You DON’T need to train takedowns to be a BJJ champion

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In the IBJJF ruleset, you can pull guard without penalty. To do this, you need to establish a grip, ensure your opponent isn't grabbing your pants, and initiate movement to the ground before your opponent.
Once on the ground, the opponent on top must engage with you.
While I believe training takedowns is important and has its place, the ruleset makes matches without a single guard pull the exception rather than the rule.
With limited training time, focusing primarily on takedowns may not be the best strategy, as your opponent can easily negate these skills by pulling guard.
If your goal is to become a BJJ world champion, it might make more sense to spend the majority of your training on ground techniques.
Video Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:25 - Guard Pulling in IBJJF
01:59 - Adam Wardzinski's 2024 Worlds
07:01 - Another Example
07:35 - When we see Takedowns
09:05 - Conclusion
Video links
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Lucas Lepri VS Rodrigo Freitas / World Championship 2019
• Lucas Lepri VS Rodrigo...
Lucas Lepri VS Alexandre Molinaro / European Championship 2019
• Lucas Lepri VS Alexand...
Adam Wardzinski IBJJF Worlds 2024 Highlight
• Adam Wardzinski IBJJF ...
Lucas Lepri VS Renato Canuto 2018 IBJJF World Championship:
• Lucas Lepri VS Renato ...
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@taylor-kenny 8 күн бұрын

"Don't do takedowns just pull half guard" - Shawn 😂

@Shawn_A_BJJ 8 күн бұрын

Half butterfly is also an acceptable answer

@vibovitold 3 күн бұрын

of course you don't have to, and this is generally beyond dispute whether not needing takedowns is a good thing or not, now that's a different subject

@hddh5917 6 күн бұрын

The guard game is less exhaustive then the passign game, but IBJJF tends to prioritize the guard game. Now it's even worse with these new rules against stalling. When you pull guard you are not defending takedowns with strenght or techinique, you are just sitting on the floor not allowing your opponent to not even try to take you down. It's insanely unfair. The only way to fix that is taking 2 points out if you pull guard.

@Shawn_A_BJJ 6 күн бұрын

I agree, I feel like passing is more exhaustive than guard, at least in the gi where you have to deal with lasso, spider, collar grips, etc. Those gi grips can make it more difficult to get into camping positions like in no-gi when passing. Which is why strong guard passers in the gi, especially in the lower weights, like Lucas Lepri always really impressed me.

@vibovitold 3 күн бұрын

@@Shawn_A_BJJ you guys mean exhausting?

@vibovitold 3 күн бұрын

"The only way to fix that is taking 2 points out if you pull guard." that's how it already works under the ADCC ruleset (maybe it's a single point, i can't remember)

@808BJJ_Black_Belt 6 күн бұрын

To Build an effective guard pull is easier than an effective takedown if you’re not a wrestler. To win you need to score points so the easiest way to win is pulling guard and sweep 🔥‼️ struggling for a takedown with zero wrestling in most cases will not work for beginners. It takes years of hard practice to have a decent takedown game.

@vibovitold 3 күн бұрын

@@808BJJ_Black_Belt the problem is that takedown expertise is easily nullified under BJJ rules. your opponent can always pull guard himself, and even if he doesn't, the BJJ ruleset is so permissive that it's relatively easy to block takedowm attempts (eg. in Judo you just can't use defensive posture). so investing lots of time and effort into practicing takedowns is just unlikely to pay off.

@michaelsingJiuJitsu 6 күн бұрын

Adam's sit up sweep is effectively a single leg takedown. It's really hard to say there whether he was getting 2 points for the sweep or 2 for the takedown either way he clearly had a single leg. Not disagreeing with the premiss of your video though, there are plenty of examples of world champions in jiu jitsu that do not use takedowns at all.

@Shawn_A_BJJ 6 күн бұрын

Good point. I agree and feel like it would be scored as a “takedown” for 2pts as this exact scenario is included in the ibjjf takedown explanation video.