Take a lesson from The Bad Guy as All-American wrestler and MMA celebrity Chael Sonnen shows the fundamentals behind the sport of wrestling that can help turn beginners into champions and champions into gangsters like Chael. Chael goes position by position, breaking down every aspect of the sport into understandable and detailed basics (and it’s the basics that win championships). With a lifetime spent throwing some of the best wrestlers and fighters in the world, and coaching many wrestlers to success, Chael’s using his gift of gab to share his knowledge with anyone who will put in the work to learn. Get the 4-volume blockbuster release of “Wrestling Fundamentals From The Bad Guy” and get some of the most detailed instructions on the concepts of the sport of wrestling.

Chael is teaming up with Bellator contender and NAIA champ Austin Vanderford to work through all the positions he sees wrestlers struggling with, from the first day JV guys all the way to lifelong learners. From the feet, on top, and on bottom, he explains the principles and fundamentals that are going to make or break success and what you can do to become a complete wrestler. These are the lessons that every wrestler in America needs to be learning, and they’re all here on 4 volumes from one of the most enigmatic and popular figures in the sport.

Chael Sonnen began his legendary MMA career on the wrestling mats in West Linn, learning how to move his body and work against opponents. From there, he graduated to the University of Oregon and became an All-American for the Ducks, before winning a University world medal and an Olympic alternate spot at the Senior level in Greco Roman. Chael’s wrestling knowledge propelled him in MMA to huge wins over world champions like Rampage Jackson, Michael Bisping, Wanderlei Silva, Brian Stann, and Shogun Rua and he has stayed active, engaged, and involved with the sport as a coach and fan the whole way. Now you can benefit from decades of experience and level up your entire game with that guided help.

In addition to the most valuable principles of wrestling, you will be getting ways to build and develop those movements with some of Chael’s favorite warm ups and technical drills, showing you how you can teach your body the fundamentals with repetition. Using nothing more than a partner and a wall, you can run through these workouts anywhere you have a mat and some time. Put a plan into action using these drills and warm ups that have helped sculpt many young wrestlers into battle-tested competitors.

Learn the chain wrestling combinations that work at every level of the sport by wrestling from the most common ties in wrestling, including the underhook, the collar tie, the 2-on-1, and more. Chael shows the best ways to get the tie up, attack, and finish the right ways for points every time. Add in one of Chael’s most reliable positions, the front headlock, with tons of variations on how to snap someone’s head under and what to do when you get there.

Get down to the mat and finish the match with a pinfall with Chael’s detailed top wrestling coaching. Become a completely different wrestler from top with Chael’s beginners guide to riding legs. Get both boots in, control someone, and work them over for points and pins with this series on controlling things from top.

Get up and get out, every time, like a Bad Guy. Bottom wrestling is all about combinations and movement, and Chael shows all the ways to keep working and finding escapes, even in bad positions. Learn to clear legs, chain wrestle, and defend some of wrestling’s roughest positions with Chael Sonnen’s experience (he’s seen it all).

Work your body and technique with Chael’s favorite drills and warm ups as he puts himself and Austin through a workout. Learn valuable skills like pummeling, flowing, and balancing, and also learn some of the concepts that make wrestling such a technical sport as Chael explains some of the important biomechanics to understand.

Course Menu: Wrestling Fundamentals From The Bad Guy by Chael Sonnen

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

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