Key Takeaways
- A wrestling for Jiu-Jitsu DVD explaining the concept of chain wrestling through flows and drills.
- Delivers technical explanations of flows, accompanied by drills and transitional checkpoints.
- Features classic standing moves, like single legs, high crotch, and bodylocks, paired with snapdown and shooting tactics.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
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The moment you understand what chain wrestling is and how it works is the moment your wrestling skills will improve by leaps and bounds. Understandably, I am talking about BJJ people who have little to no experience in wrestling.
The Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt McDonough DVD offers a blueprint on the essentials of building chains of grappling techniques that work. It is focused on standing and takedown changes, but the principles of building live flows and flow drills are transferable to all aspects of grappling.
When Wrestling Works
Nothing else matters. The opponent is devastated, you’re too busy to make a mistake, and everything is in sync. However, wrestling rarely seems to work like this for BJJ folks. As usual, the flaw is not in wrestling. It’s not even in BJJ — it’s us.
When we roll in Jiu-Jitsu, we tend to use blocks of exchanges. Even when we “flow,” we pick stalling/resting positions that we like to hold for unlimited amounts of time. It makes sense, since pinning doesn’t win us a match.
Wrestling, on the other hand, does not have the luxury of time-wasting. If you don’t do stuff, you’re likely losing. So, wrestlers have become extremely efficient at moving with a purpose and constantly stringing things together, always on the lookout for that moment that can change everything.
The moment I figured out what wrestlers do during standing exchanges — chaining stuff together in loops — my wrestling for BJJ skyrocketed in just weeks. It took me a lot of research and practice to put it together, and I wish I had a comprehensive resource like the Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt McDonough DVD at my disposal.
Hawkeyes Alumni Matt Mcdonough
The name Matt McDonough might not resonate a lot in BJJ circles, but it is one people over in wrestling know all too well. McDonough is known as a two-time NCAA champion, representing the Hawkeyes team of the University of Iowa, and an all-around badass on the mats.
On top of his NCAA titles, Matt has four Linn-Mar titles under coach Doug Streicher, as well as notable appearances for the USA national team after college. Unfortunately, an injury sustained in his senior year derailed his career for good, as he never really reached the heights that everyone was expecting.
These days, Matt is a coach at McDominate Training Center in Iowa, leading the wrestling program. He has an abundance of knowledge stemming from a lifetime of wrestling — a small piece of which is available for everyone through the Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt McDonough DVD.
Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt Mcdonough DVD Review
Over the course of two and a half hours, spread over four volumes, the Matt McDonough Chain Wrestling DVD delivers a comprehensive overview of chain wrestling training, practice, and execution on the mats:
Part 1 – Flow Wrestling
The first part of the Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt McDonough DVD begins with Matt outlining his concept of chaining moves together, dubbed flow wrestling. He has worked out an entire process that holds several key components, which, put together, constitute a flow.
A set of examples, including engaging a lock from standing and transitioning from takedowns to pinning, helps prove his point. Moreover, he backs everything up with drills, also set in a flow manner.
Part 2 – Drilling Takedown Flows
Speaking of drills, they’re the method of choice in wrestling, and so, it is natural that Mcdonough bases his system around them. Part two of the Matt McDonough Chain Wrestling DVD is all about the different ways in which you can drill connecting takedowns, such as the single, high crotch, tight waist, and rear bodylocks.
Transitions also feature in this volume, mostly in terms of following up on a successful takedown by a pin or a transition to a mat return. This is something desperately lacking from BJJ classes, so even if it is the only reason you’re picking this DVD up, it is more than worth it.
Part 3 – Starting Strategies
Since wrestling has key starting positions apart from the initial one where both wrestlers stand, the way you start off the whistle makes all the difference. And if you think stuff like the referee’s position doesn’t translate to BJJ, you’ve never competed and been stopped and restarted by the ref in a weird spot.
This is another aspect where the Chain Wrestling Matt McDonough DVD shines. He demonstrates both conventional and unorthodox ways of starting a match — of course, including a flurry of transitions and some very sneaky (but effective) tactical calls.
Part 4 – Flurry Wrestling
Finally, introducing chaos to the flowing system, the Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt McDonough DVD racks up the intensity by demonstrating how things work live. Matt also introduces double-tap attacks and 1-2 combos of shooting and snapping, all topped up by Domination Drills that bring everything together.
Dominating The Action
Dominating a person who is resisting and trying to dominate you is not an easy thing to accomplish. Wrestlers spend countless hours practicing exactly that, building incredible mental toughness and physical attributes in the process.
In BJJ, we like to take our time — both with training and grappling. However, that rarely translates to dominance, and it has to do with pace, tactics, and game planning. Namely, if you want to dominate someone, you can’t give them a moment to collect their thoughts and try to figure out how to counter you.
That said, you don’t have to be spazzing all over the place just for the sake of moving. The key takeaway from wrestling in terms of dominance is to chain stuff together with a purpose — not chase after the opponent. You can select the pace you want and the level you want.
So, if you want to grapple like a wrestler, you need to start thinking like one. Focus on your goal and alternate attacks until you achieve it — just like the Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt McDonough DVD teaches you.
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Chains Out!
Putting things together is not too hard, but there are some rules – you can’t just try and connect a few random moves to each other and call it a chain. Ideally, you would create your own chains, but until you’re ready to put together effective ones, stick to the Chain Wrestling Concepts Matt Mcdonough DVD. It will teach you everything you need to know about wrestling for BJJ. Perhaps even more.
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