Posts by Sifu Matt Numrich

When you talk about combatives, it can’t get more simple than the five basic moves of boxing: jab, cross, hook, upper cut and overhand. But in this article, I wanted to have a little bit of fun with these moves. We’ll do this, by using a couple slight variations you can add to your training…

Back in 2012, I was contacted by a Federal Government agency, whose privacy I will keep from this article.  After years of being taught a complex defensive training program, they brought me into their Chicago offices, and sat me down in front of a 200 page manual and 200 page stack of power point slides. …

As we know, the world can be a dangerous place even for children. With bullying on the rise at school and children spending more and more time on social media and video games which can present its own set of dangers, the instances of some of kind of altercation happening is continually increasing. However, as…

Let’s get one thing straight, I know you are not Clark Kent. However, there is this one move that you see frequently in the movies, and on occasion, you see in MMA fights. When it happens in the movies, it is pretty cool, and when it happens in the ring, it is exciting and devastating.…

Being a happily married man for over 20 years, my wife wants this next statement, which I say during my self-defense classes, engraved and framed on our living room wall: Women have the right answer. When I speak to an “only women” group at my self-defense academy, they get the answer to my very important…

There are five different areas of combat: kick boxing range, close quarters combat, ground fighting, weapons defense and mass attack (or multiple opponent defense). If I had to choose only one range to teach to a loved one, I would choose close quarters without a doubt. I’ve written before on my reasons, so I won’t…