Imagine this: You're in your bathroom at night, nothing on but a towel. Your kids are sleeping, your wife is in the kitchen. You notice a shadow moving outside the window.
You walk over and investigate. You see a guy with a baseball bat creeping in through ...read more
One of the big differences between street-fighting and every other kind of martial art is, in street-fighting everything you do causes your opponent pain -- even your blocks.
For example, let's take the really devastating move called the limb or nerve "destruction." This is a really nasty move that anyone ...read more
I get questions all the time from my students and email street-fighting lessons subscribers about what the best way to exercise is as far as learning martial arts and street-fighting.
They want to know how to get the flexibility, stamina and speed they see other martial artists have.
They want to know ...read more
Sometimes in my street-fighting martial arts classes...I will purposely put two people who don't like each other (or even hate each other) together during sparring sessions.
In some cases, when I really want them to make progress, I'll encourage them to tease, taunt and even verbally abuse each other.
Why do I ...read more
The founder of our martial arts dojo was fond of telling a story about a 98 pound weakling in high school who served as an unwilling punching bag for the local bullies.
Predictably, he’d be verbally harassed and then pushed around by these toughs, and I suppose, somewhere in the distance ...read more
You may or may not be aware of this but there are only three "body types" in the world.
And they are:
1.) Ectomorph - tall, lanky, lots of energy
2.) Endomorph - plump, big boned, slow
3.) Mesomorph - natural athlete, muscular, athletic
Now, while it's rare when you see a person who fits ...read more
If you took all the pages in all the books about martial arts, street fighting and self-defense, you'd see a lot about physical conditioning -- building strength, speed, endurance and stamina.
Only problem is...physical conditioning will NOT save you in a real fight.
Why?
Because while physical conditioning is important, even more important ...read more
One great thing about street-fighting self defense and martial arts is that the single most effective training "tool" you can get is also the cheapest and easiest to find.
Now, I am not talking about sparring gloves, punching bags, training knives or anything like that.
No, what I am talking about is, ...read more
It would be impossible to fully track every aspect of the beginnings of mma. The Greeks, Romans, Cavemen? I will try to bring to you a history of mma that impacted the United States as I believe it occurred, and what is now the growing popularity in this reality fighting. ...read more
One of the great "equalizers" in any fight on the street -- even if you are being bum rushed by multiple opponents -- is to have something as a weapon.
A knife, a bat, a garbage can lid, a broken bottle, even your belt can be used to even the odds.
However, ...read more
