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Originally Posted by Joemoplata  I get my ass kicked on the mats just about everytime I train my friend, don't worry about that! Again, I would just say that you guys just need to feel what it's like to have someone own you on the ground. It's not like getting mauled standing up where you always have a punchers chance (which I have trained, BTW). When you got someone on you whom you cannot get off of you and is just toying with you you realize how effective a good grappler can be. And since I know 90% of the world can't grapple I know that I have an advantage in that area. And I also know that it's not that hard to get to that range of fighting.
I would rather have to fight someone significantly better than me at striking than someone just slightly better than me at grappling. |
I have grappled and know what its like not to be able to do anything against someone better than me in BOTH grappling and striking. Its the same frustration, but it also is a good chance to learn.
Too many people limit themselves to preconceived notions of what is real. This goes for people who strike, grapple, train for sport, train for self-defense, or all of the previously mentioned. Examples would be a striker who thinks he is just going to knock out a grappler when they come in with no knowledge of how the grappler will do so. The same could be said for a grappler who thinks they'll never be knocked out by a striker while going for a take-down because of the assumption the striker doesn't understand grappling. I believe you train to cover all aspects of fighting and what could happen in a fight to be as prepared as possible. Assume the guy you have to fight is very good at everything until you know different. To do otherwise is to either train for a sport ( which there is absolutely nothing wrong with ) or train for something other than reality.