How do you know that you are learning self defense? Are there characteristics of a dojo, a teching methodology, a curriculum that can tell you whether or not you are practicing self defense or sport or something else? Kobukai Jujitsu focuses on Self...
Here is a fun guessing game for the reader. Below are two stories. Guess which one is true. 1. Two cars head down the highway one evening during rush hour traffic. Going is slow sometimes, other times fast – the aggrivating rubber band effect of highways...
Heel Hooks Heel Hooks are one of the most powerful joint dislocations in the Jujitsu arsenal. Most of the time when we think of Kansetsu Waza (bone breaking techniques) or Hishigi (dislocations) we think in terms of what we can do to the arm. Jujigatame, Kata...
There are many who say that the groin strike is not a useful self defense technique. I know of a local school with a well known self defense program run by a former police officer who markets on the fact that groin strikes and kicks do not work. I have read...
When you are doing Self Defense focused Jujitsu, you should always remember that every technique you do has a combat reason. This means there should be no techniques that are “just good for competition.” I cringe when I hear instructors say “I...
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