Living in a dorm while attending college can be a fun and enlightening experience that enhances college life. However, in order to fully enjoy this time in life – and living away from home for the first time – it is important to remember how to stay safe.

For anyone who has studied any of the martial arts styles at any point in their life, the Karate Creed may be something you have heard before. In keeping with the tone of my last post, I am posting the Karate Creed here today.

When you initially hear this term – innocent until proven guilty – you may assume it refers to the “bad guy” in a court case. If you have been involved in an altercation in which you had to use force to defend yourself and you have engaged in hand to hand combat training or some sort of martial arts training, this statement may actually apply to YOU!

If you’ve never hear this acronym; you’ve missed out! K.I.S.S. is all about Keeping it Simple. What you want to add for that last word is up to you. The way I learned it was “Keep it Simple, Stupid!”. I don’t like calling anyone stupid; and don’t consider myself to be dim in any way [...]

In training for personal safety, there are two main roads that people tend to take.  One is to train in the martial arts.  Training in martial arts is good for body and mind; I learned a lot from the martial arts training that I have received over the years.
Combat training is the [...]

If I were to ask you what self defense move is the most important one, what would you say?  Would you think back to the self defense videos you have learned from and picture a particular kick or hand strike?  Chances are I’m spot on with that assumption.  But the real [...]

Martial arts self defense classes can be found in just about every city in America.  I love martial arts; and think there is great benefit in learning any type of martial arts.  But I’m also an avid student of self defense….all things self defense.  And so I was thinking about why [...]

Last night, I watched the movie The Last Samurai for the first time.  Yes, it’s an old movie; and I’m not a huge Tom Cruise fan (which is probably why I never took the time to see it when it came out).  Anyway, regardless of my affinity for the star, I have [...]

When people talk about self defense issues, they usually focus on training in martial arts techniques or some other form of physical activity.  It makes sense that we conjure up images of strong kicks and strikes when the words “self defense” are spoken; as the term is usually associated with martial arts [...]

When talking about martial arts and martial arts self defense, there is a rather longstanding debate about the hand strike.  Is it better to strike with an open hand or a closed fist?  Over the years, as more martial arts styles have become main stream, the training in regards to the hand strike [...]