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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, instead of attacker...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: November 11, 2006
What
Practically Guarantees Success in a Self-Defense Encounter?
It never ceases to amaze me just how many people have the
same questions or ideas about self-defense and what works. Seriously.
Almost as soon as someone finds out that this is what I do, I invariably
get one of two responses. You can break these responses down into
the "asker" and the "teller" groups...
Author: Jeffrey Miller
Date Posted: November 08, 2006
Kubotan for Self Defense
It was an autumn day about 5 years ago when I was walking home
from a local softball game. I was approached by a rather large man
who asked me for a light for his cigarette, when I said “I don’t
have one” he grabbed my arm and said “then how about your money”.
I reached into my pocket but instead of money, I pulled out my Kubotan
and jammed the end hard into his forearm...
Author: SA Rubin
Date Posted: October 30, 2006
Self-defense
Against a Knife: Myths, Fantasies and How to Stay Alive, Part Two
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...
Author: Ari Kandel
Date Posted: October 21, 2006
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 all) "Reality-Based"
ones, is more entertainment than life-saving training...
Author: Ari Kandel
Date Posted: October 20, 2006
Self Defense
Tips For Knife Attacks
Free advice is usually worth what you pay for it, and that also
goes for self defense tips, especially regarding a knife assault.
Many that look cool in a book or movie will get you killed in real-life...
Author: Jeffrey S. Anderson
Date Posted: October 15, 2006
Self-Defense
Fighting Techniques; Part Two: Kicking, Does It Work In A Real Fight
Or Not?
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 hill, in a gravel
covered parking lot, or how about an open area free of obstructions?
Each one of these places has special characteristics that need to
be taken into consideration...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: October 12, 2006
Self-Defense
Fighting Techniques; Part One: Kicking, Does It Work In A Real Fight
Or Not?
Being the author on several books that focus on the subject of kicking,
I am often confronted by the following statement, “Kicking
is ineffective at best in a real self-defense situation and is usually
dangerously detrimental to the individual who attempts to use it
on the street.”...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: October 11, 2006
Knockout Kicks
One if the things that make a Mixed Martial Arts fight interesting
to watch are the kicks. MMA is a multidimensional sport. Fighters
have to learn to attack and defend at all ranges. They also have
to learned to function while standing or on the ground...
Author: Rick Parrott
Date Posted: October 03, 2006
The Sharpshooter
- Delivering the Jab
The jab is generally used defensively to keep an opponent off balance;
so they can’t strike you. Sometimes it is used offensively
to setup a follow on punch such as a hook, cross or even a leg strike...
Author: Rick Parrott
Date Posted: October 02, 2006
Overcoming
Fear in a Self-Defense Situation
How do you overcome fear in a self-defense situation? Basically
you don't, you learn to use the fear instead. Making it a tool that
you shape not allowing fear to control...
Author: Rick Kirkham
Date Posted: September 28, 2006
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