Anatomical Targeting vs Techniques
Tools, Targets or the Technique: Anatomical Targeting vs Techniques
Today we can see a divergence from the more ancient practices as the mainstream martial artist values techniques...
Best Practices: Maintain A Healthy Mind
It's not difficult to find information and inspiration about staying in shape and maintaining a healthy body. However, without maintaining a healthy mind, you...
Kyusho: Anatomical Targets in Deep Tissue
We have been talking about pressure points not really being Kyusho for the past few years as the evolution of Kyusho has progressed. No...
No Such Thing as Pressure Points
I realize this is controversial, it will upset some, it will anger others, but that should not prevent it from being said.
We need to...
Kata and Old School Karate
Many of the past masters knew and perfected one, two or a handful of kata. Now many practitioners know (or half know) many kata....
Most Important Pressure Points?
What are the Most Important Pressure Points?
A popular question for Kyusho beginners is what are the most important pressure points to learn?
Well that is...
What is Important to Know About Kyusho
So what is important for an individual to know who wants to excel in Kyusho:
1. Know the target inside and out. This seems like...
Immobilization Makes Pressure Point Techniques Work
In the martial arts community, those who practice kyusho-jitsu (pressure-point techniques for fighting) are often subjected to criticism. It all started when their self-defense...
How to Survive Bomb Attacks
You may be learning a martial arts system in order to protect yourself against a common criminal, but does your training also include how...
Airguns and Self Defense Training
Reality Based Training With Airguns
Most violent crimes today are committed by armed criminals, be it with knives or guns, and yet most martial artists...
Sudden In Custody Death Syndrome (SICDS)
Introduction
What is Sudden In Custody Death Syndrome (SICDS), or Positional Asphyxia, and why is being knowledgeable about it important to my department and its...
Law Enforcement Training and Use of Force
Introduction
Police officers must use force when placing uncooperative subjects under arrest, as well as during situations of unrest (e.g. riots, protests where property is...
Minimizing Liabilities: Why Policies are Needed
Introduction
Police administrators must face the issue of liability and the importance of minimizing liabilities as part of their responsibilities as the department’s chief. Use...
The Function of Kata Training
History
An elaborate code of movements of the arms and hands, and a flowing posturing of the body, "kata", meaning form, model or structure, uses...
Naihanchi’s Mook Jong Drills – Karate’s Hidden Wooden Dummy Techniques
Naihanchi or Tekki kata is one of several traditional Chinese-Okinawan karate katas whose origins have been lost over the centuries. While the Naihanchi kata...
Kyusho is Real and Simple
Most Martial Artists today spend decades of their life researching and practicing the physiology of a punch, kick, grab or manipulation of the human...
