When the Fight Goes to the Ground. Lori O'Connell

appropriately if the defender lands a vital target strike. Again, defenders should still strive to get back to their feet within 10 seconds.

      Live Sport-Oriented Ground Grappling as a Training Tool

      Even if you have no interest in competitions or tournaments, it is worthwhile to train in sport-oriented ground grappling. There are more and more people training in BJJ and MMA these days and not all of them necessarily do so with honest intentions. If you want to be able to handle skilled sport grapplers in a self-protection scenario, you need to understand what they do. The best way to do that is to train in it. This will make you and your training partners better at playing that type of attacker, which makes you all better at dealing with it.

      Here are a variety of ways to train in live sport-oriented ground grappling: