To become fearless is not to be our primary purpose or pursuit; this point is critical. We have but to observe the world around us to see the frantic and neurotic behaviors of others. In having trained ourselves to scan our environment, evaluate the immediate surroundings and filter out potential threats, we can place fear...Continue reading
Tag: Combatives
The Art of Survival: Part 3 (Confrontation)
It is not my effort or intention to proselytize you; rather it is my desire to convey viable information for personal survival in a combative format. What we are concerned with and covering are primal realities. Note these statistics, 1 in 3 women in her lifetime will be a victim of a sexual assault, 3...
The Art of Survival: Part 2 (Mental Preparation)
Preparedness is not paranoia. Preparing yourself with mental training is just as crucial for combat as it is for a career. One major benefit of mental preparedness training is you cannot make any mistakes; you cannot die. In this mental preparation we are able to see ourselves in a varied amount of scenarios; hopefully each...Continue reading
The Art of Survival: Part 1 (S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L.)
You can remain safe anywhere if you only maintain poise and absolute resolve. This is a key lesson in the art of survival. Your determining features are the desire to live and your aptitude. Your odds of survival are improved as you accrue practical knowledge, refine your ability to devise, and learn to employ those...Continue reading
Street Effective Martial Arts
Fortunately, debates over which style of martial art is ‘the best’ have become less and less common. Professional Mixed Martial Arts competition has driven home the point Bruce Lee was making decades ago; Being unwilling to adapt and integrate means the lid on the coffin is closing. However, with the increase in popularity of “Reality-based”...Continue reading
Inside The Fighting Measure
Foreward When I started taking Jeet Kune Do around 1970 we were mostly working on the kickboxing phase of JKD. We mostly trained for combat by keeping the fighting measure which is a distance that you keep between you and your opponent so that he has to take a step toward you to be able...Continue reading