Seven Signs of Terrorism
A terrorist car bomb and a suicide bomber right in the middle of Stockholm with the sole purpose of killing Christmas shoppers. Many thought...
Evidence of a Fight
After you have experienced a real-life self-defense situation, win or lose, you will want justice. You’ll want the perpetrator arrested and prosecuted. This is...
Rapid Dominance is Always Moving Forward!
The next time you are sparring with the protection on or doing some realistic scenarios you must overwhelm your training partner and use the...
Training Safety Standards and Reality-Based Safety Equipment
On November 13, 2007 at my school in Solingen, Germany I decided to adopt the same training safety standards for my civilian students that...
Dealing With Combat Stress Before It Happens
How will you perform under combat stress. When the moment of truth arrives? What's going to happen to you emotionally when you're locked in...
Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act – The O.O.D.A. Process
When confronted by an aggressive person, whether it's training in a self-defense school or an actual conflict situation, your mind always follows a predictable...
The Conflict Cycle
Any human conflict that you engage in will have a predictable cycle. Whether the conflict involves a heated argument with a hostile subject or...
Combatives are Replacing Martial Arts
Did you know that law enforcement agencies and military units are doing away with martial arts. Well, actually they're doing away with just the...
Jim Wagner’s 10 Rules of Combat
This article discusses Jim Wagner's 10 Rules of Combat based on his observations of the key elements to surviving actual hand-to-hand combat.
My uncle once...
Knife Attacks From Around The World
Not all knife attacks are the same. Unfortunately, you would never reach that conclusion by observing the way most martial arts instructors teach their...
The Jim Wagner Metric Arm Striking and Blocking System
Walk into any traditional-based martial arts school and ask the instructor, “I want to learn how to defend myself. How long will it take?”...