Why every karateka on Earth needs to learn some grappling

Merry Christmas everyone!

Sorry for the long time not writing. It was been a busy year (studies, surgery...).

Anyway, here we are again.

This time I would very much like to rise awareness of what grappling arts (Judo, BJJ, Sambo, grappling, wrestling...) can do against people trained exclusively in striking arts who have no idea how grappling works.

Oh, yes, Karate is grappling with strikes!

Yes, but, most people don't train it like that.

Just have a look at how I, who have been doing Martial Arts for more than 30 years and who has had his own share of Judo and trained mostly on the ground in the last 2 years, can not dominate and brutalize a newbie 20 pounds lighter than me.

Now, many people are trained in grappling arts nowadays, so it won't be difficult to understand that your chances of facing a grappler are higher than ever.

Yes, your chances of getting into a fight are low, I know that. Thank you.

And this is what more expert grapplers do to me:

Yeah, that was fun.

Yes, if you punch them on da face first that will end the fight.

Probably.

Not sure.

Not sure if you can hit someone shooting for your legs with a clean punch in the face.

Maybe you can.

I thought I could.

I am not trying to bash Karate. I just would like to make my fellow karateka around the world aware that life exists outside of Karate. 

You don't need to leave your Karate to learn a new Art. But maybe you can have a liiiiitle bit of training on that area that can make you better at defending yourself from an attack.

That will also make karateka look like well-rounded fighters, as we should be.

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