, as there are so many options to try, that you end up having no time to really dedicate to one of them and figure it out in detail. That leaves people frustrated with a lack of progress.
An obvious solution is reducing the clutter, but this is easier said than done. most people need someone to guide them through their thoughts. I am not at all a fan of giving people a mold to follow at any belt level, especially at white and blue belt.
So, one option you have is to book a private class or two to discuss this with a coach. Another is to use online resources to find out what the most effective aspects are across all lares of BJJ. Once you become effective in most exchanges (standing, top, bottom, submissions, defense) you can begin diversifying your interests.
For standing, the Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD offers a solid base to build any type of game around. Even though the instructional is in No-Gi, everything works in Gi as well, and you can use it at any belt level too.
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Dominate The Match!
Dominating the match exchange is easy when you dictate where it goes, starting from standing exchanges. This requires practicing the high-percentage stuff over and over again until you’re confident you can’t mess them up. Use the Grappling Takedown Dominance Brandon Ruiz DVD to build your base for standing. Then, you can take any match or roll in any direction you want.
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