How Wing Chun Helps the Mind

Wing Chun is an incredible art that when studied has far reaching effects on one's health. Right from the early stages of learning in...
Workout Tips To Avoid Weak Bones

Workout Tips To Avoid Weak Bones

Give me a few minutes and I'll show you some workout tips to avoid weak bones! An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, and...
Jim Wagner Articles

Seven Signs of Terrorism

A terrorist car bomb and a suicide bomber right in the middle of Stockholm with the sole purpose of killing Christmas shoppers. Many thought...
Preparing for Street Survival

Why We Train: Preparing for Street Survival

Throughout my fifty plus years in the martial arts, nearly forty in law enforcement, and twenty years in the military the topic of training...
Tussey Custom PistolSmith

Traveling Companion: Tussey’s stealth comp is “just right”

It's mid-night-thirty and dark like the second line of the Bible. I've got the GT Pony car stretched out across the lonesome high desert...
GUNSAFE: A Community Firearms Safety and Responsibility Course for All Adults

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The purpose of GUNSAFE is to provide enough basic information about guns and how they work so that the average adult can recognize the...
Street Attack

RBT Learning Methodologies to Survive Street Violence

Modern self-defense training includes “RBT and/or combatives,” not rigid alliances to single martial arts styles and incorporates new techniques and strategies.
Jim Wagner Articles

The Hunger Games: Violence Without Responsibility

I went to the newly released movie HUNGER GAMES over the weekend. The blockbuster in its second week earned $364,933,000 million dollars worldwide. A...
Kami Katana

The Japanese Sword Forging Process – Part 1

Throughout history the sword forging process used in the creation of authentic Samurai Swords has been as much an art form as it is a...
Iain Abernethy

The Basics of Bunkai – Part 3

In this series of articles we are exploring the basics of bunkai or kata application. The aim of these articles is to open up...
Iain Abernethy

The Basics of Bunkai – Part 6

In this series of articles we've been looking at the basics of "bunkai" (kata application). The purpose of these articles is to introduce the...
Get Real with Dan Meadows

Range Safety and Marksmanship

Put it on Target: Range Safety and Marksmanship 1 – Familiarization with your Firearms Know your firearms and read all the directions. That’s what I always...
Teaching Knife Defense

An Instructors Guide to Teaching Knife Defense to Civilians Part Two

Training Inasmuch as anyone with absolutely no experience can be deadly with a knife; training how to use one offensively is the best way to...
Russell Stutely

Regular Training Routine

I thought I would give you a heads up as to what we are currently doing in our "Regular Training Routine" in our "normal"...
Get Real with Dan Meadows

Know Your Weapons Know Yourself

Following my military career, I served for many years as a law enforcement professional in the southeast part of the United States.  I started...
Jim Wagner Articles

Reality-Based Training One Minute at a Time

It doesn't take years to learn self-defense, it takes days.” That’s a statement I've used to promote my Reality-Based Personal Protection system for many...