There is denying that Wrestling is a very important skill in Grappling. This 19 year old freestyle wrestler Temo Kvirchishvili had some huge takedowns at the NAGA Expert Division.

Recently a lot of BJJ players have been cross training in Wrestling more than Judo, Buchecha, Romulo Barral, Edwin Najmi, Dillon Danis, Bernardo Faria etc…

Here are are the five reasons:

1. 1. A lot of the Wrestling takedowns are low risk-high reward- Single leg, high crotch etc are low risk- high reward under the IBJJF rules set vs a Judo throw which is high risk high reward. A lot of times you are giving up your back for a Seoi Nage or a Harai Goshi when you’re turning into a BJJ player.
   2. There’s less of a learning curve for Wresting than for Judo. It takes years to learn and master Judo whereas a BJJ player after a few months of Wrestling can develop a respectable takedown game. Judo techniques are extremely technical and require endless repetition and timing. Another important point, if someone has bad wrestling takedowns but his opponent has worse takedown defense, he will still be able to take him down 9 times out of 10. This is not the case in with Judo throws.
   3. Current Judo rules limit success in BJJ. Modern Judo doesn’t allow leg grabs, have restricted gripping rules which make it less accessible to BJJ.
   4. The Judogi makes it difficult to bridge the gap to No Gi BJJ.
      Judo is difficult to apply to No Gi BJJ without tweaking it with Wrestling.
   5.  A lot of Judo clubs (unless they are high level) lack the ‘grind mentality’ that Wrestling has. That Wrestling grind really helps in a sport like BJJ, where it’s very static strength, meticulous and slow. In Judo, you don’t have to apply that pressure all the time. It’s more explosive strength.

Simple Takedowns That Work At Any Level. 3x National Champ Ed Ruth From Penn State Shows You His Unstoppable Takedown System: Scientific Shots.

1. 1. • 3-time NCAA Champion Ed Ruth was a point scoring machine in college, and now you can learn the takedowns that helped make him great.
      • These are the shots that worked in the NCAA finals, and they can work for anyone.