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Martial Arts Speed

The 7 Keys To Martial Arts Speed

Regardless of your martial arts style or method . . . you cannot apply it unless you can react quickly and respond instantly. Speed...
Samurai Sword Shop

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...
National Geographic Fight Science

Martial Arts Vs Crash Test Dummies

How many of you out there have ever wondered just how powerful a good karate spinning back fist is compared to a boxing right...
Tussey Custom Damacas

He Hath Crafted A Weapon of Knightly Prowess

Terry Tussey at the helm of Tussey Custom, is well known to GUNS readers. His classical styled yet modern and supremely functional pistols have...
Russell Stutely Hidden Secrets

Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets – Making It Work #1

You have to earn the right to land your technique! How do we earn that right? How do we put ourselves in a position...
How to Spar for the Street

How to Spar for the Street: Part 3

In this series of articles we are discussing how to make your sparring relevant to real situations. As we've discussed in previous articles, the...
Donald Miskel

Riding the Strike of the Cobra: The Softer Approach to Blocking

In this series of lessons, we want to explore several advanced principles of soft blocking. The hard approach to blocking is designed to use...
Ted Gambordella – Fights To Win

10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 8: Control Your Mind...

10 Things you need to know to be a mixed martial arts fighter part 8: How to control your mind and emotions before and...
Police Officer Survival Guide

Police Officer Survival Guide – Schiopathic, Psychopathic Behaviors and Your Survival

Any individual can become violent and the vast majority of society would commit a homicide under the right circumstances. Consequently, it cannot be assumed...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Control Tension with Systema Conditioning

In Systema conditioning, we try to create all the exercises so that they lead us directly into the highest levels of fighting skill. Training...
Boxing in Cholon

Muay Thai Boxing the Vietnamese in 2011

In 2007 I did a magazine story entitled, "Boxing the Vietnamese" about me training with a boxing team in Cholon, the China Town of...
Cold Steel Mouse Knives

Big: That’s Not a Knife . . .THAT’S a BIG Knife

By Lynn Thompson - Cold Steel ~ In my earlier article regarding "Mouse Knives" I urged my friends and customers to examine their knife...
Full Contact Muay Thai

Bob Chaney’s Full Contact Conditioning

A few months ago I went to Thailand with Bob Chaney to train with him and one of his students at a Muay Thai...
Jim Wagner Articles

Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden

In the 2008 movie titled Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden instructor Jim Wagner teaches the star, Morgan Spurlock, how to survive...
Ted Gambordella – Fights To Win

10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 1: Punch Like A...

10 Things You Need To Know To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 1: How To Punch Like A Boxer, Not Like A Karate...
Martial Arts and Fitness

The Link Between Martial Arts and Fitness

Many martial arts schools claim that studying their art is a great way to get fit, lose weight, and improve health. In reality, however,...