6 Self-Defense Moves That Will Get You Hurt
Tom stepped in front of Jim and challenged him to a fistfight. In response, Jim did a kiai and stepped back into a stance. Tom lunged...
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Kelly Mccann
Oct 17
The Price of Piety: A Call for Open-Mindedness in Combat Training
Fighting skill is one of the most unconventional abilities to quantify.
Kelly Mccann
Sep 12
How Hard Should Your Combatives Training Be? Balancing Intensity and Safety
A question that invariably comes up in combatives training is, “How hard should I bang?”
Mark Hatmaker
Aug 28
Warrior Awareness: The Killing Hand
There is a 90-percent chance that you’re right-handed. I say that because statistics show left-handed people make up approximately..
Kelly Mccann
Aug 13
Stop Overcomplicating Combative Techniques, Debunking Dual-Wielding Myths: Why Practical Combat Skills Outshine Trendy Tactics
For seven years, I worked for Guns & Ammo magazine, where I wrote the monthly Personal Security column under the byline Jim Grover...
Kelly Mccann
Aug 1
The Most Dangerous Man in the World
I find it amusing when people get overly serious about fantasy football — imagining player trades, envisioning games between specific teams.
Kelly Mccann
Jul 17
Training to Handle Sudden and Unexpected Violence
I don’t know the attribution for the following quote, but it applies perfectly to our course: “You can’t hide what you don’t know in here.”
Mark Hatmaker
Jun 29
Utility vs. Combat: Tomahawks and Trade Knives
A THOUGHTFUL QUESTION FROM MITCH MITCHELL, AN AFFILIATE COACH OF AMERICAN FRONTIER ROUGH AND TUMBLE, PROMPTED ME TO COMMIT TO PAPER SOME...
Kelly Mccann
May 28
Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Combatives: Tradition, Technology, and the Influence of Social Media
Recently, someone said to me, “The combatives landscape is changing.” I immediately thought, That’s interesting. What exactly is changing?
Patrick Vuong
Apr 30
5 Fighting Fallacies: Slicing Through the Myths that Surround Edged-Weapon Defense!
No matter which category a particular system belongs to, all instructors of these systems teach methods for stopping a blade-wielding psycho
Kelly Mccann
Apr 29
Keyboard Warriors by Kelly McCann
The pandemic made a plethora of videos available for people who wish to continue their training while in lockdown or near lockdown.
Perry William Kelly
Mar 26
CQC Sambo: Why You Should “Fill Your Cup” With Wisdom From This Russian Close-Quarters-Combat System!
“In order to taste my cup of water, you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral....
Black Belt Team
Feb 15
10 Universal Truths of Martial Arts
Consider the following: “None of Morihei Ueshiba’s students has reached his level in aikido, and none is likely to.”
Jim Wagner
Dec 6, 2022
Being the Center of Attention Can Get You Killed
Christophe and I were the first two people to enter the movie theater. Before anyone else came into the large room I told my martial arts...
Raz Chen
Nov 24, 2022
The West Point Program
In the Israeli Army, where I served, new recruits have six months to go from high school graduates into soldiers. Instructors need to...
Conrad Bui
Mar 24, 2022
5 Things You Did Not Know About Combatives
When you hear the term “combatives,” maybe you immediately envision a tough, muscular, ex-military brute beating the crap out of you...
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