So many students of Brazilian Jujitsu are now coming over to studying Aikido with us. Instructors of the self-defense system called Model Mugging suggest that, when women are attacked, it is often advantageous for them to go to the ground. It sounds as if people in Brazilian Jujitsu would agree. Yes, they feel safe on the ground. I think that the principles of Model Mugging are terrific, and I've heard some of the success stories.
Police say that, when women are assaulted, they are usually dragged to the ground.
Rather than standing up and boxing women, male assailants may grab them, drag them down, and then jump on top of them. When this happens, women need to know how to grapple. When I think of grappling, I think of something without much form. At the end of the seminars we give, we drill people on what they've learned. One of them sits on another's chest, flows from one technique to another, and ends up back where he was, sitting on the chest again.