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I will begin by saying that I hate groundfighting. I hate rolling around on an asphalt surface getting my clothes ripped and my elbows and knees ground onto the concrete. I hate it but I cannot ignore it. With the rise in popularity of the UFC and the prevalence of Brazilian Ju Jitisu, the idea of fighting on the ground has become a reality and a likelihood regardless of your exposure and training. Like it or not, the complete fighter must have an understanding of ground fighting as much as an understanding of knives and other things not associated with the sterile shooting range.
In my opinion, the most important thing when fighting on the ground is to find a way to get back up. Unlike the sporting arena, you won't be facing one guy and while you are submitting the one adversary, that is taking for granted that you are better at this than he, his buddy will walk up behind you and stomp your brains out into the gutter. the ground is NOT where you want to be.
Secondly is getting your weapon out and working, whether it is a knife or a pistol. If you can manage to get a pistol out, I suggest gettinmg as much of its magazine's contents into your adversary's body as you can.
The problem that we see come up all the time in our "play time" is that when the muzzle of the pistol (very few guys carry revolvers anymore) is jammed into the adversary, the weapon will not function. The solution we came up with in training is to physically keep the weapon in battery. This can be done in a myriad of ways.
One way to do this is to simply block the slide into battery with your body as you physically press into the adversary either in the guard or the mount.
Another way is to physically block the slide with your hand as you press it into the adversary's body. There are several ways to do this either by blocking the slide with your palm, blocking it with your thumb, or by actually grasping the slide with your hand. The one caveat would be those silly compemnsated pistols and avoiding the vents.
To lock the slide in place simply place your support side palm hard against the back of the slide. While we are shooting into a piece of card board here, please remember that the end of the muzzle would be jammed into the adversary's body.
If only one hand is available, you can simply bring the back of the thumb up and lock the slide into place with it. One hand is often needed to control the adversary so this may be the only option you have.
Finally, simply grabbing the slide and locking it in place is a fast and easy way to keep the pistol in battery in a grounded or clinch struggle.
We introduced this concept at our recent Zero To Five Feet class in Czech Republic. Many of the attendees were accomplished MMA and BJJ fighters as well as accomplished Protective Service operators and they loved the concept, and utilized it with glee during our force on force exercises. Take a serious look at this application. As always, proceed with caution.
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I will begin by saying that I hate groundfighting. I hate rolling around on an asphalt surface getting my clothes ripped and my elbows and knees ground onto the concrete. I hate it but I cannot ignore it. With the rise in popularity of the UFC and the prevalence of Brazilian Ju Jitisu, the idea of fighting on the ground has become a reality and a likelihood regardless of your exposure and training. Like it or not, the complete fighter must have an understanding of ground fighting as much as an understanding of knives and other things not associated with the sterile shooting range.
In my opinion, the most important thing when fighting on the ground is to find a way to get back up. Unlike the sporting arena, you won't be facing one guy and while you are submitting the one adversary, that is taking for granted that you are better at this than he, his buddy will walk up behind you and stomp your brains out into the gutter. the ground is NOT where you want to be.
Secondly is getting your weapon out and working, whether it is a knife or a pistol. If you can manage to get a pistol out, I suggest gettinmg as much of its magazine's contents into your adversary's body as you can.
The problem that we see come up all the time in our "play time" is that when the muzzle of the pistol (very few guys carry revolvers anymore) is jammed into the adversary, the weapon will not function. The solution we came up with in training is to physically keep the weapon in battery. This can be done in a myriad of ways.
One way to do this is to simply block the slide into battery with your body as you physically press into the adversary either in the guard or the mount.
Another way is to physically block the slide with your hand as you press it into the adversary's body. There are several ways to do this either by blocking the slide with your palm, blocking it with your thumb, or by actually grasping the slide with your hand. The one caveat would be those silly compemnsated pistols and avoiding the vents.
To lock the slide in place simply place your support side palm hard against the back of the slide. While we are shooting into a piece of card board here, please remember that the end of the muzzle would be jammed into the adversary's body.
If only one hand is available, you can simply bring the back of the thumb up and lock the slide into place with it. One hand is often needed to control the adversary so this may be the only option you have.
Finally, simply grabbing the slide and locking it in place is a fast and easy way to keep the pistol in battery in a grounded or clinch struggle.
We introduced this concept at our recent Zero To Five Feet class in Czech Republic. Many of the attendees were accomplished MMA and BJJ fighters as well as accomplished Protective Service operators and they loved the concept, and utilized it with glee during our force on force exercises. Take a serious look at this application. As always, proceed with caution.
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