Become A Silverback Gorilla
If you would like to see the epitome of confidence, just click on your TV and watch an animal program featuring a family of...
Knife Attacks From Around The World
Not all knife attacks are the same. Unfortunately, you would never reach that conclusion by observing the way most martial arts instructors teach their...
The Hunger Games: Violence Without Responsibility
I went to the newly released movie HUNGER GAMES over the weekend. The blockbuster in its second week earned $364,933,000 million dollars worldwide. A...
Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden
In the 2008 movie titled Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden instructor Jim Wagner teaches the star, Morgan Spurlock, how to survive...
Aggressiveness: Developing the Warrior Attitude
Aggressiveness is a key trait that a martial artist must possess or at least seek to acquire. Developing aggressive behavior in beginning students without...
Making Soldiers Better Warriors
We are not making soldiers better warriors with inadequate "reality-based self-defense systems" that hold onto outdated techniques and training methods.
Perhaps the reason why our...
Jim Wagner: Using A Tactical Light
This video by Jim Wagner is about using a tactical light (flashlight or torch) to gain a tactical advantage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_L-OAlsrU
SUBJECT: Using a tactical flashlight (torch)
PURPOSE:...
Is Someone Watching You? Men Committing Lewd Acts
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 to Z Training Concept
Unlike traditional-based or sport-based martial arts, one of the most important components of the reality-based martial arts is the concept of "A to Z...
Working Against Multiple Opponents in Martial Arts
Working against multiple opponents in martial arts is challenging both psychologically and physically.
In Systema, there are a number of simple things to understand and practice to...
Tactical Firearm Training For Civilians
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...
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,...
Evidence of a Fight
After you have experienced a real-life self-defense situation, win or lose, you will want justice. You’ll want the perpetrator arrested and prosecuted. This is...
Use the Environment as a Weapon
When I was a corrections officer working in the Costa Mesa Police Men's Jail in 1990 a prisoner attacked me and ran me into...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Office Massacre & School Shooting Survival
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses office massacre and school shooting survival.
If someone came into...
Stress and Fear Create Tension Limiting Movement
As we know, stress leads to tension in our body. When someone approaches us, we experience displeasure from the possible intrusion of our body...
