added dimension of going to the ground and fighting on the ground.
And this doesn't mean just grappling.
Vale Tudo drills involve "ground and pound" - punching from the mount and the guard, first on the pads, then with boxing gloves. We look at using the whole range of strikes in a ground fight.
We also use stix on the ground for when a stick fight ends there, including close ranges strikes, chokes and locks done with the stick.
You can read the full grappling post here:
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