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Stephen Spivey Survival Guide

System Continuity, A Key Component in a Self Defense System

A Must Have There are many key components that make up a good reality based self defense system. Knowing the psychology of an aggressor, using...
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Fighting Strategies

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Fighting Strategies

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is more than a contest of physical strength and agility; winning fighters know it is also a battle of mental strength and...
Combat Triage Manual

Combat Triage: A Manual of Self Care For Boxing, MMA, Martial Arts or Military

Combat Triage: A Manual of Self Care For Boxing, MMA, Martial Arts or Military is a training manual of 49 Redemptive self care applications...
Stephen Spivey Survival Guide

The Vigilance Standard In Self Defense

Our society is becoming more violent. Violent crimes increase daily and yet, our world is more integrated than ever. We travel more, commute from...
The Swordmaster's Apprentice

The Swordmaster’s Apprentice

How a broken nose, a shaman’s brew, and a little light dusting may point the way to enlightenment… About the Book: The Swordmaster’s Apprentice is the...
Donald Miskel

Understanding the Roots of a Martial Arts System

Everything has to start somewhere. Everything that is to stand must have a foundation. Nothing exists in a vacuum. I’m real big on finding...
The Powder Blue Negligee by Kurt Niemann

The Powder Blue Negligee: Memoirs Of A Probation Officer

Through the eyes of a frontline officer, these tales are raucous, fun, and heartbreaking in equal measure. Loosely autobiographical, The Powder Blue Negligee: Adventures...
Martial Arts Training App Screenshots

Martial Arts – Training

Martial Arts - Training App offers Martial Arts Training and workouts to learn disciplines like karate, MMA, and Full Contact martial arts.
Full Contact Fighter

Full Contact Fighter

Full Contact Fighter (www.fcfighter.com) is the longest-standing and most respected global Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) media outlet and lifestyle apparel line. Founded in 1997 as a...
Donald Miskel

Is There Life in the Martial Arts After Old Age?

I have been on this martial art journey for about sixty one years. Since I didn’t start at birth most of you would have...
Positive Comparisons

Positive Comparisons Affect Your Martial Arts in Positive Ways

I’m not going to lie. There was a day when I made comparisons of myself with other martial artists. It was not so I...
Martial Arts

Using Martial Arts to Heal Your Body

On the rise around the world as a form of exercise as well as mental training, close to 8 million Americans are involved in...
Ta Mo of Kung Fu and Wu Shu

Kung Fu and Wushu

Kung Fu: The Short Explanation In general, Kung Fu is a label used to describe any martial art that comes from China. It is the...
Mantis Quarterly

Mantis Quarterly

Mantis Quarterly was the voice of the international Mantis Boxing community. In Mantis Quarterly, teachers of every branch and family of the art shared their...
Principles of Personal Defense

Principles of Personal Defense

This new edition of Jeff Cooper's classic Principles of Personal Defense - with a fitting tribute by firearms expert Louis Awerbuck and all-new drawings...
Jujutsu

Why is Jujutsu Spelled So Many Different Ways

Arguably, Jujutsu is the most frequently misspelled word in the martial arts. The words used, vary from “Ju” to “Jiu” or “Jiuy,” and the...