This self-defense tip deals with the theme of looking ahead and avoiding needless risk, covered earlier in Self-Defense Tip #35 — A Walk Through the City and in Self-Defense Tip #67 — Listen to Your Instinct and Act on It! See the video of an avoidable streetfight. An avoidable streetfight Your browser does not support […]
Self-Defense Tip 68 Don’t Act Stupid! Read More »
The most effective methods of knocking out or incapacitating enemies This tip is my comment on an article on knockouts in violent encounters, written by James LaFond and published in Black Belt magazine. First, two lists of various methods of knocking out or otherwise incapacitating an opponent, based on James LaFond’s analysis of 1,675 acts
Self-Defense Tip 65 Knocking Out or Otherwise Incapacitating Assailants Read More »
Weapon reliability: Knife vs. straight razor Asked about his preference, a straight knife or a straight razor, G. S. first replied, “Get lost.” When pressed, he repeated, “Get lost.” But finally being a good friend, he relented and said, “Knife.” Asked why, he said: “Once I slashed a fellow, my razor got jammed in his
Self-Defense Tip 63 Learned Opinion on the Superiority of a Knife Over a Straight Razor Read More »
Here is a video one of my friends, Karim, posted on his Facebook page with his comment: K1 Greatest Knockouts Karim’s comment: This video shows just how powerful K1 truly is. The best fighting on the planet has been squeezed into this clip. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can lock and grapple as long as you like but
Self-Defense Tip 57 Knockouts and Other Fight Enders Read More »
Mental toughness through physical conditioning drills and fighting drills This tip continues a subject began in Self-Defense Tip #53 – Physical Conditioning for Mental Toughness in Self-Defense, Part I. In that tip a video shows physical conditioning drills for self-defense. In this tip I present a video of a fighting drill. Those physical conditioning drills
Self-Defense Tip 56 Physical Conditioning for Mental Toughness in Self-Defense, Part II Read More »
Increase mental toughness for fighting and reduce stress response — with physical conditioning One of the tools of developing mental toughness is physical conditioning. Done correctly, physical conditioning gives a mental edge specific to self-defense. Fighters know that conditioning in itself is a weapon, not just in the physical sense but also in the mental
Self-Defense Tip 53 Physical Conditioning for Mental Toughness in Self-Defense, Part I Read More »
Keys to fighters’ speed — mastery of techniques, muscular endurance, physical and mental relaxation There are several requirements for being very fast, or better yet, for being “on time.” Key technical requirements are mastery of the movement and relaxation, or more accurately, lack of needless tension. There is an obvious connection with conditioning here because
Self-Defense Tip 31 Keys to Fighting Speed Read More »
Demonstrating fighting skills is not enough for teaching the right way to learn and practice them Most self-defense books and videos, and even many seminars and classes, demonstrate fighting techniques and tactics (set-ups) but not the methods or drills for learning them. Few people realize that repeating a technique many times is not always the
Self-Defense Tip 29 Learning Fighting Skills: Techniques, Tactics, and Drills Read More »
Can mental toughness training prevent a freeze response in a street fight? Mental toughness is more important in self-defense than in sports. The price of “freezing up” is much higher outside the competitive arena than inside it. Here are two questions from martial artists on mental toughness training and the answer from Dariusz Nowicki, author
Self-Defense Tip 19 Freezing Up When Physically Threatened Read More »
