Beltassisted Hip Throw
The Russian players love using the opponent's belt to aid in certain throws. You might say that this is unrealistic because, in the street, attackers are very unlikely to be wearing a martial arts belt, and you'd be right. What I have found though is that it doesn't have to be a belt that you grab you can use anything to aid the throw such as the back of the attacker's jacket, trousers, jumper or shirt. With the belt-assisted hip throw you simply reach, or better still throw, your right arm...
Single Leg Pickup Body Drop
Adding the body drop to the single leg pick-up takes the throw to another dimension. Very few people, especially in the street scenario, ever get back up from this take-down. However, it is a more complicated throw to master. The results though are worth the extra training time on the mat. Working from a right grip with a right lead stance, release your right hand from the grip on the opponent's sleeve, reach down and wrap your right arm around the back of his left knee, picking his leg off the...
Single Leg to Double Leg Takedown
The single leg to double leg take-down is very similar to the double leg take-down, only this time we are working from a griP- The reason I particularly like this technique is because it works brilliantly from catching a leg that the opponent has tried to attack you with. Very often in a real encounter an opponent tries to kick or knee you and you catch his leg and then don't know what to do with it. The trick is to take advantage of the caught leg and throw the opponent over by using it as an...
Double Leg Pickup
The double leg pick-up is a lovely take-down and is usually taken from outside gripping range - that is, you take the throw before you take a grip on the opponent. Very often the attacker will employ this take-down at the same time his opponent strikes to take a grip on him, using the element of surprise as an entry. It can also be used if you have fallen, or been knocked to the floor and are on your knees in front an opponent. It has been called the 'rugger' style attack because it resembles...