MMA and RBSD
Let´s pre-empt the trolls! OK, I´d like you all to think of a hypothetical scenario. Imagine a pro or semi-pro cage fighter in his late 20s or early 30s. He´s a good fighter in all ranges, but he´s coming to the end of the career. He´s won a few,

Unarmed VIP Escort
Unarmed VIP Escort Players: Escort Team: 4 to 10 Intercept Team: Any VIP: 1 Game Play: Escort team provided with checkpoint information. Must start at first checkpoint. Intercept team may position randomly. Checkpoint is unknown to

Mixing RBSD training with sport fighting systems?
What do you think about the mixing training of RBSD with sport fighting (like Boxing, Muay Thai,..)? Sport fighting is yes limited by roules but gives you a good conditioning. In other way in gives you a false attitude. Or is better to do only RBSD

JamieO'Keefe
Hi Dave I hear you have trained with JamieO'Keefe. Can you tell me his favourite techniques? I think he is one of the best RBSD guys out there tc T

Training Classes in Sheffield
Hi Dave Just to say I recently joined your forum & am enjoying reading the various topics on self defence. Could you tell me if there are any clubs in Sheffield who teach your system or a reality based system as opposed to traditional martial arts.

knife+stick fighting to quadruple reflexes for unarmed fight
Hi Nick, great to see that you have your own Q&A now. Seems to be the only positive thing that I can see coming from the closure of the geoffthompson forum. My question: recently I have bought some old DVD's for a few bucks from Paul Vunaks'

question for Dave
Quote:I know of Mr Grannon through other forums, but have never met him persnally so my opinion of HIM has no basis, however his comment that no RBSD existed until about 10 years ago is so far off the mark its almost funny... the TERM may be new as such

How important is fitness/strength
How important is fitness/strength? If you could have a hypothetical match up between two guys where one was a fitness/strength monster in incredible shape and really strong but had no training at all in MMA/RBSD/martial arts nor a huge amount of street

Jack Dempsey
Lee Knowing your interest in the WW2 unarmed combat instructors i purchased a while back Jack dempsey book for the US Coast Guard during WW2 teaching them unarmed combat. I'm great admirer of Mr dempsey and it is interesting read. have you read this

review of Chris Turnbull's violent intent dvd
Hi Guys got Chris Turnbull's violent intent dvd. What a wealth of information this guy has to offer. Having worked the doors for 18 years now and been involved in the Close protection sector. I have to say that Mr. Turnbull's dvd has a lot to offer. You

Krav Maga
Hi dont know if this right place to post this! Has anyone ever trained in IKMS Krav Maga? I stay in West Lothian in Scotland so RBSD clubs are a wee bit thin on ground to say the least! Theres a Krava Maga class local to me but is expensive. There are

SAS Fighting Secrets - a DVD by Bob Spour
SAS Fighting Secrets Introduction There has been a lot of interest on the Self Protection forums re this lately, so I thought it would be a good idea if I gave it a seriously close looking at. This DVD features Bob Spour, a well known UK Thai

Systema Open Hand Slaps Work
I don't know if the slapper is Systema trained but the knockout blows are both open hand slaps that look similar to those used by Systema adepts. You can see the way the slapper looks down and stands slightly side on to the doorman that he is going to hit