Beginners:

Check the post below… On the previous day. Just did a fun night with relays, basics, and mini quiz game.
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Advanced:

Sweep night & take down night.
We worked on a few take downs today. First one was controlling the wrist and hand and guiding it downward.

1) Wrist take down: So if someone comes in and grabs your shirt, take your thumb and place it between the pointer finger and middle finger on the back of the hand which separates the joint. Rotate the wrist over and push the fingers towards the shoulder. Do NOT just rotate the hand and wrist over. Roll it over and push it towards their elbow and shoulder. Continue until they lay face flat on the floor.

2) Outside to inside sweep. If the attacker has a left foot in front take your right foot and go from the outside to the inside sweeping the leg. Additional: If theres too much pressure you can go to the knee to loosen it up. Step or settle your foot down behind theirs with your hips next to each others. Then use your elbows to push them back over your right leg.

3) Tangle the arms: If the attacker comes and swings with the right hand - step to the left and block with the right hand. (HOLD this hand). Then they come swinging with the left hand - duck under a bit palm block with the other hand. Now you have their arms crossed up. Flip your right hands grip over (your grip, not the attackers hand so your palm is facing up). Now rotate the right hand upwards as the left hand is pushed downwards. Try to keep THEIR left elbow straight and put pressure on that elbow with their right hand twisting it over and tangling it more.

4) Bear hug take down: If someone has you in a bear hug start by doing the standard head strike, foot stomp, etc. Then take one of your feet and cross it back and behind your other foot. Keep moving that same foot behind the attackers foot. Stay on the same line as them (facing straight if they are facing straight in front). So now you have a kiba (horse) stance behind your attacker. Drop down a smidgen lower and execute an elbow strike to the midsection and let them go down over your knee. Variation: You can do a counter top circular push from one side to the other to get a flipping, whipping motion if you need more momentum.

5) Fake sweep and reverse sweep: Okay if the attacker has their left foot in front. You do a quick outside to inside sweep with your right foot. They then see it and they lift their foot up. You though continue spinning putting your right knee on the ground, then throw a left sweep with your foot when your on your knees striking the back of their knees. You basically do a 360 degree turn on this technique. Additional: You need to be close to execute this because when you spin around you land farther back. Also you can use your left hand to reinforce the fall.