Willie Lim: The Rebel Master of Kata Bunkai
Totally Tae Kwon Do magazine recently spoke to Master Willie Lim, a pioneer of the art in New Zealand and a revolutionary in the...
Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets – Making It Work #1
You have to earn the right to land your technique! How do we earn that right? How do we put ourselves in a position...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: How To Do A Proper Front Kick
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses how to do a proper front kick in a...
Reexamining Modern Knife Instruction for Civilians
It is imperative that we reexamine modern knife instruction for civilians and make sure teaching provides practical unarmed skills against a live blade.
Many instructors...
The Best Block is No Block
The best block is no block at all!! With that said, it is well known and documented that if you try to block an...
Developing Muscle Tissue For High Intensity Performance
It is essential that you follow a scientifically developed training program that aids in developing explosive muscle tissue to perform at high intensity levels...
Does Tae Kwon Do Have Locking and Trapping
Have you heard that someone is taking Aikido or Jujitsu to learn locks and traps as there is not much locking and trapping 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...
Qi Whiz!
Controversies come and go in the martial arts community, but one topic that can always be relied upon to start a loud argument is...
Internal and External Work: A Composite Organism
As a composite organism in wushu training, internal and external work helps to make a martial artist strong outwardly and sturdy inwardly.
DOWN through the...
Tussey Custom’s Lightweight Stealth-Comp
A state-of-the-art 1911 carry gun from a master pistolsmith!
When it comes to the world of guns, Terry Tussey has pretty much "been there and...
A Karate Chop Offers Proof of the Power of Physics
A karate chop, or shuto strike, is one of the few things in life that offers visceral proof of the power of physics. If you are untrained in the martial arts and you karate chop a brick, you may break a finger or worse. But if you karate chop that brick with the proper force, momentum, and positioning, you’ll break the brick instead. “Amazingly, there are no tricks involved,” says Michael Feld, a physicist at MIT. “What you have here is one of the most efficient human movements ever conceived.”
Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets – Palm Down Technique #8
The Palm Down technique has been used many times to defend oneself when the fight did not seem a good idea. This is a...
Learning Power Generation Helps With Learning Pressure Points
The next area that you need to understand BEFORE you even start learning Pressure Points is Power Generation or as we call it Waveforms.
I...
Best Practices: Dealing With Citizens Complaints
Dealing with Citizen complaints is not always easy, but treating irate citizens with respect and patience can help you stop serious trouble before it...
Best Practices: Developing Training Acronyms
Effective training acronyms and teaching terms can communicate larger concepts in a few letters.
Law enforcement officers present a tough audience for trainers and educators....















