The Five Levels of Force
There is a proverb that declares, “You do as you are trained.” If you are trained to always defend yourself with feet and fist...
Combatives are Replacing Martial Arts
Did you know that law enforcement agencies and military units are doing away with martial arts. Well, actually they're doing away with just the...
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...
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...
Child Stranger Abduction
There are many types of criminals who do a wide variety of crimes and there are different types of abductors involved in child stranger...
Tense Shoulders – The Bigger Picture
When I observe students in class, at seminars, or when I evaluate instructors through the Systema Video Program (SVP), I see one most common...
Jim Wagner History: A look Inside Jim’s First School in 1988
The Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection system was officially established on January 21, 2003. However Jim Wagner History: A look Inside Jim's First School...
Mastering Systema: Striking Spirituality
I attended two days of the Mastering Systema seminar in Toronto, Ontario. It was a week long event, and I was there for the...
Systema Training for Effective Defense in Confined Space
Effective Defense in Confined Space comes from two essential abilities:
- the skill of working (defending yourself) in one spot (for example, behind a desk...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Escaping Nylon Handcuffs
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses escaping nylon handcuffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrKXH6Cw674
SUBJECT: How to defeat nylon handcuffs
PURPOSE: To...
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: 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...
Jim Wagner Reality-Based Training Tool
Have you ever heard this argument during knife training before?
The attacker swears, “I cut you! You would have been dead!”
Then the defender says, “No...
Systema Breathing Application
How to breathe to prepare yourself for a fight using Systema breathing application?
When an untrained person perceives danger, his heart rate and blood pressure...
The Jim Wagner Metric Arm Striking and Blocking System
Walk into any traditional-based martial arts school and ask the instructor, “I want to learn how to defend myself. How long will it take?”...
Jim Wagner My Self-Defense Instructor: Body Bag Procedures
In this My Self-Defense Instructor video Jim Wagner, of Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection, discusses body bag procedures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wcHx1M72Tw
SUBJECT: Body Bag Procedures PURPOSE: To learn...