When Can You Legally Defend Yourself?
To legally defend yourself, using physical force, 3 elements must be present in order to justify your actions: means, opportunity and intent.
Stress and Fear Create Tension Limiting Movement
As we know, stress leads to tension in our body. When someone approaches us, we experience displeasure from the possible intrusion of our body...
He Hath Crafted A Weapon of Knightly Prowess
Terry Tussey at the helm of Tussey Custom, is well known to GUNS readers. His classical styled yet modern and supremely functional pistols have...
Ukemi: Fall Breaking Techniques
The common human response to falling is the most dangerous. Although most people instinctively protect their heads, they will reach out to catch themselves...
Edged Weapon Defense: Is the 21-foot Rule Valid? Part 1
PoliceOne.com Editors Note: For the record, the 21-Foot Rule, when accurately stated, says that in the time it takes the average officer to recognize...
Police Officer Survival Guide – To Be Armed Off Duty
A dilemma for officers is whether to be armed off duty or not.
Statistics on assaults against off-duty officers are given in a publication released...
Work Against Multiple Opponents
Work against multiple opponents is challenging both psychologically and physically.
In Systema, there are a number of simple things to understand and practice to help...
How to Cut Weight and Make Weight
Have any of you ever watched a weight class fight in which one fighter looks far bigger and heavier than the other even though...
The Best Defense Is A Good Offense
The BTK killer was asked if there was anything that would have made a difference with his victims. He answered, “I guess if they...
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...
Evan Pantazi Kyusho Online
Evan Pantazi Kyusho Online: Articles by an Expert
Evan Pantazi Kyusho Online shares Evan's website articles related to Kyusho and other martial arts topics written...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Throwaway Wallet in a Robbery
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection discusses the throwaway wallet or using a decoy wallet during a robbery.
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Chris Thomas: To The Point Pressure Point Fighting
Chris Thomas is sometimes asked, "How come you aren't a regular columnist for Black Belt or some other magazine?" The answer is that he...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Focused Breathing
Last weekend I watched a great little movie called: From Mexico With Love. I was happy because it had a very happy ending, but...
Best Practices: Leading By Example
Respect comes from leading by example.
Anything I ever needed to know about leadership I learned serving in the U.S. Army prior to becoming a...
Blocks in Martial Arts are Strikes
I recently was explaining our concepts to a man who had been training at a local martial arts school. It was almost as if...
