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The ground defense system in this book is NOT a complete system of self-protection. It covers only one aspect to be partnered with other strategies and defensive techniques, including soft skills like personal awareness, conflict avoidance, and de-escalation tactics, as well as hard/physical skills, such as stand-up striking, throws, and takedowns, etc. Nevertheless, ground defense is an important skill to learn if one’s goal is to have a well-rounded system of self-protection.

How to Use this Book

This book teaches self-protection from the ground in a variety of ways. It provides information and concepts that help you understand the realities of fighting from the ground, as well as information on the defensive advantages and disadvantages that are inherent in different combat situations. It teaches you the basic tools of physical defense on the ground, body shifting /positional strategy and attacks to vital targets, which combine to give you a foundation that can be adapted for different situations, body types, situational factors, etc. It also provides detailed descriptions with photos showing you a number of examples of how the basic tools can be used to mount an effective defense. These examples help you consider different ways of applying your skills, but don’t let them bind you. Real physical combat is an entity in itself. Everything can change in an instant. Attackers don’t necessarily react the way you expect. You have to be adaptive and ready for anything. Your attacker could be so high or drunk that they don’t react to pain. Or your first strike could knock them out or simply dissuade them from pursuing further aggressive action. You may even find yourself reacting in a way that you never trained but made sense at the time. Keep an open mind, whether you’re training your defensive skills or your reacting to a real live attacker. As leaders in my style have said countless times in the past: Never say always. Never say never. There are no rules, only results.