| Thanks for the detailed explanation.
I can fully understand that from sports version, you are looking to score more points and since striking is not allowed, the training emphasis is on the takedown without much regards to defense against strike.
I was only pointing this out because I believe it equally applies to sport version of Tae Kwon Do where you get points for striking with punches and kicks and there are no takedowns. Because of this, the emphasis of the training is not on the takedown defense.
So, when you see a lot of videos of Tae Kwon Do guys not doing so well against the grapplers may be blamed for the fact that their training emphasis was on the point system, and when the rules change and they don't adapt, bad results happen. |