Interesting he stated that Rickson trainined with Him and Rickson swears he never trained in anything but GJJ. Kinda hard to win a national wrestling championship with just GJJ huh
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Mehdi's view was that a good throw can make ground fighting unnecessary. And even if the fight goes on, you are going to be in a much better position after dropping or slamming your opponent onto the ground from five feet up in the air, no matter how you look at it. Ukemi or no ukemi, it hurts.
A correctly executed throw is also beautiful to behold, Mehdi believed, whereas holding someone between your legs for the entire fight or match, while ok for a woman in a street survival situation, is unbecoming of a trained martial artist.
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Very well stated...not bashing the use of the guard but I do agree with the point.