Embrace the Chaos: Transforming Self-Defense Training for Real-World Scenarios
How ridiculous and strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life!”
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Black Belt Team
Oct 1
What 20 Years of Police Work Taught a Tournament Champion: Damon Gilbert's Top Tips
Damon Gilbert has served the citizens of Oakland, California, as a police officer for more than two decades. Unlike many of his...
Paul Vunak
Sep 25
Anatomy of a Street Fight: What's Most Likely to Happen and How to Prepare
In his writings, Bruce Lee attempted to depict a street fight in its empirical form and not through the prism of any style or system....
Black Belt Team
Sep 23
Season 4 Ep. 1 of The Black Belt Podcast with Harinder Singh Sabharwal - Mike Lee Kanarek
In this episode, Harinder Singh Sabharwal dives deep with Mike Lee Kanarek, a multi-discipline martial arts master and founder of Haganah.
Mark Hatmaker
Sep 18
3 Historical Self Defense Methods for Becoming a More Alert Martial Artist
The Primary Factor in Self-Protection and Self-Defense is Situational Awareness.
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?”
Alex Roslin
Aug 22
Reality-Combat Advice for Martial Arts Instructors
My wife and I were walking home with some friends in downtown Montreal one Friday evening when four drunken men came stumbling toward us...
Black Belt Team
Dec 30, 2023
The Last Result of Proactive Self-Defense, Part 2
by Lito Angeles Photo by Rick Hustead Let’s begin with a quick review of the scenario I described in the June/July 2022 issue: You’re...
Ian Lauer
Sep 5, 2022
The Self-Defense APP (Awareness, Presentation & Preparation)
The best defense from an attack, and only way to guarantee your safety, is to avoid it all together without even needing to physically...
Jim Wagner
Aug 23, 2022
Making Self-Defense Training Realistic
I recently had an interview with a European martial arts organization. If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, Europe is not only...
Justin Lee Ford
Aug 18, 2022
The Five Self Defense Questions for Every Martial Artist
Many believe simply knowing how to move our body and keep awareness is all we need in order to stay safe. That’s not true. In fact, there...
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