RuleOfSteel2
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I can't believe any posters here haven't done some backyard bbq grappling. In my youth that was a common pasttime for me & my wrestling buddies. A bbq, some beer & wrestling. The beach, some beer & eventually wrestling. Middle of winter in Ames, girlfriend home for winter break, cutting weight missing the holiday feasts, no beer, & you get snow wrestling (well actually taking a cheapshot at a buddy by blindsiding him into a drift).
Back to the thread's question, just make sure the grass isn't a rock filled, gopher hole plagued field. In many countries they hold wrestling competitions on hard packed sand, loose sand, grass, packed mud. We'd hold wrestling matches on grass, there weren't really any problems, we just didn't hit arch throws or lifts. The worst we had outside of head collisions were bruised knees, no big deal. Bjj shouldn't be any different & this way you can legitimately ban the armbar & triangle slam escape with out the wuss comments.
Back to the thread's question, just make sure the grass isn't a rock filled, gopher hole plagued field. In many countries they hold wrestling competitions on hard packed sand, loose sand, grass, packed mud. We'd hold wrestling matches on grass, there weren't really any problems, we just didn't hit arch throws or lifts. The worst we had outside of head collisions were bruised knees, no big deal. Bjj shouldn't be any different & this way you can legitimately ban the armbar & triangle slam escape with out the wuss comments.