Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Escaping Nylon Handcuffs
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses escaping nylon handcuffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrKXH6Cw674
SUBJECT: How to defeat nylon handcuffs
PURPOSE: To...
Boxing, Sambo and Mud Fighting . . .
This incident took place when I was 14 years of age.
I grew up in Tver, a fairly tough industrial city, 2 hours North of...
Dont Say There is No Kicking or Punching in Aikido
By Rik Ellis ~ I am a MMA / Cage Fighter trained by Alex Reid and Suleman Raja, but I have a strong background...
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...
Monthly Sniper Qualification for Police and Corrections
This video shows you what most American law enforcement and corrections officers do for sniper qualification on their longgun in order to maintain marksmanship...
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...
Making Soldiers Better Warriors
We are not making soldiers better warriors with inadequate "reality-based self-defense systems" that hold onto outdated techniques and training methods.
Perhaps the reason why our...
The Necessity of Hand to Hand Combat Training For Traditional Martial Arts
In a day where small arms and massive fire power typifies combat you would think that martial arts training would have faded into obscurity....
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: How to Cut and Stab with a Knife
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses how to cut and stab with a knife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N058HolK6Kg
SUBJECT: The...
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...
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...
Be a Moving Target
Everyone knows that shooting a moving target is much harder than a fixed one. It requires additional efforts and skill. Something similar happens in...
Is Someone Watching You? Men Committing Lewd Acts
This was not the first call I had to deal with where men watched women from a distance, committing lewd acts. Most of the...
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...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Choke Hold Training Dangers
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses choke hold training dangers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhB9gM0kP68&feature=youtu.be
SUBJECT: Choke Hold Training Dangers
PURPOSE: To...
Violence Must Be Practiced
Violence has to be a part of your reality-based self-defense training. If you are only practicing techniques but you are not imagining and simulating...