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Ted Gambordella – Fights To Win

10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 5: Conditioning For A...

10 Things you need to know to be a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter #5: Conditioning For A Fight Everyone knows that the Mixed Martial Arts Craze...
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...
Donald Miskel

Stillness in Combat

In the end, whether you have to discourage a would be predator or combat an attacker mushin, that calm in the face of opposition,...
Combat Triage

Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Focused Breathing 2

You know that awful feeling you get when you start to get winded and your second wind hasn't happened yet? That's when you're really...

How Martial Artists Use Science and Technique For Brick Breaking

In this video The Science Center of Iowa brings you science in 60(ish) seconds. In this episode, we learn the science behind brick breaking....
Combat Triage

Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Focused Breathing

Last weekend I watched a great little movie called: From Mexico With Love. I was happy because it had a very happy ending, but...
Russell Stutely Hidden Secrets

Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets: Pressure Points Myth or Reality? #10

I have read with some amusement articles reference the use or rather non-use of Pressure Points. Like any "part of the jigsaw" of Martial...
Tai Chi Is Just Ordinary Boxing

Pressure Point Fighting in Tai Chi

In the early 80's, I wrote some articles about tai chi. After one of them, a letter to the editor from a tai chi...
Jim Wagner Articles

Knife Violence: 14 People Stabbed Today at Community College

Jim Wagner discusses knife violence in this Reality-Based article explaining that a close range a knife is just as lethal as a firearm. A student...
Iain Abernethy

The Basics of Bunkai – Part 3

In this series of articles we are exploring the basics of bunkai or kata application. The aim of these articles is to open up...
Thomas Kurz Stretching

4 Stretch Yourself: Splits in Taekwondo, Karate, and Kickboxing

Stretch Yourself: Kinds of Flexibility and the Right Role of Splits in Taekwondo, Karate, and Kickboxing This is the fourth installment of my column on...
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...
Ted Gambordella – Fights To Win

10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 4: Ground Jiu Jitsu...

10 Things You Need To Know To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 4: How To Do Ground Jiu jitsu Without A Gi. Everyone knows...
The Best Block is No Block

The Best Block is No Block

The best block is no block at all!! With that said, it is well known and documented that if you try to block an...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Impact Weapons Defense

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video, Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses Impact Weapons Defense or how to survive an impact...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Throwaway Wallet in a Robbery

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection discusses the throwaway wallet or using a decoy wallet during a robbery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKkjeSbUNAg SUBJECT:...