Ukemi: Fall Breaking Techniques
The common human response to falling is the most dangerous. Although most people instinctively protect their heads, they will reach out to catch themselves...
Why We Train: Preparing for Street Survival
Throughout my fifty plus years in the martial arts, nearly forty in law enforcement, and twenty years in the military the topic of training...
Taijiquan: The Dao of Movement and Martial Arts
Taijiquan can be thought of as a martial art, a health exercise, a practice in healing sports injuries, and other things as well. But...
Pure Punching Power: Karate-do Punch vs Karate-jutsu Punch
In this article a Medical Doctor Examines Karate-Do and Karate-Jutsu to find out which system has a better karate punch.
Much has been made of...
Samurai Weapons
Throughout the history of the Samurai, Samurai weapons included different size swords, daggers, spears and more necessary for different types of kills.
The age of...
Movie Theater Shooting Survival: Small-Arms Attack Defense Training
At midnight on July 20, 212 in Aurora, Colorado James Holmes, 24, slipped into a movie theater, stood in front of the movie screen...
Knife Attacks From Around The World
Not all knife attacks are the same. Unfortunately, you would never reach that conclusion by observing the way most martial arts instructors teach their...
Folding Knives Are A Lethal Force Option
Recently, I spent two days in a fantastic class learning the less than sophisticated art of using a “tactical” folding knife in a potentially...
Is Someone Watching You? Men Committing Lewd Acts
This was not the first call I had to deal with where men watched women from a distance, committing lewd acts. Most of the...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: How To Do A Proper Front Kick
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses how to do a proper front kick in a...
2 Stretch Yourself: Difficulties Doing a Side Split
Stretch Yourself: Difficulties With Doing a Side Split
This is the second installment of my column on training that appeared in May 1999 issue of...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Urban Criminal Ambush
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses detecting an urban criminal ambush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx0RNgyLcno
SUBJECT: Detecting an Urban Criminal...
O Goshi, for Sport or Street
A basic and popular Judo throw is O-Goshi, the well-known hip throw. It is an ideal throw for shorter people to employ against taller...
KATA – An Important Part of Martial Arts
Kata is a form of unique obligatory exercises involving a series of hand and foot techniques, of punches and kicks, connected by certain movements,...
Traditional Martial Arts and Combatives
"A knight in shining armor is a man who has never had his metal truly tested" ~ Unknown
In a forthcoming DVD produced in conjunction...
Jim Wagner Reality-Based Training Tool
Have you ever heard this argument during knife training before?
The attacker swears, “I cut you! You would have been dead!”
Then the defender says, “No...