Before you throw a single strike, before you learn to escape a single grab, you need somewhere to stand. Not a fighting pose. Not something borrowed from a movie. A guard that holds up when someone is actually pushing on it, faking on it, closing distance on it, and doesn't fall apart the moment things get uncomfortable. https://www.skool.com/budo-taijutsu-unchained-5673/classroom/fd08a63b