I will be teaching my fundamental Immediate Action Jiu-Jitsu and Immediate Action Pugilistic Coursework in Chapel Hill, NC on November 4-5th, 2017. This will be set up as two individual…

In the last few weeks, I have been on a few different podcasts and internet shows. I had a great time on all of them and I got to talk…

I wrote this a few years ago and it still pretty much encapsulates my thoughts. i am re-posting it now because later in the coming week I am going to…

I love Rocky Marciano. In my opinion, he is criminally underrated.  I think it has to do with a percieved (by the boxing community) overrating of him during the 50’s –…

Throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s, there was a huge push by Traditional Martial Arts (TMA), Reality Based Self-Defense (RBSD)/Combatives groups, and “Tactical” Firearms trainers to dismiss grappling as a…

A favorite refrain from many of the non-grappling Combatives instructors and practitioners in the self-defense community is how getting too involved in “sport grappling” will get you killed in the…

    One of the most frequent reasons I hear for someone not doing BJJ or attending a force-on-force class like Craig Douglas’ ECQC is “I need to get in…

    I’m always amused when professional self-defense and tactical trainers defend themselves when they teach poor and outdated material by going to the “well, it worked for this guy…

Sorry that I have been slacking on my recommendations.  Sometimes life gets ahead of you and all you can do is do your damnedest to keep up! For those of…

This video is funny, ’cause it’s true: