Police Officer Survival Guide – Where Crooks Get Guns
A year long study was made by the Dallas Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in which recovered guns that...
Basic Weightlifting For Martial Arts
In the not-so-distant past weightlifting was discouraged for martial artists. "It will make you slow", "it will make you muscle-bound", and "all you need...
Israeli Martial Arts and Deadly Mistakes in Gun Disarming
Gun disarming is one of the most important skills you want to obtain when training in a martial art that claims to be about...
Be Physically and Mentally Prepared
Officer Stacy Lim from the Los Angeles Police Department pulled into her driveway after an enjoyable evening of softball practice. When Lim got out...
Anatomical Targeting vs Techniques
Tools, Targets or the Technique: Anatomical Targeting vs Techniques
Today we can see a divergence from the more ancient practices as the mainstream martial artist values techniques...
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...
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...
Redundancy in Martial Arts Techniques Makes for Success in a Fight
Back in 1997, DKI member and physician Chaz Terry helped set up a small investigatory study of pressure point techniques which was conducted at...
The Warrior Mindset
When first taking on this article, I thought I had a good grasp on the subject matter, after all, I am a warrior, right?...
Women’s Self Defense Training DVD with Cynthia Rothrock
Martial Artist and actress Cynthia Rothrock invited Jim Wagner to appear in her 2005 training video titled Women's Self Defense with the Best Experts...
Kata Training: Practice Kata Correctly
This translation originally appeared in Vol. 29, No. 1 of the Hiroshima University of Economics Journal of Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences.
Translator's Introduction
Over the...
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...
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:...
Defensive Knives for Urban Environments Part 6
Beyond Filipino MA and Reality-Based training lies lesser-known knife systems, each carrying perspectives that are rarely explored but deeply instructive.
How to Survive Bomb Attacks
You may be learning a martial arts system in order to protect yourself against a common criminal, but does your training also include how...
Punching Power
Punching and striking speed are tantamount to success in competition and on the street. But throwing a punch too fast, with no control, will...
