Ground Fighting

As we near the end of the "ground fighting" video we have been going through, does anyone have any comments? I plan to go through another ground fighting video with all of you before going back into more traditional taijutsu.

Again I would never want to voluntarily go to the ground in a fight, but stuff happens. If you find yourself on the ground and in a fight, it is best if you have some ground fighting skills which is why we have spent the last few weeks (and the next few weeks) looking at ground fighting. To just say "I would never go there," or "I'll fight dirty," or "My awareness is so great that I could never possibly land in that situation" - well I hope that all works out for you. For those of us that are mere mortals, it is possible that Murphy's Law lands us on the ground as we begin the fight for our lives.

We look at different r anges of combat because we may end up fighting someone who has been trained in a specific range of combat. To not examine those skills which an opponent may try to use against is (forgive me for the blasphemy) not ninja like. The ninja studied the samurai in order to defeat them, and so we study other common martial arts commonly found in our society in order to defeat them.

Core

How does everyone like doing "core/abs" work for 15 minutes every class? It will only last for a month or so, but I figure we could all use the extra work.