Fighting techniques in contact sports Good techniques cause you no discomfort. An example for strikes and kicks: Your technique is good if you can deliver knockout power without any discomfort on your part. Causing yourself discomfort when practicing and performing a technique is a sure way to an injury — it may take a while, […]
Self-Defense Tip 120 Fighting Techniques: How to Tell Good Ones from Bad Read More »
Clinch in hand-to-hand combat and self-defense In hand-to-hand combat clinches happen. If you don’t know what to do in a clinch you may end up like the casualties in the video below. Your browser does not support JavaScript! JavaScript is needed to display this video player! For useful lessons from this fight see Self-Defense Tip
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What Krav Maga is lacking … but not only Krav Maga First watch a great demo of effective self-defense techniques by Krav Maga instructors from Defense Lab: Now, what is lacking in the above demo and why…. Krav Maga is a military-style self-defense system based on Imre Lichtenfeld’s 1930’s and 1940’s street-fighting and military hand-to-hand
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Knife fighting technique in hand-to-hand combat on the ground Don’t you think there is something wrong with this book cover? Considering that in addition to the point, the knife has a sharp edge or even two, which can cut forward and backward with little pressure, why use it as if it were a dull stake
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Observe, Orient, Decide, Act: The OODA Loop Training in an effective self-defense system shortens your OODA loop. OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. In the smallest-scale tactics (i.e., in hand-to-hand combat), the loop boils down to this simple interpretation: Observe: Be alert. See what and who is around you. Orient: As you observe, orient
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