Crosstrain...
All I have to say is crosstrain, learn both groundfighting and striking to fight on the ground and to fight on your feet. If you only do one you're short changing yourself. There are times when you do need to take it to the ground, for example an out of control friend that you don't want to hurt or who may hurt himself. There are times when you want to keep it standing say when you get jumped outside your favorite bar by a bunch of drunk guys. I've had both situations happen to me, and to tell you the truth when it came to being jumped outside my, at the time, favorite bar my choice was to avoid the whole thing and book out the back door. Realistically you need to know both so you get that option, so you can pick and make the choice and take that choice away from your opponent on what game to play. Crosstrain, just make sure you train realistically otherwise you're wasting your time.-ED
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