If you train in the martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you are very much aware of the importance of the element of ground fighting but also the ability to be able to get the fight to the ground.

In the following tutorial video, Grapplearts.com founder and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Stephan Kesting is joined by UFC and Pride veteran Denis Kang as they each go through their favorite super simple takedowns for people who don’t have that much time to work on that aspect of their game and are easy to recall in the heat of the moment.

The first take down demonstrated by Denis comes from the collar tie-up. The first step is to have one hand on your opponent’s neck while the other hand comes below to tap the back of your opponents lead knee to complete the takedown.

“The hand [on the neck] is pressuring down and I’m going to drive the weight onto the [lead] leg, that way when I [tap the knee] it takes everything away.”

Check out the rest of the clip below.

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Stephan Kestingis a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and has been doing martial arts for over 30 years. He is also 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. He has also studied Japanese Judo, Russian Sambo, various Chinese Kung Fu systems, Brazilian Capoeira, Muay Thai, and many other martial arts systems. [Source: grapplearts.com]

Author: Nic is a designer and illustrator alongside being a martial arts enthusiast. You can find some of his illustrative work for purchase here.