Kasz216 said: 1) Don't throw kicks unlike what people in Jay's thread said. Unless properly executed they're weak. And even when they are executed well you can see them a mile away and it fucks up your balance. 2) Don't back down, always press the attack. 3) Expect to hit the ground, After a couple punches, most fights end up in a grappling situation. In fact, if possible go for the tackle, at the very least get ready to brace yourself for it and don't be afraid to knee the guy when he goes in for the tackle. If you get a successful mount position you've basically won. Even most medieval sword battles ended with grappling. |
As a Judoka - you are correct. Addition:
While grappling him you have a near endless amount of options. My recommendation:
1.) If he is on top - go for a submission hold. Once he grabs your shirt, lock his arm and try to overbend his elbow joint. If he does not expect this the pain already might be enough distraction for you to turn him over. If not you might as well try to choke him from below since you are pretty much screwed.
2.) If/once you are on top: Place one knee on his throat and one knee on the ground. Lock the arm on your side between your head and your shoulders, twist the arm for a submission hold. If he struggles, put your weight on his throat. This will wear him out extremely fast.
3.) For the overkill you could now apply a leg-lock from behind, if done correctly you can choke and do a submission-hold at the same time with no chance for him to ever get out of it, since the strongest muscles of the body are in your legs and he has no way to reach you anyways.
You probably wouldn't be able to do any of this, though. Even in a practice match this is hard to pull of (to be fair - the opponents in a practice match usually have as much experience as you do), in a real combat you won't even remember to do this unless it has been trained excessively. Has already been handy for me, though^^