Fight Video

In a street fight, there is probably almost nothing more common for your opponent to do (besides throw haymakers) than to try to get you in a headlock.  Here is how to turn that scenario to your advantage.  This particular video isn’t flawless in terms of form for this technique, but it’ll get you there.  [...]

Until the devastating body slam that ends it, this is a pretty run of the mill street fight, although the star here seems to outmatch his opponent (who started the fight).  Good to see some basic self-defense moves coming in handy, and boy did this headlock defense/body slam work wonders. Please give this fight video [...]

In this video, Cesar Gracie shows a body triangle defense.  There are few positions more demoralizing than the body triangle.  I remember the first time a tall opponent put me in one, before it was en vogue.  It just made the most sense to him, physically, and boy could I not figure a way out [...]

BJ Penn explains two ways to do armbar defense from guard in this video.  Pay close attention what he does with the arm that is not caught in these two defenses. Timing plays a role (knowing you’re caught) in the action required by both defenses.  Note also that all armbar defenses from guard (all moves) [...]

In this old video of 10th degree judo black belt Kyuzo Mifune, he executes judo throw defense effortlessly.  Not a large or strong man, his timing and leverage must be perfect.  This is presuming, of course, that the demonstration is not practiced, as the very fast-forwardable weapons stuff at the end is.  Every judo throw [...]

Bas Ruten explains how to win a bar fight.  Notice the glee with which he punishes his opponent with groin strikes, head-table smashes, barstool stabs, knee breaks, and more as he reminds us anything goes in a bar fight. This video is supremely entertaining. Some might say to leave or neutralize a situation such as [...]

Would jiu jitsu work against a knife?  In this video, Jon Fitch visits the military’s Modern Army Combatives program, in which they practiced a scenario in which jiu jitsu would have to be used against a knife weilding aggressor.  The knife they’re using here gives a 75,000 volt shock intended to feel like you’re being [...]

You probably shouldn’t have let your opponent get both arms in to begin this pass, but the “double leg stack-up” guard pass is possible to prevent, as illustrated here by Jay Bell (Marco DeLima Black Belt, and creator of Submissions Inc.), and can even segue into a finish for you. Instruction begins immediately. Please give [...]

Nick here is talking about defending a baseball bat attack.  It’s a down-and-dirty discussion about what’s realistic in a situation in which you’re faced with a baseball bat attack.  Profane hilarity ensues. The plan presented is simple, and does not include fancy martial arts blocks and redirects, opting for a clinch with the attacker and [...]

Inverted heel hook defense, as presented by Rener Gracie from the Gracie Academy.  Heel hooks will destroy your leg, and knowing their defense is absolutely necessary if you will be rolling BJJ. The fighters coming out of the Gracie family is, of course, legendary, but the teaching is also supremely good (having been a student [...]