I think it's fairly obvious. Does this kind of thing happen in real life, in real fights, ALL THE TIME?
Yes.
Do people train for this? Do you? No idea...but IME, 99% of martial artists don't. Is this some kind of pie-in-the-f***ing-sky street duel? No. Is it a fair fight? No. Did the guy on the ground necessarily see it coming? Hah! Consider yourself the luckiest person ever if you see a good ambush or attack coming...and here's of course the big flame drawing comment, but you asked - do you know of lots of "groundfighting" or "reality" arts that regularly make these situations a part of their training?
THAT'S the point. That's the kind of thing that really happens, and too many people prefer to stay in imaginary fight land where things like that don't happen if you don't know how to deal with it. If you want to be truly effective when the brown hits the blades, you need to be able to not freak out when you fall down and three guys start going to town on you. Download 50 fight clips, real fights, from your favorite P2P program. You see a lot of dueling? Lots of complex maneuvering and positioning going on? These subjects, really bad situations that can happen to anyone, are worth covering in class, just because there's a damn good chance it might happen if you get into a fight and there's more people than just you and the guy you're angry with.
As for the kicking strength...hehehehe...I've already invited you before, but hell, if we ever catch up, feel free to kick me as hard as you like during that kind of drill.
Don't take this post as an angry outburst...merely a surprised one. I figured the point of the drill, and that type of training, is fairly obvious.
-Dave  |