Training Articles

By Rik Ellis ~ I am a MMA / Cage Fighter trained by Alex Reid and Suleman Raja, but I have a strong background...

There is a saying - "Beware the man of one book." Homo unius libri, meaning "I fear the man of a single book." I hear...

It is believed that the native wrestling art of Tegumi, along with the Kempo systems brought to Okinawa by the Chinese, were forerunners of...

From 1983 to 1993 there were ten incidents where postal employees went on homicidal rampages killing a total of 34 supervisors and fellow employees....

There is little truly new on the subject of officer survival tactics. It is the simple, unglamorous basics that will keep an officer alive. Sadly,...

Years ago, I was lifting my daughter from the floor. She helped by jumping as I lifted, and our combined energy drove her head...

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

Women Fall for their Personal Trainers and Here’s Why What is it that really turns sweaty strength training sessions into steamy afternoon rendezvous? (Read More) When...

Jump kicks are one of the most popular martial arts techniques. Various martial arts experts agree that these kicks are one of the most...

You probably hear about needing to have a warrior mindset almost daily. Books are published about it, motivational speakers make money speaking of it,...

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.”

“What is the best knife grip for combat?” I get asked that question a lot at seminars. I usually respond by saying “Well, show me...

In 2007 I did a magazine story entitled, "Boxing the Vietnamese" about me training with a boxing team in Cholon, the China Town of...

The knife is one of mankind’s oldest and most valuable tools. It’s also the weapon of choice for most violent attacks around the world....

The Pinan / Heian series are often the first katas taught in the majority of modern dojos. This can lead to the Pinan /...

Any good massage is beneficial. The Systema combative body massage that we do in classes has its own unique and practical value. Done in...