Lines of Attack
For Success in Sparring and Self-Defense, It Pays to Think Outside the Box!
“Shapes are important in the martial arts,” Avi Nardia says somewhat matter-offactly. “Karate,...
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...
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...
Fast Moves Are Different From Jerky Movements
Human eye actively responds to jerky movements, to flashing and kaleidoscopic change of images. As a result, our eye cannot separate speed from jerkiness....
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...
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...
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...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Zigzag Run Away From an Active Shooter
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses zigzag run away from an active shooter.
SUBJECT: Zigzag Run...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: The Will To Survive Drill
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses his will to survive drill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVG84TxvsIU
SUBJECT: The Will To Survive
PURPOSE:...
Project Prayer Flag and POW Network
When I arrived in California from teaching my Reality-Based Personal Protection courses in Germany last week I had a letter waiting for me at...
Break Through Tension with A Systema Breathing Drill
We all know that breathing is our best tool to eliminate tension. We have done numerous great drills at Systema classes and seminars including aSystema...
Use the Environment as a Weapon
When I was a corrections officer working in the Costa Mesa Police Men's Jail in 1990 a prisoner attacked me and ran me into...
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...
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 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 History Videos
In Jim Wagner History Videos Jim Wagner shares his history of teaching and training in many different scenarios.
Jim Wagner History: Law Enforcement Career from...
