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...
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...
Art of Fighting: A Lesson in Perseverance
A Lesson in Perseverance, or Proof that Talent Means Nothing Robert M. Clyne, host of “The Art of Fighting,” made this incredible video about...
Reality-Based Training One Minute at a Time
It doesn't take years to learn self-defense, it takes days.” That’s a statement I've used to promote my Reality-Based Personal Protection system for many...
A Brief History of Kata
If you are interested in the effective and realistic use of the combative methods recorded within kata, it is important that you have some...
The Tonfa Enters the 21st Century with the Defensive Leverage Device
Ever since man first picked up a rock for self-defense he has been on a never-ending quest to improve the weapons at his disposal....
Police Officer Survival Guide – The Use of Police Color Codes
One of the modes used in training, which is helpful, is the use of police color codes. The color codes, developed a number of...
Cardio Kickboxing Safety Tips
Are you planning to kick and punch your way to fitness with one of the hot, new cardio kickboxing programs? Currently, millions of exercisers...
Rick Clark on Judo Chokes Or Shimi-Waza
In Judo, shime-waza is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air or blood from passing through the...
Defend Disarm Control in Systema
This article discusses defend disarm control in Systema where defending and attacking are the same thing, where you must identify if the opponent is...
Your Secret Self-Defense Sequence
Unconscious Machine Gun of Moves
When people come into my self-defense gyms one of the first things I teach them is to have a defensive...
Jim Wagner’s 10 Rules of Combat
This article discusses Jim Wagner's 10 Rules of Combat based on his observations of the key elements to surviving actual hand-to-hand combat.
My uncle once...
Accidentally Killing Your Opponent
Do you carry a pair of handcuffs with you? Most martial artists don't. How then are you going to restrain a suspected criminal, whether...
10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 6: Eat Like A...
10 Things You Need to Know to be a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 6
Everyone knows that the Mixed Martial Arts Craze is taking...
Combating Conditioned Hesitation
To survive confrontations in the kill zone, officers must overcome second-guessing and act quickly and decisively. This article is about combating conditioned hesitation.
There are...
The Winning Edge: Less Is More
Defensive tactics programs and police combatives programs often fail as a system because they encompass a set of techniques instead of following a set...