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An Education In The Filipino Martial Arts From A Teenager To Hollywood I’ve had the blessing of training in an array of martial arts for almost 30 years. I’m not talking about “kid karate” classes or even youth tae kwon do. I’m talking about the serious training I started as an older teenager and heading…

The Forgotten Element Of Training Any serious practitioner of self-protection and survival, needs to have hand to hand self-defense or martial arts training, weapons defense, firearms training and even trauma medical emergency skills. Needless to say, there are plenty of places to get these types of training, and judging its quality is usually done by…

One Kick To Knock Your Opponent Back Ten Feet I had the blessing of training an elite group of law enforcement awhile back, and they needed a self-defense technique to move an opponent back several feet as they were clearing a room and identifying suspects. That objective may not seem that challenging to most instructors,…

Riot Self-defense And Social Distancing Social distancing may be easier when you’re in a Costco or Wal-Mart, with specific directions posted on the doors and floors to wear masks and maintain six feet. But how do you properly “distance” yourself when caught in the middle of a mob who obviously cares more about their cause…

The Six Common Pitfalls of Self-Defense Training Learning basic self-defense is a necessity everyone needs.  Some people may just be realizing this need, while others have taken seminars or studied online programs.  Still there are those who dedicate two, four or even ten or more hours per week to specifically training in a given art…

The Six Common Pitfalls of Self-Defense Training I’ve written extensively on the fact that there are only five areas of self-defense: Kick Boxing, Close Quarters Combat, Ground Fighting, Weapons and Mass Attack. That’s it. Take a snapshot of any fight, any altercation or attack, and you would be able to categorize it in one of…

Injuring Attackers to a Degree Given the brutal resources that trapping range provides, it is important for a self-defense practitioner to fully examine his or her options in self-defense. It is evident that not all situations will call for a person to blast a person back with a fury of punches after kicking him in…