Posts about self defense

I tell everyone that when I am evaluating a martial move for myself or others, in one filter I consider a two prong question. Have[…]

Your Signature Moves and the Pareto and the Mental Model? Mental models are descriptions of reality that apply across every area of our life, usually[…]

I really enjoy the numerous youtube videos of people being attacked and the victim unleashes a smart boxing combination and the badman drops like rock.[…]

  “I think people need to learn how to hand, stick, knife, gun fight first, then dive into your bobbies, sports and arts later. Get[…]

Preemptive Strikes and Weapon Brandishing, or “Officer, The Guy in the Red Hat Started It.” Preemptive strikes and brandishing. How are these two subjects connected?[…]

.This is where I have fallen down. Where my knife course has fallen down. Before the fall, in the 1990s there was a “resurgence” if[…]

  I worry about the “who, what, where, when, how and why” questions.  In my courses and should be in your courses  too, part of[…]

Who Fight? What Fight? Where Fight? When Fight? How Fight and Why Fight? (Or, How I learned to wrestle with my preconceived notions)   What[…]

In this age of widespread interest in de-escalation and verbal skills to defuse any and all encounters, this is a tale about how convoluted and[…]