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?”...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Office Massacre & School Shooting Survival
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses office massacre and school shooting survival.
If someone came into...
Systema Drill To Overcome Fear of Contact
In the new SYSTEMA HAND to HAND film, there is a drill where the two opponents are approaching each other and evading contact. It...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Urban Criminal Ambush
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses detecting an urban criminal ambush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx0RNgyLcno
SUBJECT: Detecting an Urban Criminal...
How to Survive Bomb Attacks
You may be learning a martial arts system in order to protect yourself against a common criminal, but does your training also include how...
Knife Violence: 14 People Stabbed Today at Community College
Jim Wagner discusses knife violence in this Reality-Based article explaining that a close range a knife is just as lethal as a firearm.
A student...
Ask Yourself “Who is the Enemy?”
If you are devoting yourself to the martial arts in order to defend yourself or others you must ask yourself a simple question, "Who...
Jim Wagner: Using A Tactical Light
This video by Jim Wagner is about using a tactical light (flashlight or torch) to gain a tactical advantage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_L-OAlsrU
SUBJECT: Using a tactical flashlight (torch)
PURPOSE:...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Body Bag Procedures
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses body bag procedures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wcHx1M72Tw
SUBJECT: Body Bag Procedures PURPOSE: To learn...
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...
How Hard Should Your Systema Training Be?
Your Goal
The goal of Systema training is to accumulate power and not tension. I believe that with each training session, while doing the same...
Jim Wagner History: A look Inside Jim’s First School in 1988
The Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection system was officially established on January 21, 2003. However Jim Wagner History: A look Inside Jim's First School...
Tense Shoulders – The Bigger Picture
When I observe students in class, at seminars, or when I evaluate instructors through the Systema Video Program (SVP), I see one most common...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Impact Weapons Defense
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video, Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses Impact Weapons Defense or how to survive an impact...
Handgun Disarms: The Gas Alone From A Pistol Can Kill You
The general rule for handgun disarms, when it comes to trying to disarm an attacker of a pistol in hand-to-hand combat, is "If you...
Jim Wagner Television: Women’s Survival Course – Germany
Jim Wagner's two-day Reality-Based Personal Protection Women's Survival course was videotaped by a German television crew in May of 2009. This is a look...