Drilling Grounded Sweeps
Drilling Grounded Sweeps https://youtu.be/erQEuacT0ZM Last Saturday we practiced Fubi no kata from Shinden Fudo Ryu. The final move in the form is a double ankle
February 22, 2024 No Comments
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Drilling The Grounded Position
Drilling The Grounded Position https://youtu.be/40QfvRKX8Ic In real self defense, two elements are critical. 1) You need to stay conscious. 2) You need to be mobile.
October 23, 2023 No Comments
Intro To Sparring: Touch Drill
Intro To Sparring: Touch Drill https://youtu.be/HeVjnWkXhIo Most Bujinkan dojos don’t spar or drill with any level of resisting opponents. I think there are several reasons
October 23, 2023 No Comments
Self Defense Lessons from Robbery Murder in Cheaha State Park
Self Defense Lessons from Robbery Murder in Cheaha State Park This is a tragic story and it sounds like Adam Simjee was a courageous and
August 17, 2022 No Comments
Zip Tie Sex Trafficking Myth
Zip Tie Sex Trafficking Myth READ THIS BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO BELOW The zip tie sex trafficker tag myth is making the rounds again. This
August 15, 2022 No Comments
Drilling Koshi Kudaki
Drilling Koshi Kudaki https://youtu.be/j-3I_EM_8rM Our latest video on how to drill for koshi kudaki (stopping a hip throw). As with most of our drills, we
June 12, 2022 No Comments
Critique of 12 Gun Clichés
As is typical on social media (and too often among self defense instructors and students), many things that are actually complex topics get so boiled
April 29, 2020 No Comments
You Don’t Know Kung Fu
Many people in my social circle who don’t train in martial arts will sometimes tell others that, “He knows karate.” Sometimes you’ll hear children that
January 16, 2019 No Comments
Lessons From Cleaning Mats
It was a hot Sunday afternoon in June 2017 – the air thick with Alabama brand humidity soup. Duncan and I were outside with a
December 12, 2018 No Comments
When To Use Eye Gouging In Groundfighting
Dirty tactics such as eye gouging often come up in self defense instruction as a legitimate method of escaping an attacker. Specifically when on the
July 11, 2018 No Comments
A Hidden Danger In Only Having A Gun For Self Defense
Every time I start to talk about hand to hand self defense, there’s always someone that blows it off with some variation of the following
June 6, 2018 No Comments
What You Can Do About Active Shooter Events
Another active shooter mass murder at a school. All the same rhetoric about mental health, guns, armed teachers, etc. And of course…memes. Memes that take
February 16, 2018 1 Comment
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