I’ve had the blessing of training in an array of martial arts for almost 30 years. I’m not talking about “kid karate” classes or even youth tae kwon do. I’m talking about…

When considering all of the different self defense moves and techniques out there, only a few come to mind which truly yield what I call leveraged power. Meaning, when we assume the…

I have no clue how a punch got this much of an interesting name, but it did. In my early days of learning martial arts, I had this one instructor who talked…

In martial arts and self defense, we often think that all drilling should be done from a Competitive Self Defense standpoint. We should hit our hardest, kick our hardest and show our…

I remember seeing the first couple Ultimate Fighting Championships, and although I saw this position called “guard” before, it was the first time I really got to see it in action in…

In my self-defense classes, I teach different defenses from what I call “set positions”. These are not “boxing” fights where people are exchanging blows, but set positions where people are specifically attacking…