Guard pulling in grappling tournaments?

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What are your thoughts? Is permitting competitors to pull guard in order to avoid the takedown game, a true depiction of a martial art created for realistic self defense?

Below is the first installment of the New Dimension Grappling rules tutorial series, which spotlights "takedown scoring" for our upcoming May 7th tournament. This answers many of the pressing questions that we have been approached with.. INCLUDING the controversial topic of guard pulling!!

New Dimension Grappling shakes up the world of mat competition as the first grappling tournament series held entirely INSIDE THE CAGE, with realistic scoring that bridges the gap between sport and reality. See everyone there!!

 

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What are your thoughts? Is permitting competitors to pull guard in order to avoid the takedown game, a true depiction of a martial art created for realistic self defense?

Below is the first installment of the New Dimension Grappling rules tutorial series, which spotlights "takedown scoring" for our upcoming May 7th tournament. This answers many of the pressing questions that we have been approached with.. INCLUDING the controversial topic of guard pulling!!

New Dimension Grappling shakes up the world of mat competition as the first grappling tournament series held entirely INSIDE THE CAGE, with realistic scoring that bridges the gap between sport and reality. See everyone there!!

It doesn't do that much for you. I used to do constantly and would get whopped in BJJ with side-control and IDK what they're called but other ways out of it.

Cro Cop is a great example. They always said he had great guard and he'd always pull it if he coulnd't avoid the TD.... usually this meant stalling or absorbing damage till it got stood up. It pretty simple and obvious compared to the BJJ of someone like Diaz. And, I'm a Cro Cop fan.

But there;s a lot more to BJJ than pulling guard constantly, no matter what, and it gets old and there's better positions. It worked relatively well for Cro Cop tho in MMA context.