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Awareness – the Single Most Important Factor in Self Defense

January 23, 2017 By Stephan Kesting

Awareness in self defense

  There are many different aspects of self defense, including everything from weapons, to striking, to clinching, to wrestling on the ground. But there's one particular aspect to protecting yourself that's hands down more important than all the rest combined... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yR2iVwkCfM It's not your striking. You might have a killer … [Read more...]

The Many Areas of Self Defense

January 19, 2017 By Stephan Kesting

Areas of Self Defense and How to Train Them

Imagine you're in the stereotypical self defense situation: you're walking down a dark street, someone lunges out from a dark alley and grabs you. Responding quickly you break his grips, kick his legs out from under him, and knock him out with a punch from knee mount. This is a situation where your striking and grappling abilities made the difference. Had you not known … [Read more...]

The Constant Vigilance Mindset

December 3, 2016 By Stephan Kesting

The constant vigilance mindset

The most dangerous attack is the one you don’t see coming. If you can’t see it coming, you are caught unprepared and your odds of injury increase dramatically. When people think of self defense situations, they think about bar brawls, or possibly muggings. Fair enough. All the focus is then on physical maneuvers to protect yourself and inflict damage on your attacker. In … [Read more...]

Navy SEAL and BJJ Black Belt Jocko Willink on Which Martial Art to Learn First

November 29, 2016 By Stephan Kesting

jocko willink on which martial art to learn first

Jocko Willink is a former Navy Seal with his own podcast (The Jocko Podcast), but he's also a high level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. In the following segment he talks with Echo Charles about why Jiu-jitsu is the most important martial art to learn first. Just click play on the video below to start the conversation at the correct point, but for your convenience we've … [Read more...]

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