The Importance of Martial Arts Training and Competition
Man has been a part of fighting and battles since the beginning of man. His movements are natural- atavistic reactions similar to those of...
SUS Wrestlers and San Da Fighters in Fighters Unite-Shanghai
For the first time in about a year, I had no classes, no work, and no wrestling team practice for three days. So, I...
How Muay Thai Fighters Set Up Their Opponents
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...
The Jim Wagner Metric Arm Striking and Blocking System
Walk into any traditional-based martial arts school and ask the instructor, “I want to learn how to defend myself. How long will it take?”...
Break Through Tension with A Systema Breathing Drill
We all know that breathing is our best tool to eliminate tension. We have done numerous great drills at Systema classes and seminars including aSystema...
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...
Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets – Palm Down Technique #8
The Palm Down technique has been used many times to defend oneself when the fight did not seem a good idea. This is a...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: The Fighter’s Repose
Downtime Training: The Fighter's repose is about training your body to repair. For the true fighter, there is never any real off-time. When a fighter...
Shihan Abbott’s Unique Training Methods
USADOJO.COM spent time with Shihan Dana Abbott discussing his unique training methods in the sword arts. We asked him about his training and the...
Folding Knives Are A Lethal Force Option
Recently, I spent two days in a fantastic class learning the less than sophisticated art of using a “tactical” folding knife in a potentially...
How to Spar for the Street: Part 2
In this How to Spar for the Street series of articles we are discussing how to make your sparring relevant to real situations. The...
Defensive Knives for Urban Environments – PART 3
I generally prefer folders to straight blades for defensive knives in urban environments – even though straight blades are more reliable.
Rapid Dominance is Always Moving Forward!
The next time you are sparring with the protection on or doing some realistic scenarios you must overwhelm your training partner and use the...
How to Learn Pressure Points Correctly?
I want to share some really important information with you.
People often ask me the best way to learn how to use Pressure Points, so,...
10 Things To Be A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Part 5: Conditioning For A...
10 Things you need to know to be a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter #5: Conditioning For A Fight
Everyone knows that the Mixed Martial Arts Craze...
Combatives are Replacing Martial Arts
Did you know that law enforcement agencies and military units are doing away with martial arts. Well, actually they're doing away with just the...
