Ground fighting
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Ground fighting (in martial arts sometimes referred to as "ground work" or "ground game") is hand-to-hand combat which takes place while the fighters are on the ground, generally involving a degree of clutching of gripping.
Ground Fighting Media
Ground fighting taking place in a mixed martial arts bout
Bas-relief of knee mount. Located at Angkor Wat(1100's A.D.) in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Submission lock on grounded opponent in Silat Minangkabau.
Drawing of ground fighting in Indian wrestling(1792 A.D.).
Ground fighting in Capoeira
Other websites
- Free Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling Videos Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- David Thomas' Ground Fighting Technique Catalog Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- www.lockflow.com/techniques.php Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Illustrated explanations of groundfighting techniques
- www.bjj.org/techniques/ Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine Guides to groundfighting and grappling techniques, with illustrations and some videos
- www.bjjzone.com Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Grappling Technique Videos
- Submission Grappling Demo - 7 minutes
