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
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Articles and Videos
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
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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
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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
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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
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How Dojo Etiquette Can Sharpen Your Self Defense Skills
When you first visit a traditional martial arts dojo, it can seem a little otherworldly. People wearing strange clothes, saying some things in a foreign
February 24, 2016
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Verbal De-escalation Tactics and Intimate Areas
Here I talk about a couple of specific, but very important considerations for your conflict resolution/de-fusing/verbal de-escalation tactics. Keep your human brain engaged and avoid
November 5, 2015
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Awareness Part 1: Redefining Awareness and the Color Code Model
Awareness. Awareness is a buzzword in the personal defense community that is given a lot of mentions, but far too often accompanied with very little
August 27, 2015
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A Short Lecture on Violence, Personal Protection, & Fear Management
This was a short “scratch-the-surface” talk on just a few of the important concepts and principles developed by Tony Blauer and Gavin de Becker that
June 19, 2015
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Avondale Brewery Abduction, Fake Police Carjacking, & the Value of Suspicion
One of the most powerful learning models and coaching tools in personal defense is analyzing real world incidents. This cuts through all the theory and
May 15, 2015
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Some Thoughts on Victim Blaming & Why Your Rights Don't Matter
I rarely share my political beliefs with anyone but my inner circle, and even then I don’t share much. I practically never get political on
May 11, 2015
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Social vs. Asocial Violence: A Quick & Dirty Introduction
In response to my post on whether or not to follow the bad guy’s instructions in a potentially violent situation, one of my readers (who’s
March 26, 2015
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