Pepper Spray Strength Nothing To Sneeze At!
They’re red hot, and they’ll make you swoon. No, it’s not a new rock band. I’m talking about pepper spray – popular non-lethal devices...
Everyday Weapons and a Survival Mindset Are A Girl’s Best Friend!
To effectively bring weapons to bear you must vanquish the inner muggers - voices of doubt, can’t, shouldn’t - and overcome moral or spiritual...
Be Prepared for an Active Shooter
The shootings at Trolley Square, Virginia Tech and the Omaha Mall remind us that violence can strike at any time and in any place....
Surviving The Street
One of Moni Aizik’s Level 2 Commando Krav Maga instructors in Holland was attacked and forced to use his training skills and shares this...
Self-Defense Today: The New Reality Part 1
Self-Defense today is so radically different from the past that it defies recognition. Twenty years ago self-defense meant defending yourself from a random street...
Awareness: The Most Important Self-Defense Technique
Top Priority: Be Informed
I start many of my self-defense courses by asking people what they think is the most important “tool” or “technique” or...
Women and Their Warrior Spirit
The warrior spirit lies deep within us all. It’s a vital, rousing force that can turn the meek into the fearsome.
To be effective in...
Women, Do It With Your Hips!
These hips are big hips.
They need space to move around in …
These hips are free hips,
They don’t like to be held back …
These hips...
A Gun Alone Is Not Self Defense
A gun alone is not self defense. By itself it is simply a gun, a tool and nothing more. Loading the gun and firing...
Sudden Violence Against Civilians: Are You Prepared?
When I hear in the media about sudden violence against civilians, I often find out that the victim, more often than not, made several...
Using Common Sense in a Sexual Situation
Not so long ago a radio station aired a piece on how a female can escape an unwanted sexual situation by using an app...
The Jim Wagner Use-of-Force Ladder for Civilian Self Defense
Every adversary you come across is going to have the same level of fighting skills and the same reasons for fighting you, right? Wrong....
Defensive Weapons, Kubotans
The last defensive weapon I'll talk about in this series is Kubotans.
First and foremost, always obey local laws. Country, State, County and even City...
Psych Drugs, Not Guns, Doing the Killing
Las Vegas, Nevada: 12 years ago, I asked a very pointed question in a press release sent to the National Wire Service immediately following...