Good grappling art

[Void Boxing]

Those of you who have studied grappling, could you recommend an art that i could blend with Wing chun and JKD?......

I know of many different ones and i really dont have the time to go off and study each one, so any recommendations would be good OH and could you give a reason why please - thank you.

[lowsweep]

I have done BJJ for a little over a year and I love it. Check it out, you wont find many fake schools and it becomes effective pretty fast. I would say catch wrestling would be nice with the fast linear strategy of Wing Chun, but its pretty hard to find a good catch wrestling teacher without first having the right connections. If you can, though, catch wrestling is one of the most simple, fast, and brutally effective arts you'll find. Ask around anyways, see what you can dig up. Where are you located? I may know something nearby.

[Void Boxing]

I live in melbourne, victoria, australia - i could just look through the phone book and see if there are any catch wrestlers out there. Cheers mate.

[Meat Shake]

You mean on the ground or standing?
Shuai chiao if you are standing...
BJJ is hands down the most fluid ground fighting style I have ever seen. I dont think that much, if anything else, compares.

[jjj]

I'd recommend bjj or wrestling, or both if you can.

[shaolin kungfu]

BJJ or catch wrestling.

[45degree fist]

Shaolin Chin Na always supplements any style. it also allows you to stay on your feet.

[shaolin kungfu]

Shaolin Chin Na always supplements any style. it also allows you to stay on your feet.

You'd be better off going with something like BJJ. No disrespect to chin na.

[SevenStar]

Originally posted by 45degree fist
Shaolin Chin Na always supplements any style. it also allows you to stay on your feet.

tell me you're kidding...

[apoweyn]

Originally posted by 45degree fist
Shaolin Chin Na always supplements any style. it also allows you to stay on your feet.

Well, truthfully, it relies on you staying on your feet. It doesn't allow as much. Chinna doesn't have the power to allow as much. That kinda comes down to you and the other guy, don't you think?

Ideally, chinna is designed to allow grappling while standing. So it's not necessary to go to the ground. But the contention of BJJ has never been that it's necessary or even preferable to go to the ground. Only that it happens. And that you'd better have some recourse when it does.


Stuart B.

[45degree fist]

I believe the question asked was "Those of you who have studied grappling, could you recommend an art that i could blend with Wing chun and JKD?......"


Everyone gave their suggestions I gave mine. and I believe that Chin Na with WC and JKD as well as any other style improves on each other.

besides if you are in a fight and end up on the ground you deserve to be there unless you are blind sided then in that case there really is no defense your getting hit regardless.

[apoweyn]

Feh. I was feeling kinda bad about sounding like I'd dismissed your idea out of hand.

Until this.

besides if you are in a fight and end up on the ground you deserve to be there

What kind of solution is that?

Like you fall over a crate you didn't see on the ground, or you slip on ice, or (God forbid) the guy actually legitimately takes you down. You shrug your shoulders, figure you've got it coming, and then settle back for a spectacular beating?

No thanks.

[45degree fist]

alright guy. lets just agree to disagree here. you obviously train to be able to fight on the ground and I train to recover my position. and I still stand by my statement if a guy legitimately takes me down then that means I did something wrong, and I deserve to be there.

[apoweyn]

Originally posted by 45degree fist
alright guy. lets just agree to disagree here. you obviously train to be able to fight on the ground and I train to recover my position. and I still stand by my statement if a guy legitimately takes me down then that means I did something wrong, and I deserve to be there.

Actually, you're wrong. I've trained about 5 hours of groundfighting in my life. I've trained standing, striking, and footwork for 18 years.

And hitting the ground is still a possibility.

That aside, extend your reasoning in the logical direction. Where does it end?

A man gets mugged in the park. He did something wrong by 1) being in the park at that time and 2) not seeing the mugger coming. Conclusion: He deserved to be mugged.

By that rationale, martial arts themselves are a waste of time. If it reaches a point where you need that sort of specialized knowledge, you've done something wrong. And you deserve to be there.

But things go wrong. And people don't necessarily deserve it.

Why would you willingly say it's over before it's over rather than simply preparing for that phase of the engagement?

But as you said, let's agree to disagree. Guy.


Stuart B.

[Meat Shake]

45degree dude...

Learning MA doesnt give you "spidey sense", so you better **** well have a plan for once you hit the ground. You dont have eyes in the back of your head, you dont have super strength to consistently 1 hit KO, and you cant beat 3 people at once. If you have ever been in a real fight, or even watched a real fight for that matter, a good majority of the times, IT DOES GO TO THE GROUND. Its ignorant to neglect ground fighting. Its an imperitive skillset to have. Just cause master googaly moogaly says style XYZ is the ultimate shiznit, doesnt mean it is. If you want to be an efficient fighter, you cant neglect any range. Punch/kick, standing grappling, ground fighting.

And standing chin na does not relate in anyway to ground fighting. Standing locks cannot be used on the ground. Its an entirely different game. And yes, I do study standing chin na as well.