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Originally Posted by Adept
True. Perhaps he can use a BJJ double leg instead? The Baiana, I believe it's called. If I have to do a double leg, the Baiana is what I'd go for as shooting explosively into the pavement with the knees is detrimental to one's health..
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Why does everyone think THIS?
It drives me nuts.
Just because wrestlers BOUNCE their knees off the wrestling mat when they do their takedowns does NOT mean that you have to do likewise on concrete.
If you perform a low single or a low double from the clinch, there is NO reason you have to slam your knees down.
Why would you have to do so?
Wrestlers do it because there is a springy mat available, and it adds energy to their entry - they shoot in like a rock skipping across a pond. So they do. Because it is there.
However, that doesn't mean that if you DON'T pogo stick your knees into the asphalt your takedown will be ineffective.
You can drop gently to your knees, quickly, and get your weight under his center of gravity.
It is easily done.