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Originally Posted by Jaydelart
I don't know. Although it would be arrogant to imply shooters can easily be defended with a knee, and I'd agree that it wouldn't necessarily be easy to execute, I doubt the likelihood of receiving an accurate knee, even at low force, as being ineffectual. As far as being ineffectual goes, shooting requires a considerable amount of commitment, meaning, to me, the degree of effectiveness can vary significantly -- in favor of a high potential for damage, reiterating that the knee hits its mark. Eating a knee isn't exactly a cup of tea.
Though, you do have a point about Judo's standing throws.
In any case, it's all about the artists not the art, right, Ronin?
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I would say look at MMA today. While there was a surge of strikers that started to dominate once the UFC and other franchises started to sign some decent Muay Thai and Karate fighters, the dominance has swung back to the jiu-jitsuka and wrestlers that have learnt how to strike rather than strikers that have learnt how to grapple.
Regarding the knee. You're assuming that the knee and the takedown exist in a vaccuum. The key to a take down is the setting up of it. A better takedown defence as SuperFresh says is the sprawl as it is usually too late to get in a knee 9 times out of 10.