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Profiling Strategies by WR Mann

Knife Defense : Profiling Strategies

WR Mann's Profiling Strategies poster showing profiling and knife defense against a single attacker.
Chris Thomas discussing applications of Wansu Kata

MasterClass With Chris Thomas

To help you in this time of social distancing and infection control, Chris Thomas is offering a special discount on MasterClass with Chris Thomas....
Evan Pantazi Kyusho

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...
The Importance of Pre-Conflict Skills for Knife Defense - Part I

The Importance of Pre-Conflict Skills for Knife Defense – Part 1

Reaction times in knife defense will differ with distance, but good news is many individuals can improve their reaction times with practice.

The Deification of Dangerous Knife Grips

Have you ever used a hammer, a screwdriver and/or pliers? Is this the way you would normally hold them while working on a task?...

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...
Knife Attack CCTV

Knife Attacks Can Be Sudden

Knife attacks can come on suddenly before you have time to realize it! *From a recent CCTV video – An argument on the street starts out...
Judo Throw

Adding Judo to Your Self-Defense Toolbox Part 1

Judo is arguably the most underrated fight sport for nonweapons self-defense. For years it’s been overshadowed by striking-based martial arts. It wasn’t until the...
Judo Throw

Adding Judo to Your Self-Defense Toolbox Part 2

Read Judo Part 1 The Force of Competitive Throws The Impact of someone being thrown on their head on concrete is far more devastating than the...
Michael Fuchs Foot Work

Footwork Training In Martial Arts – An Introduction

In response to a comment a respected martial arts teacher recently made to me that he felt that footwork training was becoming a lost...

Taijiquan: The Dao of Movement and Martial Arts

Taijiquan can be thought of as a martial art, a health exercise, a practice in healing sports injuries, and other things as well. But...

Footwork, Footwork, Footwork

The single biggest distinction between fitness and martial arts training is whether participants move or remain stationary, and the key is learning footwork. However they...
Neihanchi Kata

Neihanchi Kata: A Half-Century Musing On The Kata Of Okinawa

In this essay I will share my observations of the Neihanchi kata of the Isshin Kempo and Isshinryu systems. I discuss Kiko and its...
Teaching Knife Defense

An Instructors Guide to Teaching Knife Defense to Civilians Part One

The knife is one of mankind’s oldest and most valuable tools. It’s also the weapon of choice for most violent attacks around the world....
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...
Samuel Kwok

High Energy Strikes

High energy strikes must be relaxed and fast. The emphasis has to be on speed. If you double the speed, you will create four...