"don't got the ground in a fight" part 1

"Don't go to the ground in a real fight."

A boatload of "fighting experts/reality based combat authorities" spout this crap all the time. They desperately try to justify why they don't train any form of grappling.

But I have a question for anyone who says this in the future. Before they say it, they need to describe how they will keep themselves from going to the ground, especially when they find themselves up against someone with a modicum of grappling knowledge. Not just the techniques, but how they plan to train it. Because that is integral to the process. Technique without practice is just mental masturbation.

In case they don't get my point, I will clarify. If you don't regularly train against someone who can take you down, and honestly tries to do it, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP IT STANDING. I could care less what magical art or system you practice (WW2 combatives, aikido, systema, silat, etc...). The proof will always be in the pudding.

Anybody I train, or anybody I respect in the martial art world will have no problem producing ON DEMAND. Bring a top notch wrestler to my gym? Cool, I or any of my guys will perform at any time. Not only that we will do it, but even more importantly, WE HAVE ALREADY DONE IT, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS! **note - I did not say we will succeed every time. What I am saying is we are willing to test ourselves or our theories on a constant basis against someone who is honestly trying to make us fail. My point is that we do not pontificate without performance - end sidenote ** I find it quite funny that the critics of grappling for the "street" can't produce any evidence that they can say the same. I have seen a lot of internet forum threads and blog posts from silat people, for example, how their stuff is so lethal on the ground and it is so devastating to grapplers, but NEVER a piece of video footage actually showing them accomplishing these magnificent feats. You don't have to have a silat player enter the UFC, but it should be mandatory when one of these super-fighters denigrate MMA/BJJ, that they need to have visual proof to back that up. I won't hold my breath waiting for them to put their money where their mouths are. That would require some integrity.