What the heck do racecars and eye gouges have to do with one another? Stay with me for a minute and I will explain. One of my pet peeves when…

What is the Pikal Jab? Essentially, it is closed fist strike that is very similar to the attack line when you properly throw a straight line jabbing strike with a…

My friend John Mosby has an excellent article discussing the utility of boxing in a self-defense context. As is usual with his articles, he makes some really cogent points and…

Here are a couple of video clips that show two of my favorite holsters. Both are made by a buddy, Spencer Keepers. The first one is Spencer himself pointing out…

I was the worst white or blue belt that ever stepped on a jiu-jitsu mat. That is completely true. I tell people that often at seminars, and I know many…

One of the tropes the RBSD/Combatives crowd loves to drag out is the idea that grappling is really nice in the gym, but in the “real world”, will only get…

I hate competing, in whatever facet the competition is. Whether it is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu event, a USPSA pistol match, a local two or three gun event, or anything where…

There are some things in the martial arts and tactical training communities that bother me. I generally try to ignore them. At the very least, I try to not talk…

A terrific article by noted coach Phil Wright from the UK. Check it out: http://blog.revolutiongym.co.uk/2015/03/02/the-ooda-loop-analytical-thinking-under-pressure/

  Recently, I saw where a guy who knows in his heart that his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is not that legitimate artificially “aged” his belt. It looks like…