I've recently been doing a lot of no gi judo. Something that I've discovered is that in that environment, the traditional mantis techniques have time to develop. I think that when you ad the element of a scrum, a real knock down drag down in close fight, the old techniques are more applicable.

I've found the feel to be different than when I dabbled in san shou in the 90's because I find that it's hard to apply technique in a mostly striking environment. I think when you ad that element of grappling, you get that "bridge" and time that's needed to execute a lot of the techniques and strategies.

Anybody else have similar experiences?