Takedowns

Beginner single leg started from the knees, the way many BJJ gyms first teach takedowns. Covers the entry, controlling the heel and collapsing the leg.

Tony Tolbert sets up the ankle pick from a collar tie by circling until the far foot steps, then breaking the shoulder down and taking the arm over the leg.

Three gi takedowns off the same cross-collar grips, a white-belt standing package from Chewjitsu.

A powerful gi takedown plus the grip-fighting basics Chewjitsu wants before you shoot.

Arm drag grips and a partner drill that alternates drags as the opponent pushes apart, plus intercepting a reaching arm with a snap. Builds the feel for standing drags in no-gi.

Shintaro Higashi on tomoe nage for BJJ: planting a foot in the hip and rolling a forward-leaning opponent over.

Shintaro Higashi adapts de-ashi-barai to a wrestling/BJJ stance so you can sweep the lead foot without a judo grip.

Shintaro Higashi's in-depth osoto gari, including the off-balancing and reap that make it safe to use in a BJJ gym.

Ten tomoe nage variations for judo and BJJ, useful once the basic overhead sweep is working.

Ankle pick and knee pick pitched at older grapplers: use head control to fold the opponent, time the step, and switch to the knee pick if they pull the leg back.

Keenan Cornelius on osoto gari as an answer to chronic guard-pullers, using a collar grip they already gave you.

Gordon Ryan's de-ashi-harai mechanics: timing the sweep as the opponent steps rather than kicking a planted foot.

Olympian Travis Stevens on foot sweeps that work in no-gi, without needing a lapel to make kuzushi.

Jimmy Pedro's yoko tomoe nage basics via Travis Stevens, the side-circle version that is easier to land than a straight balloon sweep.

Step-by-step double leg for people who have never wrestled: level change, penetration step, head and hips up, hands behind the calves, then turn the corner.

Davies' sumi gaeshi variations in gi and no-gi, the overhead/circle throw against a forward-leaning opponent.

One-minute walkthrough of a single leg from inside control: the step-tug setup, level change, head in the ribs and two finishes. A quick reference rather than a deep dive.