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Evaluate Your Routine

July 4, 2009

The following post is from Jake Steinmann who runs Active Defense Personal Training, LLC.
Evaluating Your Routine
Many people live in a denial mindset that says “it won’t happen to me.” If you’re reading this blog, you’ve probably abandoned that mindset. If you haven’t, you should start.
People who break out of the denial mindset sometimes slip too [...]

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The Attack On The Garage, The beginnings of Absolute Combat

June 20, 2009

As you know, I have recently returned from Iraq and have the opportunity to stay in the United States for a couple of years. So, I am able to teach the public again. I am very excited and ready to be able to share my experience. However, I am not retired yet and need a [...]

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Seminar Reminder!

June 16, 2009

Please don’t forget to attend the seminar in Spring Texas this weekend at Reaction Force Martial Arts. See the flyer for details. Mark your calendar and go!

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10 Things You can do Today to Decrease the Chances for Being a Burglary Target

June 11, 2009
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How a Warrior Prevents Home Burglary
By Guest Author Rosalie Bujtor

You’re confident and trained to defend yourself, but what about your property? If you need some motivation to think about your home security, consider the rise in crime statistics that is correlated with the recent rise in unemployment. According to FBI statistics, in early 2008, [...]

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How Do You Naturally Fight? The Universal Fight Plan…

June 5, 2009

When two untrained fighters meet almost anywhere that you could look, their instinctive tactic to win a fight will most likely be to strike each other with their fists until one of them takes enough damage that they cannot fight back. This is referred to as the Universal Fight Plan because everyone in the world [...]

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LGT Announces The Release Of The KERAMBIT DEFENSE COURSE

May 2, 2009

Course Description:
The LGT Kerambit Defense System is designed to meet the needs of students who are confronted by a spontaneous kerambit assault and unable to retrieve a weapon. It is based upon a realistic, yet highly aggressive, slash, check-stun and control philosophy that employs gross motor skills that are compatible with the affects of survival stress. It reviews the fundamentals of basic kerambit systems; reviews the common grips, types of strokes, and lines of attack; and reviews defense strategies for both stalking assaults and spontaneous assaults inside the reactionary gap.

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I’ll smoke you! How I give you a great workout and train you to fight at the same time.

April 30, 2009

In my last post, I described different training drills and the concepts or methodologies they support. Today we’ll discuss how to integrate these drills into effective training. I am going to take a Fitness Development drill and combine it with a Closed Skill Set Development drill to give students a smoker workout and awesome striking [...]

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2 Surefire Ways To Kill Boredom In Your Classes!

April 28, 2009

Boredom is the biggest enemy of every martial arts teacher – your students’ boredom and your own.
Teaching classes every day, year after year can become monotonous quickly if you are not constantly searching for new teaching ideas, drills, games, exercises and techniques. Not only will your students be bored doing the same old drills, you [...]

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Functionalize the “Fighting Frame”

April 23, 2009

In this segment, I will teach you how to drill the fighting frame and the combat application that I taught last post. I will also post this as a pod cast that will be up on the site later today.
There are two basic drills that you can easily use to functionalize this particular skill set. [...]

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Strategetic Training: Combat Application – The Fighting Frame

April 21, 2009

There are certain body positions that nullify a opponent’s attacks. Their strikes, kicks, locks and chokes are no longer effective due to the attack options presented by your defensive position. Yet from these positions, the superior fighter can launch effective strikes and finishes or can move to an even more advantageous position. There is no [...]

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Don’t Give Up…

April 19, 2009

I was training my sons in Standing Grappling and Ground fighting just a few days ago and my youngest said, “It’s too hard, can you show me something else that is easier?” Of course, I gave him a hard time about it and continued to drill and drill. Later on, I sat him down and [...]

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Miss. woman gets shot in head, but makes tea!

April 18, 2009

All I can say is WOW! This woman has a hard head… However, this article reinforces the fact that just because you have a restraining order or a order of protection that you are safe from your offender. Ensure that you continue to use proper strategies and tactics to protect yourself and family.
Next week, we’ll [...]

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Debunking Some Thoughts On Self Protection And Adding Correct Ones

April 14, 2009

Today I want to share some of the more popular trains of thought regarding self defense or what I prefer to call Personal Protection. These popular excuses for a proper protection plan are familiar and sadly common. So, in no particular order we’ll debunk the most common excuses and replace a few with our own.
It [...]

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Another Tragic Home Invasion…Think you are safe?

April 3, 2009

Please read about this terrible incident where a “Salesman”, assaulted and burned an elderly women and then we will talk more about another tip or tactic to improve your Home Security .
Grand Prairie woman, 78, sexually assaulted, set on fire
10:20 PM CDT on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
By MARISSA ALANIS / The Dallas Morning News
A 78-year-old [...]

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