If you are unable to immediately recover your footing when decentralised  you need to know how to ground protect counter engage and recover your footing.

Keep your feet  facing your foe and utilise stamp kicks and oblique stamp kicks to combat their approach kicks and stomps. Combat a kick with a kick.

When the time and situation is consistent with safe recovery from on your  side swing your skyward leg forward to the ground and move your ground-ward leg rearward.

With the Palm and forearm of your arm closest to the ground begin to push your torso upwards to kneeling position.

From the kneeling position if required. You can execute a stamp kick or stamp kicks.

From kneeling on one knee quickly stand straight up into your stance and guard fast map assess and counter engage or escape and evade.

From the kneeling position during the footing recovery. If you are injured or find difficulty in regaining your footing you can brace a hand on a thigh to assist with stability and expedient footing recovery.