In all likelihood, I look at martial arts and self-defense training differently than you do.
Yes, I’m an avid practitioner, as well as an instructor. However, I also have hands-on knowledge gained while training special operators — on base, five hours a day, every day — for a year. And I coached the 3rd Ranger Battalion, leading them to the first All-Army Combatives Championship.
Please don’t envision any of this as a Rambo fantasy. My work involved training people who risk their lives to keep America safe and free. Therefore, what I taught them had to be effective. BS is not tolerated when so much is at stake.
I’m also an exercise scientist, a biomechanics specialist and a certified strength-and-conditioning coach. As you might guess, martial arts training is my life. I take it seriously, and I think you do, too. So pull up a chair and take out your notebook to capture these notes on the science of self-defense.
You’re about to learn what America’s elite fighters are taught.