Jim Wagner Articles

Knife Violence: 14 People Stabbed Today at Community College

Jim Wagner discusses knife violence in this Reality-Based article explaining that a close range a knife is just as lethal as a firearm. A student...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

How Hard Should Your Systema Training Be?

Your Goal The goal of Systema training is to accumulate power and not tension. I believe that with each training session, while doing the same...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

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...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Boxing, Sambo and Mud Fighting . . .

This incident took place when I was 14 years of age. I grew up in Tver, a fairly tough industrial city, 2 hours North of...
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Jim Wagner Geschichte: Training der Deutschen Anti-Terroreinheit GSG9

Jim Wagner, ein Amerikaner, war 1999 und 2000 ein offizieller Ausbilder für Einsatztraining, Spezialoperationen und Schießlehrer für die Deutsche Anti-Terroreinheit Grenzschutzgruppe 9, oder weltweit...
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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...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

Systema Drill To Overcome Fear of Contact

In the new SYSTEMA HAND to HAND film, there is a drill where the two opponents are approaching each other and evading contact. It...
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Use A Camera Phone To Look Into The Hot Zone

Want to look around a corner into a Hot Zone where an attacker could be laying in wait for an ambush, use a camera...
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Rapid Dominance is Always Moving Forward!

The next time you are sparring with the protection on or doing some realistic scenarios you must overwhelm your training partner and use the...
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Going Postal

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

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...
Jim Wagner: My Self Defense Instructor

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:...
Vladimir Vasiliev Russian Martial Arts

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...
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Seven Signs of Terrorism

A terrorist car bomb and a suicide bomber right in the middle of Stockholm with the sole purpose of killing Christmas shoppers. Many thought...
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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 My Self-Defense Instructor: Zigzag Run Away From an Active Shooter

In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses zigzag run away from an active shooter. SUBJECT: Zigzag Run...