New Fight Question

[GiantBuddha]

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In a no rules fight, a strategy of staying on your back or in crab position would be inferior.

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I've always regarded the argument that "90% of all fights end up on the ground, therefore you should primarily practice ground fighting" as pretty weak. To me, if you're really interested in learning to defend yourself, you should have no interest in taking a fight to the ground. Knowing how to defend yourself once there is an important skill, but unless you're fighting on a mat, the ground has several disadvantages:

1) Very difficult to combat multiple opponents even with a large skill differential when you're on the ground.

2) Broken glass, oncoming cars, other obstructions.

3) The ground is dirty.