Today’s martial arts have a dizzying array of different forms and styles. But, they all tend to get lumped under the same banner of “self-defense.” The problem is, many styles, arts, philosophies, and systems are not self-defense focused. And, it’s easy to get confused if you’re not familiar with the martial arts systems. An important […]

Not all situations call for kicking an attacker in the groin, blasting him with a flurry of punches, and following up with elbows, knees, eye gouges, and head butts until he’s just a bloody, unconscious mess. That means your self-defense system needs an “injure to a degree” table that gives you more options. Options should […]

Most areas of the United States have surely had their blessings over the last decade, as the area many of us call home, has seen a drop in overall crime. The problem is that this news sometimes relaxes our awareness and leaves us more prone to actual crime we thought we were safe from. As […]

When you train self-defense, whether empty handed or with a firearm, you should practice with multiple moves, multiple shots, etc., never relying on “one thing” to take out an attacker. Why? Well, I tell my students, “you’re just not that good, and neither am I”. We can’t rely on one move to defeat an attacker. […]

As I’ve dealt with my own martial arts downfalls over the years, and now have seen thousands of students go through my self-defense academies, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see certain patterns. The point is that we all make mistakes and avoiding any of them can save time, money and pain. […]

Many of us are taught that by carrying a firearm, we are protecting ourselves, which is true. However, most of us don’t have the slightest clue of what to do if someone was going to jeopardize our ability to keep that weapon in our possession when faced with danger. You may have seen the dashcam […]

While training law enforcement in self-defense at the local, state and federal levels over the last 25 years, getting a proper curriculum “approved” to meet both ethical and legal standards has always been a challenge. On one hand, I need to keep within important guidelines of standards, good decision making and proper response given a […]

I was watching a gangster movie recently and it showed a person getting attacked with a bat. Take that back, they were getting beat by a bat and it was brutal. Why is it that we see more stabbings and slashing on the big screen, but rarely see people getting “thudded” with a bat? There […]