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Keep Your Mouth Shut While Visiting Japan
There is a saying one hears in a Japanese pre-school. “The nail which stands up is hammered flat!” Added to this is what we see as an extreme desire to bow down before authority. Japan is the most classic of shame societies. Better go along with what the higher ups expect of you, or you are nothing but dog crap worthy of little more than getting scraped off the bottom of a shoe. The Japanese justice system is extremely proud of their 99{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} conviction rate. I think that only Communist regimes. those joy-filled havens for liberty and freedom, can boast of bettering that score. How do the police and prosecutors …
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A Big Steaming Pile Of Fail
How would an American such as myself describe the criminal justice system in the Philippines? I’d be forced to say that it is a police state. Even so, it is a particularly ineffective police state. Even the United Nations has to admit that safety is hard to come by in that country. Follow that link and you will see a UN sponsored survey that has 10.5{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} of Filipino families report being victims of property crime every 6 months. Which means, of course, that more than one out of every five households in the nation have something stolen from them every year. So where are the police? According to this news article, a deranged drug addict engaged in a shooting spree until …
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Inspiring
A businessman was being robbed in broad daylight when two homeless men rushed to his aid. Good for them!
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Houston McCoy, 1940-2012
Who is he? Find out here. He put his own life on the line to save others. There is no more fitting epitaph. (Hat tip to That Guy.)
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Vintage 1970?s Advertisement
(Picture source.) You mean that people actually paid money for this thing? It would appear that they still do!
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Groin Pains – Krav Maga Self Defense Techniques
Article by Self ProTech. Read entire story here.
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Personal Defense, Where to Begin? Try Vital Point Striking
Article by Self ProTech. Read entire story here.
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Self Defense Method of MMA
Training yourself to become a better fighter doesn’t necessarily mean that every weekend you are encourage to frequent sports pubs and engage in physical altercations. In fact, becoming involved with close combat training can effectively enhance your ability to defend yourself in those unexpected situations.I think we all understand which situations I’m speaking; the one where you’re simply
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Jedi Mind Tricks: How To Punch Someone Without Touching Them
Derren Brown – Kung Fu Mind Punch – Funny videos are here
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Happy Halloween From DefendThyself – Coupon Code TRICK
It’s that time of year when we pay homage to ghosts, ghouls, and goblins. Until Halloween Eve, take 13{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} off anything in the store. No matter if you are looking for a PhaZZer Dragon Conductive Energy Stunning Weapon, or a JPX Pepper Gun, Fox Labs Pepper Spray, or a Stun Master 1.2 Million Volt Rechargeable
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PhaZZer Dragon Walk Through Demo Video Posted
We just put up a new walk-through video on YouTube of the PhaZZer Dragon Conductive Energy Stunning Weapon, which is a great alterative to the TASER C2. The PhaZZer Dragon Conductive Energy Stunning Weapon is a small device that uses cartridges to shoot 2 electrified darts at the punk that is trying to attack you.
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Check Out The JPX Jet Protector Pepper Spray Gun Black Frame With Laser Video
We put up a new YouTube video for the JPX Jet Protector Pepper Spray Gun Black Frame With Laser, an incredible product that will launch molten hot pepper spray or pepper gel up to 23 feet, at 400 miles per hour! The JPX Jet Protector Pepper Spray Gun Black Frame With Laser is an easy
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The Pool Protector Swimming Pool Alarm Keeps Your Kids Safe Around A Pool
Pinky Sparkadero here with a quick tip to let you know if you have a child and a pool, you need the Pool Protector Swimming Pool Alarm. Each year more than 900 children drown, and that’s 900 too many. Don’t let your peanut be one of them. Pick up an inexpensive pool alarm to warn
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The Safety Angel Helps Stop Children Drowning Or Getting Lost
With school is out, and summer here, the Safety Angel Anti Drowning Alarm and Anti Lost Child Alarm is it the best way to watch over your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, or the child you are babysitting if they are going to be around any form of water, and you don’t want them swimming. And
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10 Basic Fighting Techniques
Article by Self ProTech. Read entire story here.
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Punching Combinations – Top 10 Tips To Improve Your Training
Adapted from the Toughen Up Guide To Power Punching. Once you have a strong foundation of basic punching skills, you’ll want to add some fun, variety and intensity to your combative workouts. Here are 10 tips to keep in mind when designing your punching and/or kicking combinations. What Is A Punching Combination? A combination is
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Designing A Heavy Bag Workout
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 and start pounding away on
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Toughen Up Self-Defense Blog Survey
In an effort to direct the content of this blog towards your specific needs, interests and problems, I’ve designed a short survey. Please take a moment to fill it out and let me know the type of information that you would like to see posted and made available through this blog. Thanks in advance, Randy
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Eight Multiple Attacker Training Methods
; This post is an installment in the Defend Yourself Against Multiple Attackers series. If you prefer to read the series in order please click on the link in this paragraph. Training Method #1 – Get yourself into fighting shape Many self-defense authorities suggest that you don’t need to be in good physical condition to
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Nine Street Fighting Tactics For A Multiple Attacker Fight
This post is an installment in the Defend Yourself Against Multiple Attackers series. Street Fighting Tactic #1 – Constant Unpredictable Movement A moving target is harder to hit, corner or gang up on. Using constant movement and unpredictable shifting to avoid and reposition yourself in relation to your attackers makes it harder for them to
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Barefoot (ball of the foot) running
If you’re looking at the title of this article and wondering what barefoot running has got to do with martial arts and self-defence please read on, as like me, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Let me also take the opportunity to add that I used to hate running, sorry runners but I find it dull and
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The fifth limb: neck stretches and exercises
The fifth limb or the neck as it is more commonly referred to has to be one of the most neglected but most over worked muscles in martial arts. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve experienced a stiff neck after not stretching and warming up the neck muscles properly and then pulling a muscle
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Fighting stance: which foot forward?
For a while now I have been asking myself whether it’s better to have your dominant or weaker side forward in your fighting stance. A lot of people say it depends on your fighting style and which is your strongest hand but I believe that there is more to it than that. For example in
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Mastering pain
Pain is a really important part of every sport, especially martial arts. It tells us when we’ve been punched or kicked, when we’re injured and when our physical and mental boundaries are being pushed to their limit. This last point is the focus for this article as I want to explore the idea of ‘positive
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Relaxed Power
Relaxed power, it may sound like an oxymoron but it is in fact a very important concept for martial arts and self-defence, however it is also incredibly easy to forget about it in a stressful situation. Most people naturally tense up in stressful situations or when they are threatened, those that don’t have either trained
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McDojo? Is Karate Quality basied on Lineage
This is kind of a Catholic vs Protestant argument that still goes on for some reason. What am I talking about? You know – If a school opens up in a strip mall for profit – many of the purists (read traditionalist Karate Ka) will smirk and wonder if the “McDojo” can trace its roots back to the old country (Read Japan or Okinawa). Traditionalists like to recite their lineage to prove their black belt is meaningful. This is like the Catholics (disclaimer – I am a Catholic) or Orthodox Churches argument of Apostolic Succession (meaning they can trace their bishops back to Christ’s apostles. The thing about having an …
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New American Kenpo Karate Studio Opening in Arizona!
David Hays will be opening a new studio in the Ahwatukee foothills of Phoenix Arizona on January 12, 2013. We will be teaching Tracy’s traditional Kenpo, the Joe Lewis fighting system of competitive tournament sparring and kick-boxing. If you know anyone in the Phoenix area that is interested in lessons or an upper belt looking for a place to work out and/or help with coaching, please contact me at dhays@azakka.com Thank you in advance for the support. Related Posts:Self Defense for even Turkeys? Happy Thanksgiving!What is Self-defense?Introduction to “My Self-defense Blog”Toughman!Steve “Nasty” Anderson – Top
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Can the 97 pound Weakling Fight?
I don’t know about you but when I was growing up I was not that confident in middle school. I mean some kids seemed to know what they were capable of and all of the rest tried to go around unnoticed so kids would not pick on them. I know you might be thinking this is a bully post about the kids are intimidated by bullies and such but no. I am writing about how a kid might surmount their self image and become a good fighter. By the way this applies to anyone including boys, girls, women and men that don’t think they could…
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Groin Kicks – Will you use them in a fight?
When I was a kid – I remember “accidentally” kicking a cousin in the nuts as we were fighting. Sure I did it on purpose but it was only a tap. My poor cousin was rolling around on the ground and several generations of males at the family gathering were frowning at me. My dad took me aside and told me (this was a different time), “John – only girls kick.” Well now in the post-boxing era – kicking is a generally accepted form of fighting. There are many fighting methods and no real acceptance of “the right way to fight.” …
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Karate Legend Joe Lewis Died
I received a call from Dave Hays (8th Dan – AKKA) that Joe Lewis died on Friday, August 31, 2012. He was battling brain cancer I believe. This has been the year for passings as his friend Richard “Dick” Willett passed in May. Dick was my instructor and always had the highest praise for Joe’s fighting ability. First I’ll put some links about Joe’s history and then share some personal experiences. Joe Lewis Wikipedia Joe Lewis IKF Kickboxing Joe Lewis Fighting Master The last time I saw Joe was at Dick Willett’s 40 anniversary event. I asked Joe about his movies and he mentioned that James Coburn helped him get work as…
