06/26/2024
The “wrestler” will always take you down! However, in sports the wrestler is conditioned to never “pull guard “ and put his back to the mat if you will. That’s a pin in wrestling and not what you want to happen. The BJJ person on the other hand may not have the take down reps a “wrestler” may have, but you can rest assured they have the ground manipulation flight time. The BJJ person is the opposite of of the wrestler as in you never give up your back because bad things happen when your opponent is on your back! This is the sport side of it. The take away is you need takedown and throws like a wrestler, but you also need ground skills to choke or snap limbs from the ground! All that said, you have to have striking skills for stand up and clinch position skills such as headbutt, knees, and elbows as well! Further, weapons such as knives, bottles, a writing pen, a screw driver, etc change things too! You must be “multidimensional” and not “one or two dimensional” only! Yes, we all have our favorite areas such as stand up, ground, or weapons etc. That can change too over time because of injuries, age, interest or conditions to why you train. (believe me! lol)
I love the adage from late Bruce Lee, and i’m paraphrasing it but “water can flow, or it can crash, Be water my friend” You have to have the skills to “flow” in and out of ranges and from empty hands to using weapons etc etc… The meaning goes deeper and there are other things to it , but from a combatives perspective i like to interpret it in a combat mindset approach. Or as Paul Vunak has said, you have to be the “total rat” in a fight!
Train hard, train often, and live a warrior mindset! Otherwise you may fall victim, like a sheep to a wolf! Do something everyday to sharpen and development those skills! As someone has said before…..
“Be Hard to Kill” 😉👊
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