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Striking vs Grappling in the Real World 

Go to the 11:20 mark to see the start of the pertinent part of this video, and pay attention at about the 12:15 part to see the female officer’s actions. This is an interesting video. I’m not gonna comment on

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New YouTube Series – Mat Side Chats

Just published the first of my new YouTube series that I am calling Mat Side Chats. I will use these as informal quick discussions talking about important issues and needs that require a bit more nuance than can be covered

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The Past Is Another Country

We can read about it, study it, learn from it, but we can’t live there. Or, at least, we shouldn’t.  It is important to learn from the past. Whether we have made mistakes or we have made good choices and

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Grappling Survival Guide

The chaos of a life or death struggle, especially at hand-to-hand combat range, can be mentally overwhelming. In a grappling encounter , this chaos level goes up exponentially. The better the skill set, the less this occurs, but what about

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Grips and Hips

Grips and Hips There are a lot of things to remember about what we have to do in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Hundreds of techniques, different positions, thousands of counters, a large number of principles and concepts that we have to be

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Private Citizen Grappling Self-Defense

To me, this is a fascinating video. It is incredibly fascinating for multiple reasons. 1) People on the internet LOVE to say grappling never happens in the real world, especially for private citizens, 2) the same people will also say

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Close Contact Handgun 1/25-26/2026, Casa Grande, AZ

This course will teach you to work verbal, physical and gun handling skill sets at close contact distances. Scenario based training is used heavily throughout this program, and the entire course is hands on. Students will learn how to consistently

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Fist Load

I, along with a lot of other people, was once obsessed with fist loads. But I matured and now look at them from a historical or intellectual perspective.  What exactly is a fist load you may ask. Any hard object

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