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Knife Defence Sucks Dealing with a knife empty handed is a really bad place to end up. There are no right answers and no absolutes in knife defence. You’re facing a person with a tool that is far better at damaging the human body than what you have. You’re facing a...
Do size and strength matter in self defence? Of course they do. Anyone who says different needs to work with bigger people. While some martial arts will say size and strength do not matter what they really are, or should, be saying is you can learn to deal with size...
While I like my reference books in print the Kindle versions are READY (many thanks to my amazing daughter BD Wilson) Here are the links to Amazon.com and .ca (and the .ca price is normal for Canada not like the print version on .ca): Amazon.com Amazon.ca
https://youtu.be/9iyF9ou5R_0 A much shorter video clip for my knife Defence book, “Watch Out For The Pointy End.” The book is the manual (and more) for the seminar I taught at the Alberta Peace Officer’s 2017 Annual Convention. My book is now Available at:...
Training knives: Which ones are better? The book has a section on safety because as fun as training is most people still must be able to at least crawl into work the next day. Eye protection is a good idea and I recommend finding good one, but this post is about...
Contents FOREWORD 5 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK / MANUAL 7 INTRODUCTION 9 TRAINING: SAFETY FIRST 10 AWARENESS 13 KNIFE ATTACKS 17 HOW TO STAND WHEN DEFENDING AGAINST A KNIFE 22 WHAT IS A DRILL? 26 DRILL: ATTACK WITH THE KNIFE 27 WHY WOULD WE DEAL WITH LARGE MOVEMENTS FIRST...
https://youtu.be/R4THpBmc3Qs The following is a small look at where my new knife Defence book, “Watch Out For The Pointy End”, will take you. There is a lot of learning to be done to get to this point, so that you understand and can execute all the principles required...
My new knife defence book: “Watch Out For The Pointy End” print version is ready. I can be bought at CreateSpace (my preference because we get a little bigger slice as royalties): Watch Out For The Pointy End Or at amazon.com: Watch Out For The Pointy...
The Three Progressive Zones to develop self defence skills When we are talking a martial art for self defence then I see three distinct and progressive zones that have to be worked through to develop and condition the skills and responses you need. While these are...
In Search of Efficiency - Part Seven: Move YOU not THEM Now that we have laid the ground work for how we want to move we can slip off and look at two vital principles in apply movement. The first, and I think this concept is important for everyone but it is vital for...
In Search of Efficiency - Part Six: Empty the Foot (The Fourth aspect of movement) If you have worked the drills outlined in Part Two on Structure then you know what I seek is the least amount of muscle engagement to hold us in structure. There will, of course, be...
In Search of Efficiency - Part Five: Move with your Centre (The Third aspect of movement) While I’ve put this as the third aspect it should also be called the Primary Aspect. It is only third because you need the other skills to do this one properly. Your centre of...