Man disarms armored car guard, steals cash at southern Dallas Family Dollar

Anjing Banfaests... this is a classic example of not paying attention to people and your environment. Also where was the second guard? I always thought there were two, but anyway maybe this guy was successful to disarm both guards. I would think that some more training on how to cover each other might be in the companies future, what to do you think? Anyway, I would think that some more martial arts training or hand gun disarms or simple weapon disarms might have been of some value here... I presume the trade off here is personal safety but then why do we have guards if they don't put up a fight?


Man disarms armored car guard, steals cash at southern Dallas Family Dollar: "

Police are searching for a man who robbed an armored car guard at gunpoint this afternoon as she picked up a bank deposit in southern Dallas.

Officers were called to the Family Dollar store along Cedar Crest Boulevard near East Kiest Boulevard about 1:20 p.m.

Investigators believe one of two female Garda armored car guards had entered the store to pick up a deposit. A man who was already inside the store purchasing gum waited for the guard to get a money bag.

'He came up from behind her and disarmed her at gunpoint,' said spokesman Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse.

--Scott Goldstein/Reporter"

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Women's Martial Arts

This is how you get your students killed!!! Well maybe not ours but here is a person who really has no concept of violent attacks... Self Defense Weapons maybe?

Women's Martial Arts: "Women are possibly the most common victims of violence, be it domestic abuse, a mugging or the criminal rapist and this is no time for a woman to find out that her skill levels for survival are sadly lacking if this happens. It stands to reason this could happen, it could be as simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time."

TX boys convince stepdad not to kill them

Martial Artists know that a fight begins and ends in your mind... this is a sad story but shows exactly what we teach... one of your first weapons in self defense is your mind!

TX boys convince stepdad not to kill them: "Unfortunately, they weren't able to save their mother or sister."

'The Numbers Don't Hold Up'

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Ground fighthing

As many of you know, I'm a big believer that fighting will ultimately end up on the ground, and it is a requirement that you understand that submission holds are not necessarily applicable against multiple attackers on the ground. I just submitted an article that discusses this very topic and I encourage everybody to go take a look at link is below.


http://www.squidoo.com/The_Best_Self_Defense_Strategy_for_Multiple_Attackers

Martial arts teachers and self-defense features should be very interested in this short article.

The 3 laws of Handgun disarms

I have just uploaded a new article "the three laws of handgun disarm", up on hub pages.com. I have been researching self-defense techniques and programs on the Internet and I have been just appalled by what I found. So I have taken it upon myself to start a self defense set of articles that will cover my, broader definition of self-defense, then my constituents.

In this particular article I discuss the requirement that you disarm a handgun by the rules and not by luck. And most assuredly you don't put your shoes on your hands to protect yourself, as I saw one person do in a self-defense video, recently. What trash. I even saw another person decide to describe how you escape from me front choke, first by getting in a horse stance, and then starting to try to turn their arms off of your neck and then once you're successful to strike them in the head with a hammer fist.

Again what rubbish. It's very clear that person had never been attacked in her life. I can guarantee you that if somebody's going to choke you from the front, they're going to shake that the Be-Jesus out of you, and push you against the closest wall to knock you out. All in the meantime you're trying to get into a horse stance. What a horrifying advice is being given on the Internet about self-defense.

I'm a firm believer that not only should you be able to disarm almost any type of weapon but that you should be able to, in your own self-defense, utilize that weapon to protect yourself. Therefore, I have started a series of articles that will explore, from the top down, a broader concept of martial arts and or self defense such that, who knows, I may actually start a trend here. God for bid.

Anyway back to the article. I cover the concepts of muzzle control in this article and then, from the disarm making sure that you give distance, and then finally ensuring that the weapon is loaded and ready for action. Please all my readers go take a look at this article plus the other articles I have placed up on Awarriorsway.com. Here is the head link...

Awarriorways article page Also here are the articles link at our new URL of http://www.selfdefenseweaponsite.com and the articles are at Here

You will also see that I have seriously upgraded many of the product and DVDs at Awarriorsway.com and PDWS.Biz because I'm seriously trying to move our product out in both sales and in collective contribution to the world of martial arts and self-defense.

You'll also see that I have changed or interchange the name of the defenders to self defense weapon. This was done strategically as saying tag and as a keyword to assist us to increase the traffic to our site. Both sides will actually contain articles on women's self-defense, as well as, martial arts teaching and or training. I am trying to branch out our site being somewhat myopic to a site that offers more topic matter and education to other martial arts practitioners, teachers, and enthusiasts.

The three most important rules about teaching martial arts

In my 46 plus years of being connected to martial arts classes, teaching martial arts, women's self defense, I have seen the good the bad and the ugly. Teaching on the Matt isn't as easy as some make it look like. As a matter of fact, typically you'll end up teaching in a similar fashion as you were taught. Now, depending upon where you are in the world you're teaching style has to stay current. What I mean by this is that old world teaching techniques may not be applicable in today's environment. Now I live and teach in California and I can say with some level of authority that old world techniques, that is teaching techniques, are absolutely not applicable here. Unless of course you like to be sued. Old world, we could actually hit our students as a form of discipline, but those days have long since gone. I'm not an advocate of that form of correction however sometimes it has its place, as ugly as that sounds, to help reset a student’s attitude or focus.

The first rule of teaching is simple; no one likes to feel stupid on the mat. When you get everybody onto the mat, and it comes time for a demonstration or the like, no one likes to feel stupid. It's your job to have your students feel as comfortable as possible on the mat, such that they are ready and eager to learn. Learning can only start when you're comfortable. Other really stupid things I have seen is in regard to visitors. Many teachers will actually pull visitors out onto the mat and demonstrate how stupid the visitor is plus how smart a martial arts instructor is. Frankly, I see that more often than not and it's disgusting. So embraced the first rule of teaching and that is "no one likes to feel stupid".

The second rule of teaching is that people have to have fun. Let's face it, adults are really just big kids. Your lessons need to be fun and if you can achieve that you will set the groundwork for learning. So when you do your lesson plan, make sure that you can add the component of fun to your lesson. If you fail to make your class fun, in the long run, you won't have many students, particularly long-term students. Remember, the visitor that sitting in your visitor section, and they see how much fun is going on with your teaching on the mat, they naturally can't wait to get there. Frankly, it's one of your best sales tools. Regardless of your teaching women's self defense, martial arts, or even weapons training, fun needs to be at the center of your lesson.

The third rule of teaching is in fact people need to learn something. I don't care if you were doing an exercise class they need to learn something. If a student first off feels comfortable "not stupid", and they are having fun in your class, the last piece or key to success is in fact they walk away with some jewel of knowledge. When you think about it, what our students there for? They're there to learn, have fun, and not feel stupid.

So in summary, you can see that teaching, or rather legendary teaching, it is no accident. Fundamentally, people want to have fun and learn, and if you fail to do this you have failed as a teacher. Worse yet, because they didn't learn anything or they were embarrassed, they could get damaged or injured out in the real world because you didn't teach them. You didn't set the foundation for them to learn properly and therefore their experience on the street has a direct relationship to you as a teacher. Teaching isn't for everyone. But a good legendary teacher embraces these three rules and teaches at a level that is typically unheard of. You must teach every class, better than the one you did before. And if you can do this as a teacher, you will be surrounded by students for the rest of your life.

Master Peter Brusso

http://www.awarriorsway.com

Test is over

Some pictures:
Here is Grant Sensei and Larry Sensei... 5:30 AM

Larry Sensei

our shirts

Master Dylan Porter and Larry Sensei

Master Myers teaching at 5:30 on Sunday

Sword Kata's 1 through 5 on the web

Test team.. check it out:

http://dontbedead.blip.tv/#2051222

Snake

Ok.. test team.. yesterday I saw a 3 foot long snake, it was a Mojave viper, very poisonous... here is a link that all must read before the test.. http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/995_snakes.html

Making darts

As you can see.. we have had some technical difficulties in making darts for this years test. Why, you might ask? Well, each year it seems that we must redesign darts do to the differences of the materials tolerances in manufacturing. Key to dart design is that they are safe. A dart can be made to really hurt and fly out there, but make one with good flight characteristics, with range, and be safe, is another task altogether. Here is what I'm seeing:

First the foam rod that the test team got is a slight bit smaller in diameter. Given everything else with the dart design being the same, what this meant was blow by in the tube, thus the force on the dart itself, was lessened. The result is a dart that didn't go far and also had some flight issues as the weigth to lifting body ratios had changed. So, I varied, or well Matiase and I did, the aft end of the foam body to try and stop the blow by, but that lead to a more unstable dart in flight. I added some more weight to the front in hopes of allowing the dart more mass, thus more flight time... this was marginal at best but did increase the striking power, which is the wrong way. So, we finally had to compromise and go back to a dart with less range but maintained the safety value. Here is a picture of the range of my darts...

That distance is about 150 feet.. the test teams darts are around 80 feet at best. Oh well.. darn, that means you will need to use stealth, cunning, and the natural aggressive nature of an anjing banfaist to overcome my ballistic advantage. Darn, huh?...

Darts under construction...

And finally our new knife throwing target:

And my blow gun is home at last! I will have an update on the tubes we are making and painting today for the test...

I am Master Peter Brusso, and I hope you enjoyed this update!

April 30 Black Belt Test

Update: Well lots has happened since Dec... I moved out to my new house in the desert where I can train everyday, shoot, 4 wheel, and more. What is most important is that the house is set up for Anjing Banfa training. As such, we are going to have our black belt test this year, out here at the Salton Sea. It affords us a variety of training environments and capabilities that we have never had before; which is just great. This is our own private beach with fire pit and all.

So this year we will have one of the highest speed low drag tests of all time. We have a stellar group of visiting sensei's and masters who will be here for the 4 day test. We have activities that we, in the past, could never do so it should be another record breaking Anjing Banfa test. We have two master candidates: Grant Smillie and Larry Ahlquist, so wish them well; as they are going to need it. I will keep all posted on the test... Master Peter Brusso