Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets: Body Alarm Reaction #9
If I were to choose one aspect of Martial Arts training above all others then Body Alarm Reaction (BAR) would be it. This is...
Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Using The Lead Leg Attack
Why is it generally so that using the lead leg attack is so ineffectually by the majority of martial artists.
Using the closest weapon to...
O Soto Gari – Different Arts, Different Perspectives
A basic first principle throw in Judo is "O Soto Gari", a major outer reaping of the opponents outside leg. This is usually done...
The Basics of Bunkai – Part 2
In this second article, we'll be looking at the basic application (bunkai) for the knife-hand block or "shuto-uke". As we established in The Basics...
3 Stretch Yourself: Your Potential to Do a Front Split
Stretch Yourself: Testing Your Potential to Do a Front Split
This is the third installment of my column on training that appeared in May 1999...
Thanks George Dillman: Understanding Pressure Point Fighting
For some years before I met George Dillman, I had been trying to do interpretation of kata. I knew these movements must have some...
10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 3: Take Downs Like...
10 Things You Need To Know To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 3: How to do take downs like a wrestler.
Everyone knows that...
Basic Sword Concepts with Padded Combative Weapons
Dana Abbott discusses how warriors have been educated since the beginning of time and how training with padded combative weapons improve training.
I want to...
Kapap Combat Concepts – Defensive Tactics (CCDT)
Thinking Out Of The Box
In order to understand the meaning of thinking out of the box, I will relate a short story. There once was...
Escaping a Fort Hood Style Massacre
In his article, Escaping a Fort Hood Style Massacre, Jim Wagner explains that we are all targets to Al Qaeda or those who wish to...
Police Officer Survival Guide – Complacency Can Kill You
The average police officer may work his entire career without having to discharge his weapon in the line of duty. This leads the officers...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Hips, Shoulders, Neck, Quads
3 Mixed Stretches for MMA
Sometimes it just feels great to lay on the floor and stretch. Particularly if your body is very tight from...
Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets – Palm Down Technique #8
The Palm Down technique has been used many times to defend oneself when the fight did not seem a good idea. This is a...
Leg Checks and Defenses of Muay Thai
Leg checks are a vital aspect of Muay Thai and no one knows that better than legendary instructor Bob Chaney. He consistently produces some...
Own a Technique
This is a difficult one!
How many repetitions are required to own a technique? 100? 1000? 10,000?
Multiply that by the amount of techniques available and...
Regular Training Routine
I thought I would give you a heads up as to what we are currently doing in our "Regular Training Routine" in our "normal"...
