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Category: Self Defense

Dealing With Combat Stress

Dealing With Combat Stress

It Can Happen To Anyone As a veteran of the Navy, Air Force,Army, and a former federal and military special agent, I have seen my share of action that most never have, or never will experience. Due to these experiences, I have been diagnosed by the veteran’s administration as having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, better Read More

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Combat Martial Arts vs Competitive Martial Arts

Combat Martial Arts vs Competitive Martial Arts

What’s The Difference? Your reason for studying martial arts (whether it be for competition, fitness, or combat) influences what style of training you choose. In competitive martial arts, training is often focused on perfecting your fighting form, increasing your speed, and honing your delivery. Sparring is not fought with full force and most tournament martial Read More

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A Stance Is NOT Just A Pose

A Stance Is NOT Just A Pose

What is GAP? Any discussion about stance worth its salt has to use Good Athletic Position (or GAP) as the default starting point. For the uninitiated, GAP is the fundamentally good mechanical position that the body assumes when it is expected to perform optimally across a variety of stressors. These stressors can be a sudden Read More

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How To Avoid A Violent Attack

How To Avoid A Violent Attack

The Numbers Are Staggering In recent years we have seen a dramatic increase in the crime rate for most cities. I live near Washington DC, and while there has been a drop in many criminal categories, the homicide rate has increased by a whopping 37% so far this year. And although the number of other Read More

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The Boilermaker Exhibition

The Boilermaker Exhibition

Lest We Forget… Mixed martial arts, mixed matches, and combination fights are not a new development. Even when following Greek pancratium and its long lineage through the fearsome hybridization melting pot of American Frontier rough & tumble, fights that were more than mere boxing—more than mere grappling—have been of great interest. Read More

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The Benefits of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

The Benefits of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Be A Complete Fighter There are many types of martial arts out there and I have studied over 15 of them in my 35+ years of experience in martial arts, even earning black belts in five of them. Currently, I study Krav Maga, an Israeli Martial art taught to the Israeli military; Pekiti Tirsia Kali, Read More

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