After the last blog post on ground work, the response was honestly incredible. Some people disagreed. Some pushed back. A lot of people read it and said, “Damn, I’ve never thought about it that way.” But almost everyone agreed on one thing. We need more of these conversations. Not more noise. Not more techniques. More honest thinking about how this stuff is actually trained. That post hit a nerve because it put words to something many people already felt but could not articul

This is a question I’ve been asked for years, and it deserves a clear answer. Most people hear “ground fighting” and immediately think grappling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submissions, rolling, and staying down until someone gets a submission. That version of ground fighting makes sense in a sport environment. It does not automatically make sense in a self-defense environment. In sport grappling, you can pace. You can wait. You can stay on the ground. You are matched by size, skil

I’ve been around martial arts and self-defense long enough to see the pattern. Good people, adults with families, careers, busy lives,...