Opis
On this week's Technique Tuesday, NCAA finalist Cody Merrill breaks down three ties into takedowns, all built on the same idea: don't chase the leg — plant his weight on it first. Every one of these attacks starts by making your opponent load one leg, then taking the leg he can't move.
Merrill opens with a cross ankle pick off an overtying collar post — the answer for when your head is stuck on the wrong side and you can't roll into your high crotch. Next is a low single off collar tie and wrist control, where circling makes your opponent step into you and pile his weight onto the near leg. He finishes with an underhook single for the guy who thumb blocks your collar tie and stays too extended to shoot on.
You'll learn:
- The cross ankle pick from the overtying collar post — your shot when your head is stuck and the high crotch isn't there
- Why Merrill prefers wrist control over an inside tie on the cross pick — it's a shorter, closer shot
- Bringing his head to his knee, then throwing it away as your hand hits the ankle — the exact sequence that plants his weight and frees the leg
- The low single details that keep it: elbow to the mat, fingers wrapped behind the heel, head buried on his knee, then run him down and trap the bottom leg under the top
- Beating the thumb block — snap to shift his weight, dig the underhook, get your head back inside, then big side step and throw it by into the single
Takedowns don't start with the shot. They start with where his weight is.
Time Stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:13 - Cross Ankle Pick from the Overtying Collar Post
00:01:14 - Finishing the Cross Pick: Shelf the Leg, Climb the Ladder
00:02:22 - Low Single from Collar Tie & Wrist Control
00:03:02 - Low Single Details: Elbow to the Mat, Head on the Knee
00:03:38 - Finishing the Low Single: Knee Through & Trap the Far Leg
00:04:26 - Underhook Single vs. the Thumb Block
00:04:51 - Head Back Inside, Big Side Step & Throw the Underhook By
00:05:34 - Finishing the Single: Chest Heavy, Leg to the Outside Hip
00:06:20 - Outro
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