Snap Downs: Using Heavy Hands & Snaps Downs to Break Your Opponents

Taught by ADCC Veteran & 3x NAIA National Wrestling Champion Brandon Keith Reed

In this instructional I will cover techniques based around the collar tie, over tie, wrist roll, and feinting all to set up snap downs & create openings for takedowns.

The goal of this instructional is teach you how to be effective with your hands and extremely heavy on your opponents head.

Learning how to utilize snap downs means you’ll also need to learn how to counter your partners heavy hands too. This instructional will guide you through that process also.

There are 31 individual technique videos in this instructional combing to be about 2 hours long.

There is no fluff. Just a systematic guide to being heavy handed and setting up your snap downs and attacks.

Course Outline:

Instructional Length: 1 Hour 47 Minutes

Section 1: Techniques

• Intro: 1 minute 20 seconds
• The Back Hand: 1 minute 9 seconds
• Lead Hand: 1 minute 15 seconds
• Stance: 2 minutes 2 seconds
• Collar Tie Position: 2 minutes 16 seconds
• Secondary Hand Positioning: 1 minute 29 seconds
• Head Position: 1 minute 15 seconds
• Fighting for Inside Position: 2 minutes
• Wrist Roll: 5 minutes 11 seconds
• Wrist Snap: 3 minutes 18 seconds
• Elbow Pass: 2 minutes 30 seconds
• Putting it All Together: 1 minute 42 seconds
• Countering Wrist Roll: 5 minutes 1 second
• Short Choppy Snaps at An Angle: 1 minute 50 seconds
• Replacing Collar Ties: 3 minutes 59 seconds
• Create a Snap: 3 minutes 34 seconds
• Steering Wheel: 1 minute 55 seconds
• Steering Wheel Combo: 2 minutes 26 seconds
• Utilize Fakes & Heavy Hands: 3 minutes 15 seconds
• Short Choppy Steps & Wrist Snaps: 2 minutes 31 seconds
• Fakes to Wrist Snaps: 1 minute 8 seconds
• Wrist Roll Fake Snap: 1 minute 47 seconds
• Intro to Over Tie: 1 minute 51 seconds
• Using the Over Tie Effectively: 1 minute 54 seconds
• Over Tie Snap to Collar Tie: 1 minute 42 seconds
• Putting it All Together: 2 minutes 38 seconds
• Pummel Drill: 1 minute 4 seconds
• 2-2-2 Drill: 1 minute 29 seconds
• Iowa-Okie Drill: 2 minutes 39 seconds
• Hand Fighting Rounds: 2 minutes 41 seconds
• What Now? (Conclusion & Word of Advice): 2 minutes 45 seconds

Section 2: Match Review

• ADCC Trials vs Division 1 Big 10 Champion, UWW Grappling World Champion, and ADCC Trials Finalist Mario Gonzales
• 2021 NAIA National Finals vs. USA Greco World Team Trials Finalist Tanner Farmer
• IBJJF No-Gi Worlds vs. Columbian Free Style World Team Member & CCCA National Champion J. Darius Smith
• No-Gi World Finals vs. Former College Wrestler M.G-Espinoza