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ОглавлениеWhile not everyone competes in tournaments, virtually anyone could find themselves in a situation where they face a combat or drunkle encounter. If you have studied a martial sport or practice a martial art to help keep yourself safe from violence, odds are good you’ve discovered a proclivity for either stand-up fighting or grappling. Given these predilections, here’s how the materials apply.
If you are a boxer, karateka, taekwondo practitioner, or some other type of stand-up fighter, this book is designed for you. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an excellent example of the cross-breeding of stand-up and ground techniques. Mixed martial arts demonstrate that skilled grapplers can use their expertise to overcome a standup fighter/striker who has limited ground experience. This is not a disparaging remark toward the stand-up fighter, nor an assertion of technical superiority for the ground fighter, merely a reflection of a moment in time, a fact.
MMA rules tend to give grapplers the upper hand in the ring in some ways, but let’s face it, you need a broad skill set to survive on the street too. How many fights wind up on the ground? It’s not the ninety percent that some people think, but it’s certainly a lot of them. Could be the one you find yourself in… Think about how badly you will get hurt if you wind up in a situation for which you have no response. Stand-up fighters need a ground game too.
If you are a grappler, a person that spends a lot of time on his hands, knees, and back, then this book is also for you. Ne-waza, or groundwork, is a great form of training. It can produce a high level of grappling acuity that can be used in a stress situation. It’s something you need to experience to become good at. But, if you use sporting applications in a life-or-death struggle then, well, let’s just say it won’t end well… On the street, you need to think like a striker even when you’re applying grappling techniques.
Whether you use groundwork or stand-up, in a real fight you need to have an “end it now” attitude. For grapplers, this book will help you isolate your skills so as to take advantage of a situation and finish a conflict quickly. For stand-up fighters, you will discover that the ground oftentimes hits harder than you can. You will learn ways to take advantage of that too.
Let’s face it; you cannot learn the applications shown here without spending significant time on the mat. Find a good instructor and practice. Learning how to differentiate tactics and techniques you already know for sport, drunkle, or all-out combat will take that practice to a whole new level.
