Bökh in Combat
Indian Wrestling, Kushti
Burns, Gotch, and Hackenschmidt
Jack Dempsey, Boxer
Jujitsu
Judo
Samozashchita Bez Oruzhiya (Sambo)
Dry Fire (or How to Get Good Faster, Better, and if not Cheaper at least More Effectively)
Entry
The Boxer
The Wrestler
Daylight Dracula (or Hiji Ate)
Macto Bicallis
The Scientific Method
Finding the Fighter’s Nature
Finding Your Fighting Nature: A Test
Notes on Running to/from
The Techniques and Degrees of Force
Arms and Hands
Head
Legs and Feet
Small Joint Manipulations
Grappling Techniques in Sport, Drunkle, and Combat
Osoto Gari
Osoto Gari—Competition
Osoto Gari—Drunkle
Osoto Gari—Combat
Ko Uchi Gari
Ko Uchi Gari—Competition
Ko Uchi Gari—Drunkle
Ko Uchi Gari—Combat
Osoto Gake
Osoto Gake—Competition
Osoto Gake—Drunkle
Osoto Gake—Combat
Head and Arm Drag
Head and Arm Drag—Competition
Head and Arm Drag—Drunkle
Head and Arm Drag—Combat
Hammerlock/Front Chancery
Hammerlock/Front Chancery—Competition
Hammerlock/Front Chancery—Drunkle
Hammerlock/Front Chancery—Combat
Clothesline
Clothesline—Competition
Clothesline—Drunkle
Clothesline—Combat
Ogoshi
Ogoshi—Competition
Ogoshi—Drunkle
Ogoshi—Combat
Uchi Mata
Uchi Mata—Competition
Uchi Mata—Drunkle
Uchi Mata—Combat
Sukui Nage
Sukui Nage—Competition
Sukui Nage—Drunkle
Sukui Nage—Combat
Hammerlock
Hammerlock—Competition
Hammerlock—Drunkle
Hammerlock—Combat
Ude Hishigi Waki Gatame
Ude Hishigi Waki Gatame—Competition
Ude Hishigi Waki Gatame—Drunkle
Ude Hishigi Waki Gatame—Combat
Whizzer
Whizzer—Competition
Whizzer—Drunkle
Whizzer—Combat
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Books
Websites
Television
Index
About the Authors
Praise for Dirty Ground
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword—by Rory Miller
If you fight, you fight for a goal and you fight in an environment. That is almost too obvious to write, but sometimes things need to be put into words or you lose track of obvious truths. When you lose track of obvious truths, you start to believe that a particular system, technique, or strategy is “right” when it is good only in a specific environment and aimed only at one of many possible goals.
I’ll wager that any martial art you might study has a high degree of efficiency, that is, in the environment from which it evolved and when used to achieve the goal the system defined as the win.
Think about this: Modern jujitsu, think Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), is highly efficient, but doesn’t look much like old, say pre-1650 Japanese jujutsu (JJJ). Old school JJJ doesn’t have a lot of submissions and doesn’t believe in spending much time working
