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It was a fantastic knife defence seminar (June 2018) Wow what a fantastic group of people we had at the Knife Defence seminar hosted at Wise Warrior Gym by Calen Paine and supported by my friend Shawn Baker of CTSS. They took to the material exceptionally well and...
https://youtu.be/fFYDGrIcAdE It is important when working a drill that you not only know the purpose, but you use the right tools to help you achieve that purpose. Most of the Knife Defence Tip clips are intended for those people who have bought my knife defence book:...
https://youtu.be/X2pg_v__NS8 This clip is intended for those people who have bought my knife defence book: “Watch Out For The Pointy End.” If you have not bought and read the book this may not mean anything for you and it will be out of context. If you have the book,...
I am going to be teaching a knife defence seminar June 9th and 10th at Wise Warrior Gym in Edmonton. Make it if you can.
https://youtu.be/q7sXCRfR0lE This clip is intended for those people who have bought my knife defence book: “Watch Out For The Pointy End.” If you have not bought and read the book this may not mean anything for you and it will be out of context. If you have the book,...
https://youtu.be/DVe8e6B8aGI Of course, size and strength matter in self defence that is why in assaults the Aggressor is more often bigger than their chosen victim. This little clip will show that there are principles that can help negate size and strength but if you...
In Search of Efficiency Part Seventeen: Swallow and Smother In my book on knife defence, “Watch Out For the Pointy End” I have these brief descriptions of what the principles of swallow and smother mean: Swallow: “To engulf, absorb, make disappear. I want you to think...
In Search of Efficiency Part Sixteen: Balance I think balance is something often not dealt with deeply enough. A while back I posted a simple drill to work on your own balance and knowing the moment you were even slightly out of balance. The drill is not exciting, but...
In Search of Efficiency Part Fifteen: Control the Distance Controlling the distance refers to the distance between you and the threat(s). The great kick boxer, Joe Lewis used to say that the person who controls the distance wins the fight. If you give that some...
https://youtu.be/xufrsHuDIiE I did this clip on the principle of Bone Slaving for Van's forum. The principle is isolated to highlight it. When defending yourself it would be just one thing of many you are doing.
In Search of Efficiency Part Fourteen: Bone Slaving This is a principle I truly enjoy. I do not do Aikido but from my outside perspective when they talk about blending bone slaving becomes an important part of that. We have all seen Aikido where they use empty space...
Perceptions are deceiving. This past month we have been shifting things around in our house. At one point my wife was putting some shelves in a cabinet that had been built last year but these two shelves had never been putting in place. From where I was watching I...