Martial Arts Articles by WR Mann

WR Mann is the founder and publisher of www.realfighting.com, the leading reality-based site on the Internet. He was one of the early advocates of Reality-Based Training, developing one of the first RBT programs before most people even knew what the term meant. WR started training in martial arts as a child in Europe and continued his quest while living in Asia for several years; studying many of the major systems of Japan, Korea, China and the Philippines. He also practiced fight sports such as: judo, BJJ, boxing, muaythai and fencing.
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The myths that really irritate me the most revolve around fighting and self-defense, and students regularly ask me about these. I’ve listed 10 of the more prominent myths in this article. Believe it or not, a great majority of people still believe these to be indisputable facts.
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Many instructors teaching counter-knife defenses to the general public don’t understand how knife attacks really occur. Many of them still prioritize stick work, erroneously believing that developing stick skills will automatically transfer to the knife – unarmed? Well, since the vast majority of edged weapon attacks are sudden and without warning, victims have their hands full just trying to avoid being stabbed, let alone have the time to pull out a weapon. In most cases the victim WILL BE stabbed and perhaps not know it until afterwards. How is stick work relevant here? (Read Article)

If there’s anyplace in the Middle East that resembles America’s 19th century Wild West, it has to be Netanya, Israel.This notorious city north of Tel Aviv is home to Russian mobsters and active terrorists; it is also home to Krav Maga’s toughest school. This is where Haim Gidon heads the governing body for Krav Maga worldwide, the Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA). (Read Article)

Rated as the number one fighter in 1966 by Black Belt magazine, Skipper Mullins has been involved with Karate for over 35 years and has trained over 10,000 students. In 1987 he was included in Black Belt Magazine’s “Best all-time 10 Fighters.” Recently retired as a captain of the Dallas Fire Department we discuss his life, training and views about modern martial arts. (Read Article)

When I hear in the media about violent attacks on civilians, I often find out that the victim, more often than not, made several mistakes in dealing with the situation -- and these mistakes often proved fatal. Is this the victim’s fault? Yes, it is. In most cases they were overconfident, they didn’t take the threat seriously and they never prepared themselves for the possibility of violence. (Read Article)