It’s a sad fact that when we conduct combatives seminars, some attendees who have spent money and effort developing their martial arts...

“The only fights you truly win are the ones you don't have.” – Lee Child Keeping that quote in mind, along with the fact that crime is a...

Tom stepped in front of Jim and challenged him to a fistfight. In response, Jim did a kiai and stepped back into a stance. Tom lunged...

Fighting skill is one of the most unconventional abilities to quantify.

A question that invariably comes up in combatives training is, “How hard should I bang?”

There is a 90-percent chance that you’re right-handed. I say that because statistics show left-handed people make up approximately..

For seven years, I worked for Guns & Ammo magazine, where I wrote the monthly Personal Security column under the byline Jim Grover...

I find it amusing when people get overly serious about fantasy football — imagining player trades, envisioning games between specific teams.

I don’t know the attribution for the following quote, but it applies perfectly to our course: “You can’t hide what you don’t know in here.” 

A THOUGHTFUL QUESTION FROM MITCH MITCHELL, AN AFFILIATE COACH OF AMERICAN FRONTIER ROUGH AND TUMBLE, PROMPTED ME TO COMMIT TO PAPER SOME...

Recently, someone said to me, “The combatives landscape is changing.” I immediately thought, That’s interesting. What exactly is changing?

No matter which category a particular system belongs to, all instructors of these systems teach methods for stopping a blade-wielding psycho

The pandemic made a plethora of videos available for people who wish to continue their training while in lockdown or near lockdown.

“In order to taste my cup of water, you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral....

Consider the following: “None of Morihei Ueshiba’s students has reached his level in aikido, and none is likely to.”

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...

In the Israeli Army, where I served, new recruits have six months to go from high school graduates into soldiers. Instructors need to...

When you hear the term “combatives,” maybe you immediately envision a tough, muscular, ex-military brute beating the crap out of you...