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A master in Jeet Kune Do, Burt Richardson has spent his life in pursuit of the mastery of several martial arts styles including BJJ and Filipino Martial Arts. Under the tutelage of such greats as Dan Inasantos, Tony Diego, the Machado Brothers, and Carlson Gracie he is on a constant quest for knowledge. He’s an author and teacher working with people from law enforcement to civilians. We are thrilled to reconnect with Black Belt Hall of Fame inductee Burt Richardson.

BJJ emerged from the shadows, and many of us assimilated its lessons into our personal self-defense systems As such, few can argue that sambo is not an effective fighting system. Exponents of the Russian system go one step further by adding some principles that are uniquely their teach you to deflect, strike or grab the opponent’s delivery system — i.e., his arm. “In CQC sambo, we let the opponent commit to his attack by not interfering with the delivery system.

I dabbled in a few other arts (Muay Thai, Systema), though Ninjutsu started to take over and it gradually

Nobody outside of Russia knew anything about Systema. In 1976 you just didn’t mix systems. You stayed within one system, and you were loyal to one master. I loved the system, the subculture, and even Kiyoshi Yamazaki even though he snapped at me, and yet My new system made firearms and military tactics the priority.

He developed modern arnis, a Filipino martial art that systematized traditional arnis techniques, making

Grandmasters, masters and black belts tend to be heavily invested in their systems. Systems need doctrine. Adherents must perform to a standard. The standard is achieved by teaching a consistent curriculum based on the tenets of the system. EVEN MORE PUZZLING are the true believers who give credence to so-called “no touch” systems. Whole systems revolve around the concept. It defies logic.

What distinguishes one system from another is the way those rules are implemented and the strategies

obtain and maximize this speed and power, you must look past training muscles and into the nervous system The first exercise is used to supercharge your nervous system, to produce a greater than maximal effort This primes the nervous system to produce a faster and more explosive dynamic/plyometric movement. When training your nervous system, you don't need to train so much because it is more sustainable for potential will be diminished and/or be lower for the second exercise because the negative feedback system

Known for its practicality, the method combines elements of various combat disciplines into a unique system by Justo Dieguez and Andy Norman, both experienced martial artists who sought to develop a fighting system well as various martial arts, including Jeet Kune Do, boxing, and Filipino martial arts, to create a system However, it lacks the formalized structure, belt systems, and long-standing cultural heritage that are must be prepared to push their limits both physically and mentally to master this dynamic and powerful system

For 2,000 years, its people have experimented with and developed self-defense systems that have only For it, we’ve selected six systems that illustrate the variety of the Chinese arts. It became a rugged, no-nonsense system of deadly self-defense. The system is based on cunning moves. The systems have different approaches to self-defense.

This fighting system hails from the same part of the world—namely, Southeast Asia—but its practice isn't

Some will know, too, that we can determine the pedigree of a karate system through the heritage of these Elements were enthusiastically incorporated into the indigenous combat systems. Systems like goju-ryu and shito-ryu trace their origins back to this time and place. Especially after the beginning of the 20th century, there was much cross-pollination between the systems Two, nothing should be presumed about one system being more “real” than the other.