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: 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:...
Project Prayer Flag
When I arrived in California from teaching my Reality-Based Personal Protection courses in Germany last week I had a letter waiting for me at...
Flash Mobs
With these hard economic times upon us, and no signs of letting up in the near future, there may be even more riots and...
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...
Control Tension with Systema Conditioning
In Systema conditioning, we try to create all the exercises so that they lead us directly into the highest levels of fighting skill. Training...
Head Games: Overcome Combat Stress
Anxiety is an emotion that if conquered, can teach you survive in a crisis situation. Anxiety can also be a useful tool to the...
Ask Yourself “Who is the Enemy?”
If you are devoting yourself to the martial arts in order to defend yourself or others you must ask yourself a simple question, "Who...
Systema Combative Body Massage
Any good massage is beneficial. The Systema combative body massage that we do in classes has its own unique and practical value. Done in...
Accidentally Killing Your Opponent
Do you carry a pair of handcuffs with you? Most martial artists don't. How then are you going to restrain a suspected criminal, whether...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: How to Cut and Stab with a Knife
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses how to cut and stab with a knife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N058HolK6Kg
SUBJECT: The...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Machete Defense
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses machete defense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqKlQIHqJDg
SUBJECT: Machete defense when unarmed
PURPOSE: How to survive...
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...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Throwaway Wallet in a Robbery
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection discusses the throwaway wallet or using a decoy wallet during a robbery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKkjeSbUNAg
SUBJECT:...
The Conflict Cycle
Any human conflict that you engage in will have a predictable cycle. Whether the conflict involves a heated argument with a hostile subject or...
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...