Roy - you need this seminar more than you think.
A proper double leg take down will look like someone is lifting his opponent up and slamming him down...but there is no lifting. The shooter lowers his level to below his opponents hips, and drives forward. Once contact is made the shooter steps sideways, like making an L. The opponent is now balanced only on one leg. All the shooter has to do now is lean into the opponent and block his legs. The opponent then looks like he is flying thru the air, when all he is doing is falling like a tree that has been chopped down.
The leg trip you are describing can be easily countered by the opponent lowering his level to meet the forward drive of the Gracie styled shooter. The opponent underhooks the outstretched arms of the Gracie style shooter and then sprawls, dropping his hips on top of the Gracie styled shooter, nullifying the leg trip.
Where did I ever accuse Rorian Gracie of being a hypocrite? Did you know that both Ryron and Rener are high school wrestlers as well? Rener wrestled good enough to be qualify to compete in the Calif State Championship tournament this year.
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