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PART 2: Self-Preservation When Facing Armed Combatant: Jared Wihongi
Jared Wihongi breaks down step-by-step how he'd handle an armed combatant:
Black Belt Team
Nov 12, 2023
PART 3: Jared Wihongi: On How "Good Technique" Can Get You Injured in Reality
In this interview, Jared and Tony Parrish shares a story about a combative real-world application of martial arts and how he'd do it...
Black Belt Team
Nov 11, 2023
FULL INTERVIEW: The Warrior's Way on Tactical Combat: Jared Wihongi Interview
Jared Wihongi is a full-time International Close-Quarters Combat (CQC) Instructor. His TRICOM combatives system is an integration of...
Black Belt Team
Nov 8, 2023
Best Pre-Emptive Strikes and Palms vs. Fists
By Lito Angeles Photo: Rick Hustead The criteria I used to determine the best pre-emptive strikes are encapsulated in 10 questions: Is it...
Black Belt Team
Nov 3, 2023
How to Defend Yourself: Kelly McCann on Training to Avoid Injuries From Street-Fight Knockou
Many of the worst injuries from street violence don’t result from the punch that knocks someone out; they result from the head hitting...
Black Belt Team
Sep 30, 2023
Combatives: Think Tactically
I walked out of the double doors located at the back of the hotel that led out to the 4-story parking structure. I looked to my left,...
Jim Wagner
Mar 15, 2023
Being the Center of Attention Can Get You Killed
Christophe and I were the first two people to enter the movie theater. Before anyone else came into the large room I told my martial arts...
Jim Wagner
Dec 6, 2022
The West Point Program
In the Israeli Army, where I served, new recruits have six months to go from high school graduates into soldiers. Instructors need to...
Raz Chen
Nov 24, 2022
The West Point Program
In the Israeli Army, where I served, new recruits have six months to go from high school graduates into soldiers. Instructors need to...
Raz Chen
Nov 24, 2022
Bruce Lee's Influence on Today's Reality-Based Martial Arts
If you can get your hands on one, take look a through any martial arts magazine in the entire world that was printed before the year...
Jim Wagner
Nov 1, 2022
5 Things You Did Not Know About Combatives
When you hear the term “combatives,” maybe you immediately envision a tough, muscular, ex-military brute beating the crap out of you...
Conrad Bui
Mar 24, 2022
Enter the Mind of Master Ken, the Martial Artist Behind Enter the Dojo, Part 2
Check out the second half of our chat with the very real Matt Page and the very made-up Master Ken, founder of the deadly martial art of...
Black Belt Team
Mar 14, 2017
Ninja History 101: Ninjutsu Training
It's a testimonial to the ninja that Japan's 1964 Olympic team seriously considered using a number of ninjutsu training methods. Masaaki...
Black Belt Team
Apr 4, 2014
Ninja History 101: Ninja Gear
The ninja were accomplished pharmacists, skilled in preparing different poisons and special powders and compounds. Ninjutsu training in...
Black Belt Team
Jul 5, 2011
Ninja History 101: Ninjutsu Weapons
Like the Green Berets, the ninja operated in small bands in which each man was a specialist in some form of ninjutsu training. They had...
Black Belt Team
Jul 5, 2011
Ninja History 101: An Introduction to Ninjutsu
Welcome to Ninja History 101. During today's lesson, we'll be examining Spies and Assassins, Ninja Gear, Ninjutsu Weapons and Ninjutsu...
Black Belt Team
May 31, 2011
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