If you asked me to teach you as much as I could about proper hitting fundamentals, real quick in as few training sessions possible… If you asked me to let you in on my favorite piece of combative training equipment… If you asked me what training method would give you...
I hope everyone had a happy and healthy Holiday Season! I’m just guessing but I’m thinking that many of you might be brainstorming some New Years’ resolution ideas for 2011. Maybe working off those turkey dinners and frosty fermented beverages consumed over the holidays? Here is an email discussion I...
Without a doubt, the most common questions I get are about heavy bag workouts. More specifically, how to design a heavy bag workout that will keep your training interesting, provide maximum health and skill benefits and avoid training-related injuries that are far too common when people buy a heavy bag...
What benefit could there possibly be to hanging a big, stuffed bag from the ceiling and repeatedly pounding parts of your body into it? Put that way, one might question the benefits of heavy bag training. But if you look a bit deeper, apply a little “health and safety context,”...
I get a lot of questions from people about how to avoid or recover from sore or injured hands from working out on the heavy bag. Common mistakes when people are new to heavy bag training is that they do too much too often or they try to “kill” the...
I got an email from a subscriber who is experiencing hand and wrist pain as a result of heavy bag training. Since this is a common question, I thought I’d share it on the blog: I have recently begun using a heavy bag, and after each session I experience pain...
Self-defense doesn’t have to be complicated. If someone were to ask me, after a lifetime of studying self-defense, a career in law enforcement and decades of life experience, “What are the most significant factors to successful self-defense?” Here’s what I’d tell them:Get fit, be smart, and hit hard. Simplicity is prerequisite...
What Would You Do If This Happened To You? Imagine being on the threshold of a serious, life-and-death streetfight, mugging or sexual assault. You’ve been confronted by a big, ugly, piece-of-dung who has singled you out as his next conquest. Talking your way out of this is getting you nowhere....
