The man from Japan

This is a clip from my training camp in Belgrade in 2004. Hope you enjoy!

Here are 5 ways to counter an opponent who holds their arms around your body when you attempt the triangle choke. Demonstration is by Chris Wright-Martell, Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Roy Harris. (Partner is Meagin Sheehan, Blue Belt under Roy Harris). Filmed at Modern Self-Defense...

Our Technique of The Month video for March is a small clip taken from one of our Level One (6th & 5th Kyu) This clip shows David Wilson demonstrating a counter attack against a lunge punch. Using a parry rather than a block, David redirects his attacker's force before countering with an array of...

Armdrag to establishing a gift wrap from the guard. This leads naturally to a flower sweep, then finishing with a cobra choke. Throughout the entire technique, you have to keep your elbow on the gift-wrap arm tight to his body, pulling it tighter and tighter. Notice that I use my hand like a...

Remember that you’re not trying to muscle your attacker over your shoulder but rather shift their centre of gravity so that you can tip them off balance. If you do this properly, you shouldn’t feel like you are carrying their entire body weight.

As attackers are generally of the cowardly sort, they often sneak up from behind, thinking this gives them a positional advantage. That may be so in those first few seconds, but with proper training, your body will reflexively know how to respond to this kind of an attack. In this week’s...

This is a Counter to a typical Round Kick to the body or thigh for that matter. kicks to the shin should be checked. This is a great effective counter that relies majorly on Timing

a Karate Style Body Punch Strike, Demonstarted from the Show, Human Weapon this Move is called the ' Seiken Choku Zuki

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to Moscow, Russia, the origin of one of the most versatile and deadly martial arts on the planet. Created at the instigation of Vladimir Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918 to improve the hand-to-hand combat skills of the military and the...