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: Criminal Counter-Surveillance

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video, Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses criminal counter-surveillance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q8ZBK3xhgs Jim Wagner: My Self-Defense Instructor SUBJECT: Criminal Counter-Surveillance PURPOSE: Detecting...
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Accidentally Killing Your Opponent

Do you carry a pair of handcuffs with you? Most martial artists don't. How then are you going to restrain a suspected criminal, whether...
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Women’s Self Defense Training DVD with Cynthia Rothrock

Martial Artist and actress Cynthia Rothrock invited Jim Wagner to appear in her 2005 training video titled Women's Self Defense with the Best Experts...
Vladimir Vasiliev Beat the Odds DVD

Work Against Multiple Opponents

Work against multiple opponents is challenging both psychologically and physically. In Systema, there are a number of simple things to understand and practice to help...

Behavioral Protective Offensive

Once the combative mind frees itself of the obstructions from necessity (primarily caused by the fixation with technique), it will evolve to its highest...
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Airguns and Self Defense Training

Reality Based Training With Airguns Most violent crimes today are committed by armed criminals, be it with knives or guns, and yet most martial artists...
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Conflict Communications: Team Communications and Teamwork

Unfortunately, most civilian martial arts training fall short in the area of team communications and teamwork, because there is an assumption that the martial...
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Tactical Hand Signals Part 1

This video, taught by Sergeant Jim Wagner, is the first of its kind that complies 130 of the most commonly used tactical hand signals...
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...
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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: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Playground Booby Traps

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses play ground booby traps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1G1KpQe6ZM SUBJECT: Playground Booby Traps PURPOSE: To teach...
Donald Miskel

Wild Wild West: Martial Arts in a Gun Oriented Society

What a time we live in. It’s frightening and it’s frustrating. It’s frightening because you don’t know what life threatening challenges you might face...
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Your Phone Is Your Best Weapon

After I had run each person through a scenario as a witness I explained to my students huddled in a semi-circle around me, "Your...

The Jim Wagner Knife Disarm Rule for Police & Military

The Jim Wagner Knife Disarm Rule for police and military has four moves to effectively disarm any extreme close range knife attack. They are: 1....
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The Right Response to a Ground Attack

Imagine that an unarmed person has mounted you, he is sitting on your stomach as you lay flat on your back, and he is...
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Tactical Hand Signals Part 2

Sergeant Jim Wagner will teach you step-by-step tactical hand signals grouped into categories for ACTION, OBJECTS, NUMBERS, and AIR OPERATIONS. Copyright 2000 Jim Wagner....