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CHAPTER 1

Understanding the Ground

It is important to recognize the nature of ground defense in a street context to be able to fully understand the logic behind the techniques featured in this book. More than that, knowing the nature of ground defense helps anyone interested in self-protection to realize its place in an overall defensive strategy.

Statistics on Ground Fighting

If you have any interest in the martial arts or self-defense, you have probably heard the often quoted “statistic” that 80-90 percent of physical altercations end up on the ground. I, myself, heard this statistic quoted often enough throughout the entirety of my 20+ year career in the martial arts. Not once did I ever hear the source of said statistic. It was simply “common knowledge” that everyone accepted as fact.

There are two legitimate sources that I am aware of that have presented statistics on this topic. One of them is the ASLET (American Society of Law Enforcement Training) pamphlet used from their July 1997 Use of Force Training Seminar. The seminar was presented in Los Angeles by Sergeant Greg Dossey, Sergeant John Sommers, and Officer Steve Uhrig of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). This document included a description of the study and methodology used in examining Use of Force incidents by the LAPD. In 1991, Sergeant Dossey completed a comparative study of use of force incidents reported by the LAPD for the year of 1988. He looked at all 5,617 use of force incident narratives written by officers for that year, and devised a method for codifying the information contained and analyzing it for what they identified as dominant altercation patterns. The study was replicated in 1992 by the LAPD’s Training Review committee.