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There are heaps of ways to defend against this depending on the specifics of the situation. Your main objective generally should be to move to the side so you dont take there force head-on and end up on your backwith them ontop of you. Once you have moved you need to gain some type of control over them and finish with strikes or a submission. Sounds simple but it really isnt. Just keep practising until you can adapt to the situation. Checkout this site >> http://www.hockscqc.com/articles/index.htm Scroll down to the article called "STAND DOWN ON THE HEAD BUTTS!". It talks about some of the advantages and disadvantages of headbutts.

Something along the lines of: even though your hitting your partner, your not putting all the power you have into the technique.

For hand eye co-ordination: Get a tennisball, a headband and a peice of elastic. 1.Attach one end of the elastic to the tennisball and the other end to the headband. 2. Put the headband on your head and adjust the length of the elastic so the ball hangs down to about belly button height. 3. Flick the ball up infront of your and punch it left-right-left-right etc.

They are fighting for points, in that type of competition punches dont score very well in comparison to kicks.

Obviously any added strength in the arms is benificial nomatter how it comes about. If its grained while practising your guard then so be it.

It doesnt have to be your guard exactly. Open hands help high in a position similar to "i surrender" but a bit closer to your body translates to a good guard. I would rather be in this position than with my hands hanging by my sides.

Control is still essential no matter what your doing.

You still do kumite in traditional karate, the emphasis is usually different though.

Once you learn it you begin to do it automatically so its not a constant thing. Sometimes you just need to remind yourself.

Im not sure if tactics is the right word, thats why i used the "". Maybe strategy is a better word. Anyway, the things from bjj i dont agree with are mainly the emphasis on submissions. I train specifically for self-defence and i personally prefer striking wheather it be stand-up or on the ground. So i like the positioning and control bjj teaches, but i personally would prefer to use that position and control to strike rather than go for a sub.

I dont train for competition and i would rather keep my hands up in self defence. So wheather its for compeition or self defence, its a valid technique that should be worked on.

Its pretty good. There are so many variables involved that its almost impossible to answer this question properly.

Thanks for the tips, i often do drills similar to this at home but just with my heavy bag, its a bit different than with a partner i realise, but still works well when you dont have a partner.

Another way to explain this is to look down your arm like its a gun when your punching.

What are some tips and things to remember for effectively striking on the ground? Both on-top and from the bottom?

Also try to keep your arms relaxed so you can keep them up for longer.

In my opinion, someone who pushes you is asking for trouble. To defend against this: fist to face.

There are so many ways you can approach karate. Personally i train for self defence and health, while others may just do it to keep fit or look good. At our school we have both competitors and non-competitiors so the training caters for both.

I agree, although i dont completely agree with some bjj 'tactics', the positioning is excillent on the ground.

If anything its the other way around. If you were to learn "pure" BJJ there would be little to no striking taught. Where JJJ includes striking in both standing and on the ground situations. But now days most BJJ schools teach striking anyway.

Heavy breathing and high pitched moans usually work well.

And here I was thinking that Muay thai fighters learnt elbows and knees.

Thats all well and good, but most fights start at close range and you wont always have space to dance around, so fighting at a distance is not always an option. Do you train takedown defences at your school?

Depends on what rules your fighting under, what techniques are allowed, and most importantly the skill of the 2 fighters.

Depends what type of karate your talking about.