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Defensive tactics programs and police combatives programs often fail as a system because they encompass a set of techniques instead of following a set...

Effective decision-making involves starting out with the right mindset. Decision-making is a basic skill common to all law enforcement officers regardless of position or rank....

Do you remember your police academy firearms training? During the summer of 1986, at the local county police academy, a basic recruit class enjoyed...

As a senior knife instructor for both Mil and L/E as well as a combatives practitioner for over 37 years I think this idea...

In the world of police work there are many tools used to increase the officer's effectiveness and to allow him to operate in environments...

Totally Tae Kwon Do magazine recently spoke to Master Willie Lim, a pioneer of the art in New Zealand and a revolutionary in the...

Master Willie Lim is known for his expertise at analyzing and interpreting kata and he has traveled around the world making a difference in our understanding...

The main secret of Systema SpetsNaz No Contact Combat is an ability to blend in with an opponent unnoticed. The goal of any martial artist...

An American Martial Artist Travels to Jamaica to Learn How the World's Best Muay Thai Fighters Set Up Their Opponents Before Delivering the Knockout...

In Judo, shime-waza is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air or blood from passing through the...

"Balance is a necessary ingredient for optimal martial arts performance." Two masters of the system, Progressive Protective Systems (PPS), disagree with the above statement, at...

When you train in Mixed Martial Arts you will often be faced with roadblocks. For most of us the challenges sometimes seem insurmountable and...

A karate chop, or shuto strike, is one of the few things in life that offers visceral proof of the power of physics. If you are untrained in the martial arts and you karate chop a brick, you may break a finger or worse. But if you karate chop that brick with the proper force, momentum, and positioning, you’ll break the brick instead. “Amazingly, there are no tricks involved,” says Michael Feld, a physicist at MIT. “What you have here is one of the most efficient human movements ever conceived.”

Here’s a shocker for you … martial arts are about survival. Yep, that’s right. The purpose of martial arts is to have the skill...

Question to Mikhail: In your opinion, what makes stick a good weapon in Systema Stick Training? Reply: I like it because it is easy to...

Upon observation the footwork of The Progressive Protection Systems (PPS), as taught by Master Geoff Bennett, seems to have more in common with western...