Everyone, whether in self-defense lessons or not, recognizes the lethal power of firearms – So much so that something as simple as pulling one out of a case or holster can change people’s minds. Guns...

How serious are you? You can tell how high the level of committment to injure is in a person by where they place themselves to get the job done. Angry or aggressive fighters will go...

The successful use of violence could not be simpler: In every instance there is, amid the chaos, a sudden moment where everything changes, where one person recoils, or begins to grow visibly weaker, or drops...

Greg M. writes: “I recently started receiving your training e-mails and they are full of great self-defense information. I am going to pass them on to my training staff for their input. Now the question:...

I would hope lethal force self-defense isn’t useful in your everyday life… As we say at our courses, we sincerely hope you never have to use what we’re teaching. But like a fire extinguisher or...

I was recently reading an article on self-defense in which the author was speaking of violence as if you could pick and choose the level of seriousness of the interaction, i.e., if he just wants...

Below is a question we recently received that I imagine might be on your mind as well. “In some of your DVD footage the eyes are the target for the first injury and in other...

***************************************************************** “For great aims we must dare great things” -Clausewitz ***************************************************************** Hey Guys, Been getting quite a few questions about dealing with edged tools like knives: *** Hello Tim, As a guy who wanted to...

Or carry a knife, for that matter? There are a lot of good arguments to be made for doing both instead of spending the money, time and effort to train to use your body as...

Perhaps you’ve already had the dream: at a park in daylight, with children, or a dark close-in space like an alley, or, the one I remember most vividly, a seedy gas station… regardless of the...

There’s only one way to train — HARD. If you think going slow means easy, soft, light and painless, you’re dead wrong. Slow means correct — spot-on targeting, constantly driving your body weight through his...

The intelligent use of violence involves every means available — all bets are off and no holds barred. You literally do whatever you want to the man (this is, after all, what we mean by...