Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence: Battered But Not Beaten

Mixing Jujitsu with your Tae Kwon Do may save your life! For years Rancella Ferguson ignored her husband’s abusive ways, not seeing it as the...
Russell Stutely

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...
Hank Hayes of No Lie Blades

Using an Assailant’s Aggression to Your Tactical Advantage

In all areas of life where people are involved there is an emotional, mental and physical aspect to it. In a combative encounter we...
National Geographic Fight Science

Martial Arts Vs Crash Test Dummies

How many of you out there have ever wondered just how powerful a good karate spinning back fist is compared to a boxing right...
Chris Thomas Block is a Strike

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...
Tussey Para Ordnance P-14 45

Para Ordnance P14-45

The gun was a train wreck. I was rooting around my safe and came across the Para Ordnance P14-45 I used at the range...
Earning A Living in MMA

The Myth of Earning A Living in MMA

Rocky Marciano was born poor and died rich. But that was boxing. Lets look at the myth of earning a living in MMA. In 2011...
Martial Arts Internatioinal

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...
Frecuancia Marcial

juego De Manos Es De Villanos

“juego De Manos Es De Villanos” Refrán Mexicano Era día de examen en el Gimnasio de la Federación de Estudiantes de Guadalajara. Antes de iniciarlo me...
Makiwara Training

Makiwara Training

One of the major images in the general public’s perception of Karate is that of Karate practitioners performing feats of breaking wood, tiles etc....
Survival Attitude

Life In A Day – A Survival Attitude

No matter how much training you have, without a survival attitude, you may not survive an attack. She was a hard working woman, and a...
Self-defense Sequence

Your Secret Self-Defense Sequence

Unconscious Machine Gun of Moves When people come into my self-defense gyms one of the first things I teach them is to have a defensive...
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...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: The Will To Survive Drill

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses his will to survive drill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVG84TxvsIU SUBJECT: The Will To Survive PURPOSE:...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Defend Disarm Control in Systema

This article discusses defend disarm control in Systema where defending and attacking are the same thing, where you must identify if the opponent is...
Martial Arts Internatioinal

The Role Of Kata For Contemporary Fighting Martial Artists

When many people see the name of the system I study, Progressive Protection Systems, they instantly think of a modernist system, which abhors the...