[quote]rundymc wrote:
[quote]FilthyTomLawlor wrote:
[quote]rundymc wrote:
Aw yeah, Filthy Tom.
Ok. What are your thoughts on the current state of the takedown game in MMA? You see a lot of guys working the single and double on the cage wall, with mixed success. What do you think is the next step of evolution in that area of the game? Trips and throws? Mixing them into combos the way Cruz and GSP do?
What do you focus on, when training takedown yourself?
How much thought do you put into those weigh ins and entrances?
McCall vs Mighty Mouse II. Who ya got?
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I don’t think there will be a huge revolution in takedown techniques, guys will just get better at defending, and guys will have to work harder to get the fight to the ground. The same basic moves will continue to work, it just might take shot after reshot after shot to get the opponent down.
My favorite way to practice takedowns is to do striking with takedowns. There are unique things to focus on in the MMA game with regards to takedowns, as opposed to if striking/cage/etc aren’t involved. So a “san shou”-ish approach is the best imo.
I don’t put that much thought in to the weigh-ins and entrances. I have a pretty good grasp of MMA history so the weigh-ins are a cakewalk.
McCall. I am a huge MM fan too, but Uncle Creepy is a fellow UG member and I have to support him.
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Hahah, true that. UG represent.
Hmm, San shou. So you try to have your striking and takedowns flow. Got that. Thanks Tom.
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Having the striking and takedowns flow for sure, that is the name of the game. I still have wrestled for over half my life, and train striking on it’s own, so I do them separately, together, any which way I can. There are so many subtle nuances that have to change in striking when the possibility of taking someone down or getting taken down arises, and there are just as many things that need to change wrestling-wise when you can get blasted in the face too.