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Edged Weapons Defensive Tactics Part 5: Finishing The Fight!

In this next instalment, I am going to introduce takedowns into this combat matrix.  Once you have stunned your opponent considerably, you must now deal with the diminished enemy by putting him down and neutralising the threat. The four most probable ways to take your opponent down successfully are: Battering Takedown Rear Leg Trip Rear [...]

Edged Weapons Defensive Tactics Part 4: Attack, Attack, Attack, Attack!

“I cannot afford to have commanders who do not understand that it is attack, attack, attack, attack and destroy every step of the way.  If you have somebody who doesn’t understand it, I would strongly recommend that you consider removing him from command and putting someone in who can do the job…In order for this [...]

Edged Weapons Defensive Tactics Part 3: Controlling the Weapon Bearing Limb

    So many topics of conversation relating to countering a knife attack is argued about and debated constantly and the subject of controlling the weapon bearing limb is definitely at the top of the list.  A key issue to consider is first defining the scenario that you may find yourself in- is it a dynamic [...]

Edged Weapons Defensive Tactics Part 2: Functional Footwork

  If you can walk and run; are familiar with common ball sports or even possess a modicum of agility, then you already know some functional fighting footwork.  Mobility in combat is a vital attribute that is often taken for granted.  Defending against an edged weapon attack will often rely on developing two major sub-attributes [...]

Edged Weapons Defensive Tactics Part 1: Basic Principles

It doesn’t take a knife expert to kill you with a blade.  So, with that said, an untrained, unskilled 12 year old kid can easily turn a common piece of kitchen cutlery into a deadly weapon in just one hot minute on the street.   Although this is definitely a worst case scenario, being able to [...]

6 Simple Street Survival Tricks

Deception is the hallmark of the criminal mind.  In order to survive against an aggressive criminal encroachment, average citizens must become familiar with the details of the criminal’s ruses and adopt deception and camouflage as a delivery system for survival.  Then, they must learn to counter the criminal’s tricks without compromising their own integrity.  This [...]

Law of the Vital Few

The 80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle) loosely states that 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the causes.  This concept was influenced by world business economics back in the early 1900’s pointing out that 80% of a country’s wealth was controlled by 20% of the population.  Another example, related to marketing sales indicates that [...]

Developing Power Generation Part 3

Developing power in your strikes can be hard work and practicing power specific exercises are of premium value for street survival.  Remember, it is specificity that should be your major objective when conditioning yourself to develop power in your strikes. With that in mind, there are four major areas of movement that we want to [...]

Developing Power Generation Part 2

Let’s take a look at how the physics equation of Force = Mass x Acceleration transposes into street survival equation: Power Generation = Forward Moving Body Mass x Striking Speed Increasing overall power in your strikes is dependant on moving your body towards your target while employing the appropriate delivery system, body mechanics and footwork.   [...]

Joe Hubbard London Seminar – July 4th, 2010!

  “In this seminar you will learn some of the most comprehensive and cutting edge training methodologies that will literally transform your skill set into an unpredictable and formidable CQC arsenal!”   You Will Learn… Counter Criminal Quick Draw Module Grounded Defence and Counter Attacks Street Clinch/Counter Street Clinch Module Ground Zero Kick Fighting and [...]

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