What 27 Years of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Taught Me About the Difference Between Fighting and Self-Defense I am a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. I’ve been training BJJ for approximately 27 years. Before that, I was a wrestler. Wrestling was my first love and one of the defining passions of my youth. Grappling, in one…
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An advisory for every protector, parent, and professional who takes their people’s safety seriously. Something has shifted. Since 2024, we’ve watched ordinary days tip into chaos with less and less warning — a person, a crowd, a situation coming unhinged before anyone had time to react. You’ve felt it too. It’s why the questions…
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By Matt Roberts, Black Belt Instructor, Krav Maga Dallas I’ve trained Krav Maga for almost 15 years. For most of that same stretch, I’ve also carried a handgun for self-defense. On paper, those two facts should reinforce each other. In reality, for a long time, they lived in separate rooms in my head. I…
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There is a Greek word the early teachers used when they wanted to describe something much more exact than “memory.” The word is anamnesis (am-a-nee-sis). It does not mean recalling a fact, the way you recall a phone number or a date. It means bringing something real out of the past and into the present so…
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