Budo Jake and crew stop by the Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy to chat with their good friends, Rafael and Gui Mendes to talk about their school, BJJ and their upcoming superfights.
In this interview, the guys give us their take on takedows, wrestling and BJJ.
The world champion brothers said that they it was their duty to teach their students a balance of techniques from BJJ which includes takedowns.
Rafael Mendes was honest and said that he didn’t really like takedowns. When Budo Jake asked him, the world champion said he prefers to work from his back, inverting and working in scrambles.
This doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have good takedowns. Rafael was Brazilian National wrestling champion so he has a very good wrestling level.
His professor Ramon Lemos always had him work takedowns but at the end of the day his strategy in competition is to either pull guard or wait until his opponent pulls guard.
Check out the interesting interview:
