Range Safety and Marksmanship
Put it on Target: Range Safety and Marksmanship
1 – Familiarization with your Firearms
Know your firearms and read all the directions. That’s what I always...
Reexamining Modern Knife Instruction for Civilians
It is imperative that we reexamine modern knife instruction for civilians and make sure teaching provides practical unarmed skills against a live blade.
Many instructors...
Locked and Loaded: Ready to Engage
Get Real: Locked and Loaded
Depending on what a dictionary, search engine, or person has to say, the “Locked and Loaded” quote or saying can...
Shihan Abbott’s Unique Training Methods
USADOJO.COM spent time with Shihan Dana Abbott discussing his unique training methods in the sword arts. We asked him about his training and the...
The Hand To Hand Survivalist
In a world that is constantly filled with day-to-day violence, it is important for the hand-to-hand survivalist to know how to protect themselves in...
Know Your Weapons Know Yourself
Following my military career, I served for many years as a law enforcement professional in the southeast part of the United States. I started...
Wood, Metal, Bamboo – Usage of the Japanese Sword
In the following few paragraphs I want to explain the “nuts and bolts” and the “hows and wherefores” for the usage of the Japanese...
6 Points For Firearm Defense
Events of the last several years have finally sent the “wake-up call” to the entire world. The United States begrudgingly joins with many countries...
Israeli Martial Arts and Deadly Mistakes in Gun Disarming
Gun disarming is one of the most important skills you want to obtain when training in a martial art that claims to be about...
Why A Shooters Stance Or Position Is Critical For Self Defense
For over 47 years I have been a student of firearms training. I started shooting and hunting when I was 8 years old. I...
Big: That’s Not a Knife . . .THAT’S a BIG Knife
By Lynn Thompson - Cold Steel ~ In my earlier article regarding "Mouse Knives" I urged my friends and customers to examine their knife...
Basic Sword Concepts with Padded Combative Weapons
Dana Abbott discusses how warriors have been educated since the beginning of time and how training with padded combative weapons improve training.
I want to...
Kapap Combat Concepts – Defensive Tactics (CCDT)
Thinking Out Of The Box
In order to understand the meaning of thinking out of the box, I will relate a short story. There once was...
The Knife: The Ultimate Tool To Develop Trapping Skills
One method Progressive Protective Systems (PPS) practitioners use to develop trapping skills is knife sparring within a confined environment. Knife fighting usually occurs with...
The Staff: A Remarkable Weapon
The Staff is a simple, but remarkable weapon.
From humble beginnings the staff has aided mankind throughout history. In many countries, stories have been interwoven...
Unarmed Against a Bladed Weapon
You might get your butt whipped for carrying a knife but it usually wouldn’t land you in jail. Consequently everyone on the streets carried...
