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• Self Defense: Know It Before You Need It Last year I came home to find my back door hanging off the hinges. The wooden frame around the door was busted, pieces of wood littering the floor of the laundry room. I stopped in the doorway, not comprehending at first that I was a victim of a ...

• Self-Defense Fighting Techniques; Part Two: Kicking, Does It Work In A Real Fight Or Not? Continued from part one. WHERE are you at when attempting to kick? Where you are at has a tremendous bearing on your ability to use your kicks effectively. For example; are you in a crowded bar, on a sandy beach, an ice covered sidewalk, a grassy...

• 17 Self Defense Tips For Dorm And Campus Safety College Safety. Are you frustrated where to start? Here’s how to keep an assailant or thief from making you their next target. These 17 safety tips are on target to protect yourself and your property away at school...while still having college fun. ...

• Self Defense And Psychological Preparedness Being psychologically prepared is critical for self defense during an assault in the street. It is very important to be ready to repel the assailant (assailants) using all the means you have. Note that even being in not very good physical shape...

• Self Defense Ideas & Considerations Particularly since 9-11-2001 there has been an increase in discussion of self defense in our country and others. Southern Delaware is wonderfully safe, secure and peaceful but there is still some discussion of self defense and self protection...

• Fitness and Training for Jiu-Jitsu / Self Defense When I started training Jiu-Jitsu as a system for Self Defense, it became very apparent to me that the students did not take their personal Fitness to a level anywhere near that of competitive Martial Artists or Fighters. Having a competitive...

• Self Defense And Street Fight Psychology Let's speak about the psychological aspect of a street collision. You should differentiate two items. You must realize, whether your fight is a result of a usual domestic conflict, or you are attacked by a robber, killer or bandit. Your actions ...

• Nuts & Bolts of Self Defense Fundamental "Nuts & Bolts" training for close combat should be directed at dealing with the extremes. That is a life and death struggle for survival, i.e. worst case scenario. Restraint, control, and use of force scenarios and methods are...

• Self Defense: Tasers, Stun Guns, and the CSI Connection Okay, I admit it. I watch CSI. I even watch CSI reruns on Spike - yeah, I'm one of those pesky females that the programmers at Spike just don't understand. Ah, well, I digress...sort of. A while back I was watching my beloved show, yes a rerun,...

• Catholic Self Defense Note: I wrote this essay regarding the development of Tekkenryu jujutsu. However, I think it is applicable for all methods of self defense. It may also explain why martial arts are the way they are. Catholic, by definition, means universal or...

• The Front Squat: The Real Judoka's Best Friend Why the Front Squat is the REAL Judoka’s Best Friend I have seen more than one article on the web, heralding the Squat as the best exercise for a judoka. While I can’t argue that the squat is a great exercise, I think that a trainee with just a...

• Martial Arts Training for Real Self-Defense: Making Sense of Chaos I once had a talk with a student who pointed out the almost insane notion that anyone could think that they could use a preset string of moves (known as a kata, pronounced kah-tah) to handle something as chaotic as a fight. He said it made no sense...

• Self-defense Against a Knife: Myths, Fantasies and How to Stay Alive, Part One "Knife defense" (actually, "defense against weapons" in general, but let’s stick to knives/shanks/little pointy things for now), as trained these days in most martial arts/self-defense schools, and even in many (but not...

• Simple Self Defense Move Forces People Who Have You Pinned Down To Jump Off You As Fast As Possible It's a pretty well-known fact that most fights get taken to the ground. And one of the scariest things in the world can be when a very large person -- 200 pounds or more -- pins you to the ground with all their weight, slowly suffocating you to...

• Self Defense Protection - Keeping Kids Safe Online We all know that keeping our kids safe on the internet is a parent's priority lately. Here are some new tips and strategies to give parents solutions on how to protect their children. The biggest trick some child predators’ are using these days is...

• What My Martial Arts Students Know About Winning A Street Fight Most Self Defense Instructors Don't Sometimes in my street-fighting classes, I will get students who complain, whine and moan because I will put them through drills that seem "pointless" to them. Usually this happens when they are least expecting it. In other words, I will be...

• Things to Consider Before Buying A Self Defense Spray So, you have decided to take up jogging in order to shed a few pounds. Because the neighborhood is not what it used to be, you opt to purchase a can of self defense spray. Simple enough, huh? Not necessarily. Consider this :There are three basic...

• Self-Defense and Fighting: When Is The Best Time To Use A Technique On Your Opponent A common term used in the Japanese martial arts community for the defender is called a “tori,” while the attacker is called a “uke.” As I was coming up through the ranks, my fellow classmates and I rephrased the Japanese word “uke” to mean dummy,...

• Why Train Self-Defense Solo? For students who attend our regular classes the information below will be nothing new. Many have heard me pontificate on these points at various times, however, I think it's important to share this information with others to hopefully help them...

• Self Defense with Pepper Spray Pepper spray is the non lethal shot that can save your life. Pepper spray is an organic based chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears and pain. It is an inflammatory agent which causes an immediate burning...

• Self-defense Against a Knife: Myths, Fantasies and How to Stay Alive, Part Two Dynamics of the Blade In training, no matter how "hard-core" and "alive," if you miss your pick-up of the knife arm or lose control of it as you grapple, you get poked, and you try again. In real life, that "poke" can end everything for you! If...

• Guided Chaos Groundfighting: The Life-Or-Death Difference for Self-Defense One of the more intriguing aspects of Ki Chuan Do (KCD) for beginners and outside observers is Master Perkins' "Modified Native American Ground Fighting." Not only have most people never seen or experienced authentic Native American martial arts...

• Self-Defense Fighting Techniques: Sucker Punches, Off-Setting and Roundhouse Kicks One of the more classic “sucker punch” scenarios that you are likely to encounter is the one which starts out with you being tapped on the shoulder. This is almost always initiated from behind and begins with your unknown opponent tapping you...