2021

Defense With The Kimura Arm Control I want to teach you a very common move you might see in MMA fights or grappling martial arts schools. But instead of seeing it for a couple seconds in a match on TV, and wondering how they did that, or having to pay hundreds of dollars and take…

Self-Defense with a Karambit Knife A karambit knife is a medium-sized knife that is distinctively dangerous and lethal. The curved blade design was widely used for farming and as a utility blade in Indonesia where it first originated. The knife resembles a tiger’s claw that includes a safety ring so it will not slip out…

Plane Hijacking Defense 101 And 102 Anyone that has traveled since 9/11 has become accustomed to the pre-boarding procedures that help screen out potential terrorist attacks. However, once onboard there is not a lot of direction on what to do if an aircraft hijacking should occur. An aircraft hijacking is a frightening thought due to…

To Disarm Or Not To Disarm, That Is The Question I am going to cover how I’ve taught civilians and law enforcement how to disarm someone who is sticking a gun in your face. I’ve done it for over 25 years, and have had the “pleasure” of practicing it against BB guns, wax pellets and…

It’s Not How Many Times You Fall “It’s not about how many times you fall, but how many times you get back up”, was coined by Abraham Lincoln, and so many of us use it as a motivating phase to help us through tough times, and recover from failures. In attacks, fights and physical altercations,…

FIT TO FIGHT: WORKOUT #1 I’ve written numerous times on the importance of fitness within combat. Whatever term you want to use to explain the physical ability to keep going, keep fighting and keep surviving is up to you, but it all comes down to having the energy to keep moving. Sometimes that “moving” is…

Self-defense Move, Better Than In The Movies When considering all of the different self-defense moves and techniques out there, only a few come to mind which truly yield what I call leveraged power. Meaning, when we assume the attacker is bigger and stronger (which you always should), finding and using moves which pack the most…

Defense Against The Drunken Hay Maker Hook I have no clue how a punch got this much of an interesting name, but it did. In my early days of learning martial arts, I had this one instructor who talked about the “most common” punch, and even attack for that matter, that you would see out…

Cooperative vs Competitive Self-Defense Training In martial arts and self-defense, we often think that all drilling should be done from a competitive standpoint. We should hit our hardest, kick our hardest and show our opponent how much power we have through our competitiveness. But in reality, training should follow a progression. A successful training progression…

Breaking Guard, Street Style I remember seeing the first couple Ultimate Fighting Championships, and although I saw this position called “guard” before, it was the first time I really got to see it in action in a combative sense. Like most Americans, most of our ground fighting knowledge was from wrestling, where you never wanted…