Best Practices by Amaury Murgado

Best Practices: Closing the Reactionary Gap

One of the most important things you can learn about dealing face to face with suspects is the concept of relative positioning. Relative positioning...
Wall of Silence: Vital Points in Kata

The Wall of Silence: Vital Points in Kata

Prior to WW II there were several publications which discussed vital points and how they could be used to knock out or kill a...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Does Tae Kwon Do Have Locking and Trapping

Have you heard that someone is taking Aikido or Jujitsu to learn locks and traps as there is not much locking and trapping in...
Kyusho: Anatomical Targets in Deep Tissue

Kyusho: Anatomical Targets in Deep Tissue

We have been talking about pressure points not really being Kyusho for the past few years as the evolution of Kyusho has progressed. No...
Ted Gambordella – Fights To Win

10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 4: Ground Jiu Jitsu...

10 Things You Need To Know To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 4: How To Do Ground Jiu jitsu Without A Gi. Everyone knows...
Flipping Tires

On Kettlebells and Tire Flips: Or When Good Things Go Fad

A good idea can be turned into a fad by mindless followers. Mindful people use whatever tools they come across to their best advantage...
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...
Jim Wagner Articles

Blood Flowing in a Fight is a Real Possibility

Blood running down into the eyes can blind you during a fight. Blood running down over the lips feels disgusting and many fighters dislike...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Tai Chi Master Willie Lim Takes Tai Chi to the Next Level

Tai Chi Master Wille Lim has taken Tai Chi to the next level. As a practitioner of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan from Chen...
Stephan Kesting Grapplearts

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...
Arnis Class

Defensive Knives for Urban Environments – Part 5

Today’s FMA maintains its traditional weapons-based foundation while adapting to modern training methods and competitive formats.
Antonio Graceffo Bradal Serey

Bradal Serey

Learning Khmer Kick Boxing with Paddy Carson "We have to remember why we are in that ring we are there to hurt the other guy...

BolaWrap: Early Restraint For Non-Compliant Subjects

The #BolaWrap was specifically designed for mentally ill, drug induced, or non-complaint subjects, as a way to restrain them with using pain, before the...
Iain Abernethy

Tegumi – Karate’s Forgotten Range

It is believed that the native wrestling art of Tegumi, along with the Kempo systems brought to Okinawa by the Chinese, were forerunners of...
Stripes and Bars by Amaury Murgado

Stripes and Bars: Don’t Be An Idea Person

THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF IDEAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. However, there is a shortage of people who will actually implement them. In today's world,...
Jim Wagner Articles

Going Postal

From 1983 to 1993 there were ten incidents where postal employees went on homicidal rampages killing a total of 34 supervisors and fellow employees....