First ought to say I am not a Senshido rep and I have not studied any of the tapes Rich refers to (I am awaiting my first order from Senshido ...very excited) but I wanted to add my thoughts to this discussion.
As Luke says when you are on the ground I feel it is important to keep distance until you are able to get back up safely. Personally I do not want to be on the ground...for one it is not where I do most of my training.
Although in every situation "it depends" rather than falling straight to the ground you might want to consider "rolling" (not a forward roll but like you see kids going downhill sometimes) to gain a little distance. YOu ought to start this roll as soon as you feel the sweep (or whatever) is on. You have to remember his mobility is likely to be better than yours so as soon as you can get into the position Luke suggests (on your side). IMHO you want to 1. Keep the attacker at distance (with kicks to the knees/shins) and hopefully distract him long enough to get up or 2. draw him in between your legs so you can scissor kick to sweep and then get up.
If you are on the ground then you need to keep your legs towards the attacker, if there are multiples then you need to get up quickly. Luke suggested not kicking too high or the foot will be swept, in some circumstances I might think about encouraging this and using this motion turn the way of the kick and kick with my other leg. So for example if I were laid on my left, kick with the right leg then if swept to the right (which would put me on my back) go with this and execute a turning kick from the floor.
Remember with multiples you do not have the luxury of waiting for him to do something.
Hope this is clear and hope it gives another (slightly different) point of view.
All the best
Bear
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