Although it isn't exactly artistic, Ground and Pound is extrememly effective. I've certainly seen untrained people fight using this principle quite naturally.
I nearly laughed when I first saw Royce Gracie in UFC1. No offence to him, BJJ or anything. It was just that the Mount was something my brother and I had naturally done all through our childhood fights, but we had what could be descrobed as Ground and Grind. That is, whoever was on top would grind ther knuckles into the others head or ribs......We weren't really trying to hurt each other of course, but the Mount has got to be one of THE most natural positions.
In short, I think that both striking and grappling are fairly natural urges for the untrained person, though I suspect striking would be much less so if it weren't for TV and Cinema, where all things from Boxing matches to Kung Fu films have entered our psyche.
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