Review of Takedown Defence: Frames, Sprawls, and the Wall

Overview
Good defence is posture, not panic. You’ll manage distance with frames, punish poor entries with hips, and use the wall or mat edge intelligently.

Who benefits
- Guard players who get run over.
- Wrestlers crossing into gi and eating collar drags.

Pay‑off
You’ll learn the sprawl (hips heavy, legs back), underhook recovery, and guillotine awareness. Wall work teaches head position and turning the corner to front headlock.

Watch‑outs
- Reaching for heads invites blast doubles.
- Jumping guillotines casually in training is a good way to lose friends and necks—control first.

Try this round
- Sprawl chain: Partner level changes—your sprawl → cross‑face → spin behind.
- Wall turns: Starting with back near wall, defend a double by pummelling to underhook and pivoting off.
- Grip breaks (gi): Strip collar, re‑posture, step off at 45° to cancel foot sweeps.

Final word
Defence is calm mechanics: hips back, head position, hands in. Make it boring for shooters.

-Chuk