Teaching Shan State Rebels Practical Fighting
I slowly formulated a plan as to what I would teach the men. For years, I had been developing a system of practical fighting...
Humility is Key to a Fighter’s Success
Every budding fighter goes through what I call the 10-fight itch. Some experience it at 3 fights, others at 15, depending on how often...
Systema Breathing Application
How to breathe to prepare yourself for a fight using Systema breathing application?
When an untrained person perceives danger, his heart rate and blood pressure...
Why We Train: Preparing for Street Survival
Throughout my fifty plus years in the martial arts, nearly forty in law enforcement, and twenty years in the military the topic of training...
The Basics of Bunkai: Part 5
In this series of articles we've been looking at the basics of "bunkai" (kata application). The purpose of these articles is to introduce the...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Zigzag Run Away From an Active Shooter
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses zigzag run away from an active shooter.
SUBJECT: Zigzag Run...
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...
Martial Arts Vs Crash Test Dummies
How many of you out there have ever wondered just how powerful a good karate spinning back fist is compared to a boxing right...
“el Ejemplo Es Mejor Que Las Ordenes”
“el Ejemplo Es Mejor Que Las Ordenes” Refrán Mexicano
Aquella tarde estábamos reunidos para festejar a una maestra. El ambiente
era agradable mientras platicaba con Rosa, alumna...
Nage No Kata And Katame No Kata Part 1
Kata? Not in this dojo. We only do fight'n Judo here. It's bad enough you have to learn some of it just before ya...
What is the Best Knife Grip for Combat?
“What is the best knife grip for combat?”
I get asked that question a lot at seminars. I usually respond by saying “Well, show me...
Sharing Martial Arts Knowledge Openly
Since I had originally trained in the Shotokan style, I decided to attend a seminar by Shotokan master Hirokazu Kanazawa. During the seminar, Kanazawa-sensei...
The Knife: The Ultimate Tool To Develop Trapping Skills
One method Progressive Protective Systems (PPS) practitioners use to develop trapping skills is knife sparring within a confined environment. Knife fighting usually occurs with...
SNS Rules For Gunfighting
A major factor in man’s ability to survive this long is his sympathetic nervous system (SNS), his emergency auto-pilot, because it is this system...
Jim Wagner Reality-Based Training Tool
Have you ever heard this argument during knife training before?
The attacker swears, “I cut you! You would have been dead!”
Then the defender says, “No...
Meat & Potatoes of Pressure Points
Its time to move on to the "meat and potatoes" of how to use and make Pressure Points work for you!
Let's assume that you...