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Takedowns are an important part of grappling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and of course judo. Stephen Kesting walks us through an awesome, albeit dangerous, scissor leg takedown.

The takedown is called a Kani Basami and in it’s simplest form involves throwing one leg up and in front of your opponent and the other behind his knees to drag him to the ground. From there you can transition to top position or to a number of different leg attacks.

ABOUT STEPHEN KESTING

My name is Stephan Kesting and I operate Grapplearts.com and Beginning BJJ.com. Through my DVDs, articles and newsletters, I have helped tens of thousands of grapplers all over the world improve their Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and submission grappling skills.

Grappling is my passion, and I want to help it become yours too. Whether your goal is to compete, challenge yourself, improve your fitness level, lose weight, or acquire some serious self defense skills I truly think that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) has a lot to offer you. I’m not kidding when I call it the most sophisticated martial art in the world.

Why should you listen to what I say? Here’s my brief biography and Martial Arts resume:

I’m a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and have been doing martial arts for over 30 years. I am also a certified instructor in Erik Paulson’s Combat Submission Wrestling, a black belt in Kajukenbo Karate, an instructor in Dan Inosanto’s Jun Fan JKD, Maphalindo Silat and Filipino Martial Arts program. I’ve also studied Japanese Judo, Russian Sambo, various Chinese Kung Fu systems, Brazilian Capoeira, Muay Thai Kickboxing, and many other martial arts.

source: grapplearts.com