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.
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I'm with you. The likelyhood of us ending up on the ground is just too high not to train it. Something to think about... When do we least want to end up on the ground? A multiple attacker senario. When are we most likely to end up on the ground? A multiple attacker senario. It's much easier to stay on your feet when you have only one assailant to deal with. All it takes is for your feet to get tied up or for a guy to take hold of your jacket and fall.
ReplyDeleteI, for one, am glad we're spending a significant amount of time here. My ground skills are my weak link. I feel like my hand to hand or weapons training could save my life, but I'm just not confident my ground skills could do the same.