Competition

Combat grappling is not concerned with competition. Its goal is to win a ground battle as efficiently and effectively as possible. Therefore, its practitioners are usually limited to military, law enforcement, and protective agencies, although, as with other combat arts, there are many students of combat grabbling who have never been in, and probably will never be in, a combat situation. Combat grappling focuses its training more on principles than techniques. Rather than teaching and practicing individual techniques, as in sport grappling, combat grappling teaches the principles how joint locking, strangulation, and knockout techniques work and then trains in applying the principles to different situations. Instead of trying to achieve a particular technique, combat grapplers just go with the flow of the struggle and apply grappling principles whenever the opportunity presents itself. Combat grappling also stresses punches, kicks, and deadly techniques. A limitation of combat grappling is that, even though deadly principles are learned, they cannot be fully practiced or used in competition because the opponent may be injured.

In Taekwondo training and competition, grappling is not used so learning sport grappling is not of much use. However, in a self-defense situation, Taekwondo students may find themselves having to fight on the ground, so they should learn some basic combat grappling techniques. These techniques may be learned by attending seminars on combat ground fighting, training at a Taekwondo school that also offers combat grappling, training with a Taekwondo instructor with experience in combat grabbling, training with a combat grabbling student, or simple using books and videos to learn simple techniques and then practicing with a fellow Taekwondo student.

To grapple or not to grapple, that is the question

On November 12, 1993, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship was held in Denver, Colorado. This no holds barred (NHB) tournament was the first of a series of events that changed the public perception of the martial arts forever. Over the next decade, this type of fighting evolved into a style of fighting that is now called mixed martial arts (MMA).

The more times people see something, the more they are apt to believe it is true. Due to the popularity of UFC type matches and their proliferation on television, the public has now been indoctrinated into believing that MMA fighting is the best type of fighting for self-defense.

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