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The Deification of Dangerous Knife Grips

Have you ever used a hammer, a screwdriver and/or pliers? Is this the way you would normally hold them while working on a task?...
Tussey Custom PistolSmith

Tussey Custom’s Lightweight Stealth-Comp

A state-of-the-art 1911 carry gun from a master pistolsmith! When it comes to the world of guns, Terry Tussey has pretty much "been there and...
Bratzo Barrena

What to Expect When Training in the Russian Martial Art of Systema?

In his article Bratzo Barrena discusses what to expect when training in the Russian Martial Art of Systema, as most people who attend their...

The Four Interconnecting Roots of Martial Arts, Monastic Martial Science & Yoga

If someone tells me there is a dimension of martial practice beyond the obvious, above the commonly held mainstream methodologies and techniques, I want...
Motobu Fist

The Motobu Fist: Lost Fist Tools Of Okinawan Karate

There is an unfamiliar side to traditional martial training similar to encountering a foreign language that runs through authentic karate-do practice. The Okinawans labeled...
Donald Miskel

The Necessity of Hand to Hand Combat Training For Traditional Martial Arts

In a day where small arms and massive fire power typifies combat you would think that martial arts training would have faded into obscurity....
Martial Arts Internatioinal

Trapping Range and the Rhythm of Combat

Trapping range has been said to be the most combative of ranges. The reason being is the weapons that can be employed (Legs, Fists,...
Woman Performing Pressure Point Technique

Yin and Yang: The Significance of Gender in Karate Pressure Point Fighting

One day George Dillman called me and said, “Weave been teaching women incorrectly!” Most martial artists will only reluctantly admit when they are wrong;...
Avi Nardia Gun Defense

Israeli Martial Arts and Deadly Mistakes in Gun Disarming

Gun disarming is one of the most important skills you want to obtain when training in a martial art that claims to be about...
Jim Wagner Articles

Project Prayer Flag

When I arrived in California from teaching my Reality-Based Personal Protection courses in Germany last week I had a letter waiting for me at...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKkjeSbUNAg SUBJECT:...
Donald Miskel

Riding the Strike of the Cobra: The Softer Approach to Blocking

In this series of lessons, we want to explore several advanced principles of soft blocking. The hard approach to blocking is designed to use...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Willie Lim Unlocks Martial Arts Truths

Willie Lim likes nothing better than to unlock martial arts truths. He is demystifying martial arts, shattering illusions that many would like to keep...
Ronnie Colwell

Nunchaku

Since Bruce Lee exposed the wider world to the humble nunchaku, a whole industry has developed around this much misrepresented weapon. Unfortunately this industry,...
Combat Triage

Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Focused Breathing 2

You know that awful feeling you get when you start to get winded and your second wind hasn't happened yet? That's when you're really...
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...