Training Articles

The best block is no block at all!! With that said, it is well known and documented that if you try to block an...

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses how to do a proper front kick in a...

American Jim Wagner, taught a SWAT Course in Argentina for several police Special Operations units in Misiones, Argentina from May 28 to June 1,...

Controversies come and go in the martial arts community, but one topic that can always be relied upon to start a loud argument is...

It is imperative that we reexamine modern knife instruction for civilians and make sure teaching provides practical unarmed skills against a live blade. Many instructors...

You have to earn the right to land your technique! How do we earn that right? How do we put ourselves in a position...

One of the most emphasized coaching instructions in the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) No Holds Barred and Submission wrestling today is -...

As a composite organism in wushu training, internal and external work helps to make a martial artist strong outwardly and sturdy inwardly. DOWN through the...

Have you heard that someone is taking Aikido or Jujitsu to learn locks and traps as there is not much locking and trapping in...

The Palm Down technique has been used many times to defend oneself when the fight did not seem a good idea. This is a...

Photo 1: Morne Swanepoel training with a Assault rifle under the watchful eye of USA Swat and Special forces expert, Sgt. Jim Wagner. Photo 2: Tactical...

There are many fields of creativity in the realm of physical movement, but how serious are people in even attempting to reach the very...

An American Martial Artist Travels to Jamaica to Learn How the World's Best Muay Thai Fighters Set Up Their Opponents Before Delivering the Knockout...

A karate chop, or shuto strike, is one of the few things in life that offers visceral proof of the power of physics. If you are untrained in the martial arts and you karate chop a brick, you may break a finger or worse. But if you karate chop that brick with the proper force, momentum, and positioning, you’ll break the brick instead. “Amazingly, there are no tricks involved,” says Michael Feld, a physicist at MIT. “What you have here is one of the most efficient human movements ever conceived.”

This was not the first call I had to deal with where men watched women from a distance, committing lewd acts. Most of the...

A state-of-the-art 1911 carry gun from a master pistolsmith! When it comes to the world of guns, Terry Tussey has pretty much "been there and...