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Some statistics show that an individual in America is attacked approximately every 24 seconds. Does this scare you? Even without this statistic, many people find that they feel frightened to go out at certain times, or feel a general sense of discomfort with their surroundings when they are away from home.

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.

I like to keep up on stories around the country in which self defense training (often misspelled self defence training) could have come in handy. I will never say what a victim should have done; I just find it necessary to look for glaring reasons why it is helpful to learn self defense; or at least some martial arts moves!

There are many aspects to self defense that we don’t automatically think about. Many people question which of the martial arts styles serves best for self defense. People question whether ANY martial arts styles makes up the ideal form of self defense.

I said there were plenty more weapons, and here they are! In all my years of studying and teaching military self defense, I have never underestimated the value of tools. And tools are whatever you can find. Tools can be your fists or feet; it can be the martial arts training that you have received, or the training you have taken in military self defense.

So much of what we focus on when we take a self defense course or learn martial arts is about physical movement. Indeed, it is the actual strikes and kicks that deliver a blow to your attacker. Indeed, there is no self defense without physical movement.

When you are studying martial arts or self defense, you gain valuable assets – the actual martial arts moves or self defense techniques that you will use to stay protected in a violent situation. However, the effectiveness of your assets is not only dependent upon the individual moves; it is dependent on you and your overall power.

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 [...]

Throughout your adult life, you have likely heard the terms “aggressive”, “passive” and “assertive”.  Sometimes these terms are combined, such as “passive aggressive”.  This particular one has nothing to do with your self defense training (sometimes misspelled self defence training), thankfully.  What chaos if we had to [...]