Fixed that for you.
As one that went through the "Combatives" program in the Military...I can't stand that CRAP! Any form of combat that relies on strictly fighting one on one and requiring the combatants to leave their feet and go to the ground is not for me at all! Most of the Military that I know say that it's great for the gym but in real life that stuff will get you killed. Nearly got my brother-in-law killed in Iraq when the second guy jumped into the fight. Thank God for his battle-buddy with a shotgun.
Just my opinion.
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Thanks for the fix btw bro...;-)
Now you guys I can talk to, and you guys are in the scene abd can speak the language. Awesome!!!
That's the problem with BJJ and Mixed Martial Arts, they purposely take people to the ground. That doesn't float in my book either. However, I see the value in knowing ground fighting because....shit happens and people end up on the ground. .Sand, snow, wetlands, low light, and obstacles promote unsettled footing. Also with the explosion of the UFC and MMA all these schools are popping up teaching this stuff to our next generation and they all do ground fighting. So you at least need to know some.
In 95 the year Matt got the go ahead to reconstruct the program and bring in civilians, I was brought to Ft. Devens to train the guys in the 10th. My job was to train the guys in ground fighting, however they too agreed that chokes and submission was not the answer in spite of the importance of the ground fight. So what I did was use the fundamentals of BJJ but instead of armbars and chokes to submit, I developed a deployment system where the knife or gun was the end result, much better for what they were doing.
Let me explain how this came about.
I had 6 guys from the 10th come to my gym and test me out. No problem I always had an open door policy to come in and try. Anyway after class one of the guys asked me if I noticed anything during our wrestling match. I said not really, he lifted up his shirt and was packing a loaded weapon. That was an eyeopener for me, I thought if I train BJJ in it's traditional manner, so was every other BJJ guy. In other words, training without weapon awareness or weapon deployment when on the ground. That would all change..
I worked closely with a few of the members of the 10th, especially Paul Pawella. Paul was also a student of Mas Ayoob and eventually I taught and introduced the system up at LFI Lethal Force Institute in NH..
I explain to the students the importance of ground fighting but emphasis don't confuse the sport of submission with the real world of knives, guns and multiple opponents. And people reading this shouldn't either.
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As far as battle gear and not allowing your body to move, shrimp etc....I agree, deploy your weapon and forget the subs...
As far as MMA goes and the Dias brothers, you guys are right on. Boxing doesn't have to worry about take downs, so the MMA boxer has a wider stance to sprawl, clinch etc, and wrestler don't worry about kicks and strikes, but the MMA grappler does, so he addresses single and double leg a little differently.
MMA is it's own sport now....Great sport.
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