In most martial arts schools even today, students are expected to train in their bare feet. While one can argue that there’s a certain degree of tradition in doing so or that an instructor can better determine if the students stance or kicking technique is correct or other justifications for not wearing shoes during martial arts training, there’s plenty of health and potential legal ramifications for not having students and instructors cover their feet while training in martial arts. (continue reading…)

Fact is, it doesn’t matter how fast or how hard you strike an attacker!  What matters is if you are able to stop him!  So, for the sake of discussion, let’s look at what affects ‘stopping power.’ (continue reading…)

The following is what you can expect to happen to you in the event of an attack. Training and experience can offset some of the negative responses, but even the best trained are not fully immune to these effects. (continue reading…)

We recommend reading the THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker as it, in our opinion, is the best source for truly understanding violence. (continue reading…)