Reality Training

Articles on USAdojo.com about the importance of reality training in the martial arts and being prepared for any self defense situation.

Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

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...
Jim Wagner Articles

The Claymore Sword and the Cross

For my 50th birthday I received a Scottish Claymore sword. This sword represents my life: a life of conflict and my Christian faith. In July...
Jim Wagner Videos

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:...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Systema Pushups

A few years ago, when I was visiting Mikhail Ryabko in Moscow, he demonstrated a slow fist Systema pushup against the wall. I still...
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Bouncer and Doorman Defensive Tactics

The Bouncer and Doorman Defensive Tactics video is for EVERYONE working the door of a bar, nightclub, or exclusive club in order to keep you...
Jim Wagner Articles

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...
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Jim Wagner Geschichte: Training der Deutschen Anti-Terroreinheit GSG9

Jim Wagner, ein Amerikaner, war 1999 und 2000 ein offizieller Ausbilder für Einsatztraining, Spezialoperationen und Schießlehrer für die Deutsche Anti-Terroreinheit Grenzschutzgruppe 9, oder weltweit...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Hotel Security While Traveling

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses hotel security while traveling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWsS6zpw-g SUBJECT: Hotel security for business and vacation PURPOSE:...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Spider Drop

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses using the Spider Drop to safely fall in a tactical manner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4HrgHZmocM SUBJECT:...
Urban Tactical Weapons and Street Violence

The 3 Important Stages of Street Violence

Street violence which can be directly related to the unlawful exercise of physical force is a reality we all live with on a daily...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

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...
The Jim Wagner Metric Arm Striking and Blocking System

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 Articles

Going Postal

From 1983 to 1993 there were ten incidents where postal employees went on homicidal rampages killing a total of 34 supervisors and fellow employees....
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Control Tension with Systema Conditioning

In Systema conditioning, we try to create all the exercises so that they lead us directly into the highest levels of fighting skill. Training...

Mikhail Ryabko’s Stick Tying Techniques

This happened over 20 years ago in Russia. My friends and I were at Mikhail Ryabko's class. The format of classes was such that...
Jim Wagner Fighting Tips

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...