Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets – What is Smart Training? #6
To me, it is the best possible utilization of your training time. How many people in a weights gym do you see, standing around...
How Hard Should Your Systema Training Be?
Your Goal
The goal of Systema training is to accumulate power and not tension. I believe that with each training session, while doing the same...
Anyone Can Beat Anyone: There Is No Such Thing As Invulnerability
I know that invulnerability is often what we seek when we are beginning our training. We watched many a martial arts demo in which...
Learning Balance Points Helps With Learning Pressure Points
This is a bit like one of those "trust me" times. There are certain parts of the martial arts that we REALLY need to...
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...
Quest For The Truth – The Origin of Tang Soo Do’s Kata
This article is in response to John Hancock's article, Quest For The Truth : The Origin Of Tang Soo Do's Forms
By Brad Dennison ~...
Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Using The Lead Leg Attack
Why is it generally so that using the lead leg attack is so ineffectually by the majority of martial artists.
Using the closest weapon to...
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...
Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets: Pressure Points Questions #11
Pressure Points are only the size of a pen nib ~ How can you hit them for real?
The point itself is only that size,...
A Practical Guide To Fighting Without Fighting…
We often hear the phrase “fighting without fighting” in movies and books. This conjures up ideas from the mystic to the manic. The fact...
Reflections on No-Touch Knockout Techniques
Chris Thomas discusses his personal experiences with the controversial no-touch technique often referred to as the no-touch knockout.
Chris Thomas is a master instructor of...
The Basics of Bunkai – Part 2
In this second article, we'll be looking at the basic application (bunkai) for the knife-hand block or "shuto-uke". As we established in The Basics...
Tactical Rappel for Military & Law Enforcement (SpecOps)
In the video, Tactical Rappel for Military & Law Enforcement (SpecOps), Jim Wagner presents Rappel Master Frank Ortega who will demonstrate step-by-step how to...
How to Spar for the Street: Part 2
In this How to Spar for the Street series of articles we are discussing how to make your sparring relevant to real situations. The...
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...
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...
