24.01.2023 The ninth penultimate self-defence lesson with my bodyguard client brought us on to ground-fighting. Here is was important to drill fighting on the ground with clear objectives to get back up. There are certain circumstances where the fight needs to be finished on the ground but in most instances the defender needs to be aiming to regain his footing as efficiently as possible. This why throughout the course I have regularly drilled him in fast recovery posture transitioning. Here we have an instance where the defender and the antagonist have become entangled and they are both on the ground. Previous lessons looked at drilling the importance of transitioning to a knee pin from any other position and to get back up. This time we looked at the far worse situation of fighting from underneath. Here gravity is on the side of the antagonist plus the ground, it must never be forgotten, can often be used as weapon. Like walls and any other permanent hard surface the combatants end up against, it is quite instinctive for the person who has the advantage to slam their enemy into the ground. Therefore, the first thing a defender needs to do is cover and crunch. That is to cover their head and sit up as best they can, engaging their core muscles. From there they mount their defence. Defence must be built on bridging and snaking/shrimping. These movements provide the leverage required to break an enemy's balance and to either turn them or to maneuver into a strong position to begin controlling the hips to escape. These movements were drilled and put under increasing pressure to test their efficiency. Pressure tests for this type of work in self-defence must include striking and the objective should always be to get back to one's feet. https://clubbchimera.com/services/
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