It's pretty much a guarantee you'll be on the ground. You can't possibly keep them all off of you.
From my experience, the best recommendations are to keep moving, go for disabling hits while you have your time standing, and use one person to block another. This is just what I picked up off the streets. No idea what TCMA recommends, and I haven't ever asked.
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