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Coming to Grips with Champion Mark Kerr

Wrestling champion turned K.A.F. No Holds Bar competitor Mark Kerr has come to grips with one of the toughest sports in the world.  At...
ActionFlex Weapons

Basic Sword Concepts with Padded Combative Weapons

Dana Abbott discusses how warriors have been educated since the beginning of time and how training with padded combative weapons improve training. I want to...
National Geographic Fight Science

Martial Arts Vs Crash Test Dummies

How many of you out there have ever wondered just how powerful a good karate spinning back fist is compared to a boxing right...
Mastering Systema: Striking Spirituality

Mastering Systema: Striking Spirituality

I attended two days of the Mastering Systema seminar in Toronto, Ontario. It was a week long event, and I was there for the...
CrossFit Training Abuse

CrossFit Training Abuse

CrossFit training abuse runs rampant and here is what has been discovered about the program's unsafe practices. Any exercise program is open to abuse by...
Confidence and Competence

Confidence and Competence

Confidence and Competence, this is one of my favorite topics of conversation. Why, because most people would rather talk a good game than actually...
Combating Conditioned Hesitation

Combating Conditioned Hesitation

To survive confrontations in the kill zone, officers must overcome second-guessing and act quickly and decisively. This article is about combating conditioned hesitation. There are...
Donald Miskel

The Necessity of Hand to Hand Combat Training For Traditional Martial Arts

In a day where small arms and massive fire power typifies combat you would think that martial arts training would have faded into obscurity....
The Warrior Mindset

The Warrior Mindset

When first taking on this article, I thought I had a good grasp on the subject matter, after all, I am a warrior, right?...
Surviving an Edged Weapon Attack

Surviving an Edged Weapon Attack

Unconsciousness and Death – Surviving an Edged Weapon Attack . . . witnessed over my 23 years of being a law enforcement professional. In...
The Winning Edge

The Winning Edge: Less Is More

Defensive tactics programs and police combatives programs often fail as a system because they encompass a set of techniques instead of following a set...
Get Real with Dan Meadows

Locked and Loaded: Ready to Engage

Get Real: Locked and Loaded Depending on what a dictionary, search engine, or person has to say, the “Locked and Loaded” quote or saying can...

Instructional Video – Athlon Rub Thai Oil Massage for Muay Thai

Athlon Rub Thai Oil: Instructional Athlon Rub Thai Oil Massage for Muay Thai Kru Yai Jenypher Lanthier of York Muay Thai in Toronto, Canada demonstrates...
Russell Stutely

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,...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Be a Moving Target

Everyone knows that shooting a moving target is much harder than a fixed one. It requires additional efforts and skill. Something similar happens in...
Russell Stutely Hidden Secrets

Martial Arts The Hidden Secrets: Body Alarm Reaction #9

If I were to choose one aspect of Martial Arts training above all others then Body Alarm Reaction (BAR) would be it. This is...