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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 at all!! With that said, it is well known and documented that if you try to block an...
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: 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.
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Monthly Sniper Qualification for Police and Corrections
This video shows you what most American law enforcement and corrections officers do for sniper qualification on their longgun in order to maintain marksmanship...
Police Officers Survival Guide – Staying Alive on the Job
Tom Kohl's Police Officers Survival Guide was written to help educate police officers on staying alive on the job as a police officer.
Tom Kohl...
Wearing Proper Eye Protection: If You Can’t See You Can’t Fight
If you are a police officer or security guard driving around on patrol at night and suddenly a bullet goes through your front windshield,...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: The Fighter’s Repose
Downtime Training: The Fighter's repose is about training your body to repair. For the true fighter, there is never any real off-time. When a fighter...
