Guard Puller Trains Wrestling for 60 Days

I've pulled guard in all the BJJ competitions I've entered, and have always neglected wrestling. So for 60 days I trained wrestling and at the end, I competed in a Jiu Jitsu competition and tried taking everyone down. This is what happened.

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[CoachKevanKillsit]

As a white belt who’s a former varsity wrestler, I got you. I hate using too much energy on take downs so I always used ones that use little energy. Ankle pick is a great one. To set it up you want the opposite arm from the ankle you’re going for around the neck. Play with him a bit and force him to put that foot forward by pulling him towards you. As soon as that foot comes your way you want to force his head towards his own ankle while pulling his ankle in towards you in like X type motion. Easy take down little effort. I also love the Iowa but it’s called something different everywhere. It’s basically a guillotine but your other arm goes under his armpit and across his back. Whichever way that arm is pointing you circle that way and jack his arm up until he spins to the ground. You’ll have one of the most solid halves in while his shoulders are down. Honestly I’ve tapped kids in wrestling using this pin when it’s in deep enough.

Although I’m just a white belt these two have been extremely effective against other white belts and blue belts in my gym.

Dope video man!

[SpikeNLFS]

The throw / takedown at 2:32 would be classified as a harai goshi in judo. Uchi mata has tori's leg up between the legs of uke.

[abdullahabdelwahab]

Butt scooting is the dance of our people... We cannot abandon our tradition

[TC_Personal]

I mostly compete Gi, but I cross-train Judo and it's allowed me to absolutely dominate stand up rounds in rolling so far. Can't wait to deploy it at my next competition. Stellar wrestling

[Horforia]

You are pretty darn good at your martial arts, but so are LOADS of people. The reason I love your channel is because you are ridiculously good at explaining what is going on as the match goes. With the Olympics coming up, would you consider doing commentary video of the wrestling?

[readysetexploit]

One of my favorite videos by you, I have nothing against guard but I am glad you decided to work on your stand up and take down game.

[morningstar]

Really well done, but wow that sucks losing to the guy because the ref thought you tapped. Would love to see more of this in the future!

[jaimeortega]

Great job Josh! Always enjoy watching your progression - especially in things you (most people) are uncomfortable with - wrestling. Its typically a brutal sport that most people that are good at have supernatural ability. Most aren't cut out for wrestling, but you made it look easy with 60 days of hard work, great!

[OkOkIgetIt]

Man, this video made me want to study wrestling more.

[zukokatsitadze]

So great to see you challenging yourself, that means you evolve in jj

[kallepikku]

No.1 wrestling defense in jiu-jitsu: run out of bounce.

[LassoPapi]

Dope bro. Love seeing you evolve more and more

[ninorihovsky]

Getting ready for my first comp. The beginning of the video is so relatable 😅

[joshuajitsu]

Where do you train? Let's do a Josh v Josh session 🫶🤝

[tharealchevy]

Awesome proud of you man seing you start to work on takedowns and finally become the man you were meant to be

[CJDubs]

You made major improvements with your wrestling in just a couple months.

[dima]

Hi josh! Nice to see your progress. Btw around 2:30 thats a harai goshi "sweeping hip throw" variation and not uchi mata. ☺️💪

[jeanespinal]

Beautiful wrestling Josh! Remember watching your first video and you have grown immensely everywhere. Keep on keeping on bro

[willwailes]

Uchi mata and the chin whip are both great counters to single legs. Neither takes a whole lot of skill.

Wrestling style o goshi is my favorite takedown. Once you have them loaded on your hips, it doesn't matter how good they are, and you know whether or not you're going to get the throw from the moment you cross step.

Also, if someone ever tries to hip toss you, drop your hips below theirs and body lock.

[mhanif]

Well done. That's great progress for 60 days.