| Before I begin, if you don't know me I have been on a | | | | Self Defense is more like firearms training than sport |
| wrestling mat or a judo tatami (mat) since 1975. I won | | | | training. DO NOT MISTAKE one for the other. |
| my first National Championship at the age of 12 and I | | | | You cannot practice these methods full go on a |
| won my last won last year at the age of 39. I also just | | | | training partner. To properly train, develop power and |
| got inducted into my High School Hall of Fame for | | | | confidence you need to go all out when you practice. |
| Wrestling and Football. I am no stranger to the art of | | | | The techniques needed to survive an all out street |
| grappling and the like. I will continue by saying that at | | | | fight are too vicious and brutal to do on a training |
| least 4 times a week I am still on the mat. | | | | partner. |
| My answer is simple, you can't practice grappling alone. | | | | When you train you train habits. When you practice |
| You also can't practice boxing, wrestling, judo, bjj, mma, | | | | with a partner you develop the habit of holding back. |
| basketball, football, soccer (sorry, I'm a Yankee) or any | | | | When we train we never strike air, we hit something, |
| other sport are martial art by yourself. You can | | | | gouge something, stomp something and always do it |
| practice specific skills without a partner but when it | | | | with a sense or urgency. |
| comes to developing good skills in martial arts and | | | | Want proof, why don't you see for yourself? In Module |
| sports you need a partner. | | | | 3 Ground Fighting For Keeps you learn how to Fight |
| So how do you practice grappling for the street? You | | | | and Win (Survive) on the ground. You learn step by |
| don't "grapple" in the street, YOU FIGHT ON THE | | | | step what you need to know and how to do it. Take |
| GROUND! There is no maneuvering for position, trying | | | | the test drive, get it look at it and then call me a liar, |
| to find an opening- it is a systematic method of | | | | send it back and you won't be charged another dime. I |
| dismantling your enemy- and grappling has nothing to | | | | can't make it any simpler than that and you can only |
| do with it. | | | | do so much in an article. |
| Self Defense IS NOT A MARTIAL ART or SPORT. | | | | |