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Jim Wagner History: SWAT Course in Argentina (SpecOps)

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

Dealing With Combat Stress Before It Happens

How will you perform under combat stress. When the moment of truth arrives? What's going to happen to you emotionally when you're locked in...
Combat Triage

Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Hips, Shoulders, Legs and Neck

All fighters like economy of movement. Make something complicated and there goes your reaction time. It's the same thing with foundational training. As a...
Frank Borelli and Borelli Consulting

Active Shooter Response Training: A Modern Police Necessity

With the advent of Active Shooter Response Training that has developed in response to incidents like the Columbine High School shootings, the law enforcement...
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...
Kenwa Mabuni

Kata Training: Practice Kata Correctly

This translation originally appeared in Vol. 29, No. 1 of the Hiroshima University of Economics Journal of Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences. Translator's Introduction Over the...
Russell Stutely

Own a Technique

This is a difficult one! How many repetitions are required to own a technique? 100? 1000? 10,000? Multiply that by the amount of techniques available and...
Billy Martin on Tactical Shooter Cover

LOD Precision Marksman Sniper Rifle 2

The Accuracy Tests In Part 1 of this series, LOD President. Billy Martin, spent considerable time with me, familiarizing me with his equipment, getting in some...

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...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Shield Fighting Drill

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses his shield fighting drill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DacH1oI2hR0 SUBJECT: Shield Fighting PURPOSE: To develop aggression...

Seigyo through Metsubushi: Control through Blinding

In Martial Arts we wish to control the situation at hand and manipulate the opponent to stop attacking us. We can control our opponent physically or mentally, or both.
Tussey Custom PistolSmith

Custom Kimber Compacts

The virtues of the Government Model .45 have been endlessly chronicled. But as much as we all love the big gun, it remains just...

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...
Donald Miskel

Stand and Deliver: The Dynamics of a Real Street Fight

A little plagiarism on my part but I would like to discuss the dynamics of a real street fight. So, let’s talk fighting. I don’t...
How to Make and Cut Weight

How to Cut Weight and Make Weight

Have any of you ever watched a weight class fight in which one fighter looks far bigger and heavier than the other even though...
Jim Wagner Videos

Women’s Survival Course Testimonial For Jim Wagner – German Female Police Officer

“Anne,” a German female police officer with the Bundespolizei, attended Jim Wagner’s Reality-Based Personal Protection Women’s Survival course in November 2010 and gives her...