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.

There isn’t anyone who won’t benefit greatly from learning self defense, or learning martial arts techniques for fighting, or developing a home safety plan. In this post, I am going to give you a short and sweet list of tips to increase and maintain safety at home.

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.

School is a part of life that everyone must go through. Sadly, school bullying is a part of most school in every country. Bullies exist outside of the schools, on the streets; hence the need for self defense – so why would it be a surprise that these behaviors start as early as grade school?

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!

Since pretty much the very beginning of martial arts and fighting, weapons were a part of the picture. Weapons are necessary at times even for those who have mastered their particular martial arts techniques. In fact, many advanced martial arts techniques are all about the weapon.

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 [...]