The Discrepancy Between Martial Arts and Increasing Street Violence
There is a stark difference between the perceived effectiveness of martial arts/fight sports, in handling violent encounters and the reality of street violence.
6 Blind Men of Industan
People tend to claim absolute truth based on their limited, subjective experience and so it goes with self-defense… everyone thinks they know the answer.
Knife Defense : Profiling Strategies
WR Mann's Profiling Strategies poster showing profiling and knife defense against a single attacker.
MasterClass With Chris Thomas
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Evan Pantazi Kyusho Online
Evan Pantazi Kyusho Online: Articles by an Expert
Evan Pantazi Kyusho Online shares Evan's website articles related to Kyusho and other martial arts topics written...
The Importance of Pre-Conflict Skills for Knife Defense – Part 1
Reaction times in knife defense will differ with distance, but good news is many individuals can improve their reaction times with practice.
The Deification of Dangerous Knife Grips
Have you ever used a hammer, a screwdriver and/or pliers? Is this the way you would normally hold them while working on a task?...
BolaWrap: Early Restraint For Non-Compliant Subjects
The #BolaWrap was specifically designed for mentally ill, drug induced, or non-complaint subjects, as a way to restrain them with using pain, before the...
Knife Attacks Can Be Sudden
Knife attacks can come on suddenly before you have time to realize it!
*From a recent CCTV video
– An argument on the street starts out...
Adding Judo to Your Self-Defense Toolbox Part 1
Judo is arguably the most underrated fight sport for nonweapons self-defense. For years it’s been overshadowed by striking-based martial arts. It wasn’t until the...
Adding Judo to Your Self-Defense Toolbox Part 2
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The Force of Competitive Throws
The Impact of someone being thrown on their head on concrete is far more devastating than the...
Footwork Training In Martial Arts – An Introduction
In response to a comment a respected martial arts teacher recently made to me that he felt that footwork training was becoming a lost...
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...
Footwork, Footwork, Footwork
The single biggest distinction between fitness and martial arts training is whether participants move or remain stationary, and the key is learning footwork.
However they...
Neihanchi Kata: A Half-Century Musing On The Kata Of Okinawa
In this essay I will share my observations of the Neihanchi kata of the Isshin Kempo and Isshinryu systems. I discuss Kiko and its...
An Instructors Guide to Teaching Knife Defense to Civilians Part One
The knife is one of mankind’s oldest and most valuable tools. It’s also the weapon of choice for most violent attacks around the world....