Being a part of the self defense community for as long as I have, there are questions that always seem to come up time and time again. So widely believed are some of these thoughts that I like to refer to them as the myths of self defense training. Let’s take a look [...]

Look in the dictionary and you would see that intuition is described as “the power of attaining direct knowledge without evident rational thought.” It can be seen as having a “hunch”, or a “feeling.” Intuition, in my opinion, is directly linked to instincts.

The feeling that someone is following you is a scary thing. (Remember the post about the girl walking a few blocks to see her friend?) Being trained in hand to hand combat training, I can tell you that even I dislike the feeling of the hair on the back of my neck standing on end.

Sun Tzu said “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

I’ve talked before about bullying in schools and how words do indeed have the power to hurt. If you are a parent of a school-aged child, you know the pain felt when bullying occurs. What’s great about martial arts techniques is that they give an individual the power to fight off an attacker.

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!

College students are often victims of crime on campus but by learning self defense techniques the odds of being the victim of a crime goes down significantly.

Self defense is more than knowing kicks and strikes. It is more than facing danger, it is also about avoiding danger.

The popularity of martial arts has maintained throughout the years. There is a lot of good about martial arts; the focus one gains; the awareness they develop of their own body and energy…