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Originally Posted by grolsch
I think Cinn makes a good point. It's important to find a class that suits you.
My sifu mixed in ground fighting, wrestling, and so on. This was before MMA got popular (Yes, I'm old).
I went to find another teacher when I moved cities. I asked him if there was any training provided for
ground techniques. He said "If you are on the ground, your Kung-Fu is not good enough."
That kind of arrogance I can do without.
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I honestly don't think he was being arrogant. I practice karate with a few other things mixed in, and while learning how to fight on the ground is fun and useful, all my senseis have ever told me is that if you go to the ground in a real world fight, you're going to get your ass handed to you by your opponent's buddies waiting in the shadows ready to help him out.
Personally, I'm of the same opinion. I train to avoid getting put on the ground, as I know that it's a losing proposition for me. Now in competition, that's different, but real world hand-to-hand combat and competition are two different things.