Take ACTion!
When you train in Mixed Martial Arts you will often be faced with roadblocks. For most of us the challenges sometimes seem insurmountable and...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Neck Alignment
The upper triangle of the body consists of the base of the neck, the shoulders and the upper-mid back. If this area is compromised...
Police Officers Survival Guide – Staying Alive on the Job
Tom Kohl's Police Officers Survival Guide was written to help educate police officers on staying alive on the job as a police officer.
Tom Kohl...
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...
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...
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...
Asanas for the Airborne and the Work Worn
If you're like most people these days, there are times when your body aches from overwork, your head throbs from daily pressures, you're tense,...
Best Practices: How To…Respond Instead of React
The Aug. 9, 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, triggered a chain of events that changed how the public perceived law enforcement....
Teaching Shan State Rebels Practical Fighting
I slowly formulated a plan as to what I would teach the men. For years, I had been developing a system of practical fighting...
Kyusho Attacks the Inner Body
Inside – Outside
Typical Martial Arts attack the outer body, while Kyusho attacks the inner body.
We looked at this idea a bit in the Blog on...
Muay Thai Boxing the Vietnamese in 2011
In 2007 I did a magazine story entitled, "Boxing the Vietnamese" about me training with a boxing team in Cholon, the China Town of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Boxing Self Defense Training
Boxing is an exciting sport where two superb athletes square off in a boxing ring and battle to the limits of human endurance, with...
