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Just drop/ sink your weight, spread your legs back and to the side into either a deep bow or Mountain climbing stance,
It's too common a move. It's one that's often trained against.
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All this striking stuff will never work, because you have to open up too much at a critical time, when yo need to be maintaining your structure and root. If you are in a position to make a counter like that work, the BJJ guy is going to know that, and he won't shoot in the first place.
1) All joints and other 'weakspots' on the body are just as in danger as they are in when sinking your weight or going to the ground, regardless of how you face an opponent. Some are in less danger, say when you square off with someone, such as those on the back. But, if there are things behind you, they are in danger, if you get pushed back into them.
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I have a friend I train with-4th deg BB in JJ,(not BJJ) used to do Hung-Ga, collegieate wrestler, HS Football,weight lifter-basically built like a brick sh1thouse.
So I, like Ron had the same theories-"I'll use my horse" "I'll drop the elbow" "I'll this, that and the other thing.." yep. So we got on the floor. I tried it all, and then I said,"Yeah, well, I'm not hitting you hard." (cuz the elbow, well, that'll really fuk yu up.) so he says,"You can go harder" so I did. I (tried to) hit him with the elbow, and everything else. Then I went harder. And harder. Nope, Nothing. Nada. I am a firm believer. I was down and on my back so many times, I had road rash.
Last week, I'm at my Si-Hing's place and one of his guys is a greco-roman wrestler. He showed some things that drive this point home even more.
Basically, what I and it seems everyone else is saying is that you really and honestly need to grab someone who has real knowledge of this stuff, and then get on the mat and try. That is the only way you will ever know what works and what doesn't. Helz yeah it hurts, and the ego hurts even more, but that's the easy way.
I've trained for fighting/ground fighting against grapplers, wrestlers and other ground fighters. For some of them, it took me a long time before I won against them. For others, not so much. But, all of them knew what they were doing. I don't fight against anyone for the practice. I do study people before partnering up with them. I'm selective about who I fight with, but one of the characteristics I look for in someone to partner up with is someone that's got some trait that seriously trumps something I've got. I can't learn, if all I fight against are people with less skill/lower traits than me. That doesn't push the limits of what I can do to new heights. That's why I'm selective.