Senshido is a Reality-Based Self Defense for Everyone

Thanks for coming back to this site… A Little Background on Senshido
Senshido Combative Technology is the brainchild of Richard Dimitri of Montreal Canada . He is considered to be one of the top instructors of self defense in the world and has taught the system in law enforcement, military personnel as well as the average [...]

Self Defense 101

Where to Start, What to Look For, What to Avoid, Who to Train With
First of all, I prefer the term Personal Protection or Protective Offense to Self Defense, for the former is proactive (placing you mentally in control of the situation) while the latter is reactive (makes you feel like a victim waiting for something [...]

Training Knife for the Credit Crunch!

How to make cheap and resistant training knives
…or why you shouldn’t spend your hard earned cash on some overpriced training knife made in ‘Shmuckistan’
Everyone struggles with purchase of training equipment for reality based self defence training.
Many students of the martials and self defence cannot afford to buy top of the range training suits or a [...]

The Unconscious Power Of Assumed Constraints

Assumed constraints – the unconscious power inside you!
Combat Training Principles — Secrets For Staying Alive When “Rules” Don’t Apply
People often ask me for the best way to “protect” them in some imagined criminal assault.
They want me to respond by giving some perfect technique that handles their particular imagined scenario.
They’re often disappointed at first when I [...]

What-If Monkeys Guide By Marc MacYoung

What-If-Monkeys (a field guide to problem people in dojos/seminars/training)
I really like Marc MacYoung’s website at http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com and I have followed it for years as it is exactly as it says on the tin and a reservoir of great information. I read this web page tonight and I have enclosed a snippet here – you can [...]

Generating Maximum Power

Generating Maximum Power
I remember for much of my youth my martial arts training revolved around speed. I was always trying to punch and kick faster. Often you were judged on how many strikes you could deliver in a given amount of time.
We’ve previously already discussed the importance of striking a specific target on the [...]

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