Here are some points to Useaspoon:
1. If you can't take contortions of your name...don't join the military. Your Drill Sergeants will find ones you never thought possible. In addition, when creating internet handles it is highly advisable to make word divisions obvious.
2. I stand by all my words that you quoted. (As to the sentence you did not include, I've taken mental notes Ranger EvilCouch's earlier response to Ranger Horned Toad.) To bring further clarity:
a. A bum rush is best as a surprise attack, that is, the "bum" doesn't suspect you will attack him. A bum rush is no different than a wrestler "shooting" for you (which, as you already noted, wrestlers do). A bum rush can be stepped around, or it can me minimized by throwing the legs back. A few people can even counter mountain goat style (stance, bone density permitting).
b. "Where?", "When?", "Who?", and "Why?" are of the utmost important when analyzing anything, especially anything that comes off the internet. The videos in the set I commented on where sadly lacking in these. For the first two videos, this is of even higher importance, as their opening "techniques" showed little to no skill. So, who are those opponents? What specific school(s) did they train at? When did least challenge matches occur? What lessons do the opponents say they learned from the match?
Et cetera. Being a "black belt" doesn't neccessarily mean anything as to fighting ability.
3. This was one of the first thread I examine after joining this site. (Look at my joined date, compare with how many posts existed before I joined.) I've kept up over time, and have kept my mouth shut in it until I felt I had something worthy to add. There is no possibility of building a reputation (at least a "good" reputation in this thread). The thread may be labeled "Grappling", but is as much about how should military combatives (which fits mostly in the grappling category) be revised.
4.
Useaspoon wrote:Good luck there. I don't think any kind of training is going to fully prepare you for someone jumping you from concealment.
Yet that is a situation, and a likely one at that, that we need to train soldiers for.
5. Chokes are useful, if you can complete them before his buddy arrives. Simply put, combat methodology
is teamwork.
6. How much balance drinking impairs depends on the individual and amount of consumption. Some varieties of martial arts had poor footing in mind when they were developed.
7. I will not groin "pinch"...I will grab for the scrotum and the testes it contains, crush, twist, and pull. If my opponent does not let go, I won't. I realized this is much more effective when an opponent is in soft clothing, but it is still in my tool box.
8.
Useaspoon wrote:Vitors natural athleticism made him a very tough opponent. But you know what his weakness was? His mind. He is weak mentally.
If there is anyone who knows mental toughness, it's a
U.S. Army Airborne Ranger! Hoo-ah! You are on soft soil here. You have no right to bring up mental toughness in any capacity to any
Veteran until you at least complete Basic Training. After that, you gain a right to inquire about mental toughness, and how to improve your own.
9. I agree with Ranger Ndog275's assessment (from your intro thread).
10. I need a drink...
The constant name dropping is kind of cute though, ever tell ya about the time I met Rick the Nature Boy Flair 
