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Police Officer Survival Guide

Police Officer Survival Guide – Ten Deadly on the Job Errors

There is little truly new on the subject of officer survival tactics. It is the simple, unglamorous basics that will keep an officer alive. Sadly,...
Knife Attack CCTV

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...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Spider Drop

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses using the Spider Drop to safely fall in a tactical manner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4HrgHZmocM SUBJECT:...
Power of a Muay Thai Kick

Power of a Muay Thai Kick

Bob Chaney has been getting his kicks out of life via the marital for almost five decades.  With a background in traditional Japanese Karate,...
Jim Wagner Articles

Your Phone Is Your Best Weapon

After I had run each person through a scenario as a witness I explained to my students huddled in a semi-circle around me, "Your...
Antonio Graceffo Bradal Serey

Bradal Serey

Learning Khmer Kick Boxing with Paddy Carson "We have to remember why we are in that ring we are there to hurt the other guy...
Young Bo Kong

Young Bo Kong on Cutting Down Your Opponent with an Axe Kick

Tae Kwon Do Grand Master Young Bo Kong has been called the fastest kicker alive.  However, even with his speed, this two-time national champion...
Workout Tips To Avoid Weak Bones

Workout Tips To Avoid Weak Bones

Give me a few minutes and I'll show you some workout tips to avoid weak bones! An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, and...

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...
Chris Thomas

Anyone Can Beat Anyone: There Is No Such Thing As Invulnerability

I know that invulnerability is often what we seek when we are beginning our training. We watched many a martial arts demo in which...
Best Practices by Amaury Murgado

Best Practices: Maximize Initial Response

This Best Practices article discusses the importance of investing in your first 10 minutes in order to maximize initial response. Borrowing a line from the...
Donald Miskel

Developing Speed In the Martial Arts

There are several concepts in the martial arts that are deceptive and often misinterpreted. Things aren't always what they appear to be or what...
The Champion Mind

The Champion Mind

Several years ago I was discussing the sports psychology and Jiu-jitsu with a friend. We were debating what makes grapplers like Rickson Gracie truly...
The Neglected Aspect of Executive Protection

The Neglected Aspect of Executive Protection

What does a multi-billionaire, an action star, a fashion designer, and the king of Sweden all have in common? They all got a pie...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Tai Chi Chuan’s Powerful Self Defense

Tai Chi Chuan's powerful self defense movements are so well hidden or disguised that by the time one's enemies see it or realize it, they...
Donald Miskel

Unarmed Against a Bladed Weapon

You might get your butt whipped for carrying a knife but it usually wouldn’t land you in jail. Consequently everyone on the streets carried...