Going to ground

[Jack_F]

http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/articles/non-firearms-defensive-tools/dont-go-to-the-ground/

Something to think about.............

[Griff]

Thank's Jack for posting this link.
Assuming we are the "good guys", and that we will not be the ones initiating the attack, most likely we won't be the ones who get to decide what our physical orientation will be once we realize we are indeed in a violent encounter.  You might be put on the ground by the initial attack.
You can't attack and defend at the same time. So the only way to switch roles with the attacker is to become the attacker by performing violence that causes the initiator to respond by becoming the defender until our violent acts cause the initiator to cease their aggression.
As to whether or not to go to the ground, I say go wherever you have to, to prevail. Take them where they don't want to be and leave them there.

[Richard S]

If and when TSHTF, get the best available cover, identify the threat, and if necessary shoot, move, and communicate.  In the event that after shooting, movement and communication are not possible, become and remain the smallest target possible. That usually means "becoming one with the ground," facing the threat and watching your "six."

As Sun-tzu wrote in The Art of War:

" Thus, one who excels at warfare first establishes himself in a position where he cannot be defeated while not losing [any oportunity] to defeat the enemy." 

(Sun-tzu, The Art of War, Ralph D. & Mei-chin Sawyer transl. 1994, at p. 184.)