Be Physically and Mentally Prepared

Officer Stacy Lim from the Los Angeles Police Department pulled into her driveway after an enjoyable evening of softball practice. When Lim got out...
The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan

The Torso Method Exercises Transform One’s Taiji

The last of a series of exercises developed by Jou Tsung Hwa at the Taiji Farm, the aim of these subtle, precise, and intensive...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Tai Chi Master Willie Lim Takes Tai Chi to the Next Level

Tai Chi Master Wille Lim has taken Tai Chi to the next level. As a practitioner of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan from Chen...
Mikhail Ryabko Russian Martial Arts

A Interview with Mikhail Ryabko About Systema Stick Training

Question to Mikhail: In your opinion, what makes stick a good weapon in Systema Stick Training? Reply: I like it because it is easy to...
Donald Miskel

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....
Donald Miskel

Practicing Martial Arts In Your Head

This article is about practicing martial arts in your head by building scenarios and working your techniques with abbreviated motion, helping to reinforce what...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

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...
Ted Gambordella – Fights To Win

10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 6: Eat Like A...

10 Things You Need to Know to be a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 6 Everyone knows that the Mixed Martial Arts Craze is taking...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Systema Fist Walking Drills Help Improve Striking

Many factors prevent you from delivering strong and precise strikes. One of the main factors is the fear of hurting yourself, it maybe an...
Shureido Gi

The Tradition of Folding the Gi

Traditions in every aspect of life are extremely important. They not only give direction to the culture; they uphold the values and reason for...
Tai Chi Is Just Ordinary Boxing

Pressure Point Fighting in Tai Chi

In the early 80's, I wrote some articles about tai chi. After one of them, a letter to the editor from a tai chi...
Thomas Kurz Stretching

4 Stretch Yourself: Splits in Taekwondo, Karate, and Kickboxing

Stretch Yourself: Kinds of Flexibility and the Right Role of Splits in Taekwondo, Karate, and Kickboxing This is the fourth installment of my column on...
Hwang Kee founder of Tang Soo Do

Quest For The Truth: The Origin of Tang Soo Do’s Forms

Hwang Kee, founder of Tang Soo Do, claimed to have brought the art's Pyong Ahn forms back from China in the 1930s. That was...
Jim Wagner Articles

The Danger of Repetition in Martial Arts Training

When it comes to reality-based self-defense, repetition, as practiced by most martial arts schools, could cost you your life. You've heard it said, "Practice makes...
Jim Wagner Videos

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

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...