Don't Go to the Ground

A lot of systems like to take advantage of fighting on the ground these days, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA for example.  While it is important for competitors to have a significant ground game, on the street it is the last thing you want to do for several reasons.

First, you will only be able to engage a single opponent with most of these techniques.  If it is a one on one fight in a cage, this is incredibly useful and effective, however, when the possibility of any number of people in a crowd joining the scuffle looms, it suddenly loses much of its value.  As your legs and body are tied up pinning and controlling the first perpetrator there are fewer and fewer resources to deal with a possible second or third aggressor.

Second, should the fight go to the ground mobility is reduced almost to nil.  While standing you still have two legs to run on if the situation calls for flight.  If you are occupied on the ground, on the other hand, it exponentially increases the difficulty of escaping a low percentage survival situation.

Here at Calasanz Physical Art we find that learning to fight well standing, one transitions to fighting on the ground easily.  Even without the fancy techniques a good standing fighter can be very effective on the ground.  If you can throw a good punch standing you can throw it better on the ground and the reasoning is simple, there are fewer variables to go into your punch on the ground.  Your balance is taken care of automatically, you do not have to worry about footwork, and your opponent is going to be within striking distance with little to no evasion options.


"Don't go to the ground, if you go to the ground you are going to fight."  - Calasanz

As a trained standing fighter you know how to fight, if you are on the ground you still know how to fight, its simply a different venue.  Naturally, you will perform better in a particular a venue with specialized training but even without specialized ground training you can still perform on the ground.  Your natural instincts and training will coagulate symbiotically and spontaneously when the venue changes.  Learn to fight standing first.  The rest will come naturally.

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