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