I Don't Know How to Fight — I'm Only Prepared to Neutralize The same principles govern every conflict — whether it's an argument with your partner, tension with a colleague, a struggle with your own thoughts, or a physical assault on the street. Only the intensity differs. What you learn about yourself in a real physical conflict &mdash...   Read more  

Special Forces Don't Need the Best Weapons — They Need the Most Common Ones I recently watched a presentation on a new firearms technology: high-velocity ammunition. These rounds, thanks to their higher speed, can travel farther and penetrate better-protected targets. However, achieving this performance requires a cartridge with greater explo...   Read more  

38 years ago, I began my journey through martial arts. I was training Shotokan in a large hall, with over 60 students at every session. There was a rule everyone knew: the last to enter the hall was always the instructor. And whoever saw him first had to shout the alignment command, so everyone else would immediately line up in rows and columns, re...   Read more  

In life, you don't discover yourself. You create yourself with every choice. Many people come to their first training session and tell me the same thing: "I want to know how to defend myself." It's an honest starting point. But what they discover along the way is something else — that it's not just about what you do with your hands or feet in...   Read more