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What we refer to as “the bully myth”, is the erroneous idea that often surrounds how to dispel bullies. The common advice of “just stand up to the bully” is pervasive, often handed down from parent to child, but perpetuated by martial arts instructors, who are notorious for espousing ways to deal with bullies. While they may be good at martial arts, that knowledge in and of itself has little to do with pervasive bullying; maybe even nothing. Martial arts schools are businesses that very often rely heavily on the children’s market.

Hard Ready® Phase One Basic Principle: Everyone's Fighting Something "Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations." -- Earl Nightingale Ok, so let’s get this out of the way promptly:  the world is not conspiring against you (or us or anyone else).  Life’s daily adversities are not anomalies, and there is nothing peculiar about these struggles.  In fact, these struggles, these conflicts, ARE life. Daily, daily, you will be faced with new provocations. Sometimes our challenge is simply rising to take on the day, never mind the inevitable

Close Quarters fighting digital dvd "This is a fantastic video and a practical approach to bridging the gap between H2H [hand to hand] and weapons use." - Nathan L.   About the DVD from Ryan Hoover This digital training video covers topics and techniques that I've been hesitant to release in the past. This course actually served as our first release of them. My concern was always that weapon use and retention training could fall into the wrong hands and do more harm than good. Ultimately, I've come to realize that may very well be

Training from "Negative" If you’ve trained in Krav Maga, you’ve undoubtedly heard the “we train from positions of disadvantage” mantra countless times. At some point, likely all Krav Maga instructors have uttered it, and we believe that there is certainly some value in it. However, it is not (or rather should not) be THE way of training for self-protection. Think about it, if you always train your students from a position of disadvantage, i.e. negative, your students will always find themselves at negative. Without training that prioritizes the pre-contact phase (to include

Fit to Fight® Republic Launches Fit to Fight® Coach Association to Promote Self-defense, Health, and Well-Being Charlotte, NC - Fit to Fight, LLC, a leading provider of self-defense, fitness, and wellness solutions, is proud to announce the launch of the Fit to Fight® Coach Association. The association aims to promote self-defense and fitness by providing comprehensive training and certification programs for fitness and martial arts coaches. The Fit to Fight® Coach Association is designed to help fitness and martial arts professionals stay up-to-date with the latest research and industry trends. Members of

The first year of BJJ training is often an exciting time. You’ll make new friends, have constant revelations, and experience anticipation for class regularly. While no one’s BJJ journey is exactly the same, there are some specific things within the first year of training that can be done to maximize this beginning stage and build a foundation for how the rest of your journey will develop. Making smart decisions and developing a healthy mindset early on will allow for the growth of your technique, style, and endurance. It will also decrease

Modern Krav Maga™  modern: involving recent techniques, methods, or ideas: up-to-date  krav maga: contact combat; a form of self-defense based on unarmed combat movements developed by the Israeli armed forces  In its purest form, krav maga is a living, breathing expression of the most combat-proven techniques, tactics, and principles for dealing with interpersonal violence, without attachment to tradition for the sake of custom. In recent years, the proliferation of krav maga training organizations has resulted simultaneously in institutionalized stagnation and rapid evolution.  The former iteration, stagnation, is primarily the product of long-established organizations beholden to

Why Your Self-defense Instructor is Teaching You to DieNow that I have your attention, please understand, I don’t believe that your instructor wants you to die, nor do I believe that he/she is intentionally teaching you things that will get you killed. However, the lack of malicious intent will not make you safer. Your instructor being a “good guy” will not enhance your survivability. So, why is the self-defense world rife with techniques and methodologies that will likely ensure your demise? Let’s explore this a bit, shall we? THAT'S THE WAY

Initially, Ryan and I sought out Telor tactical for their tourniquet - the SAM. Many of our Fit to Fight® programs include a trauma care portion that emphasizes basic skills to keep blood in the body. We’ve connected with organizations such as Dark Angel Tactical, First Care Provider, and Stop The Bleed, to continue to enhance our own skills and deliver the most up-to-date information.  The tourniquets we have for our courses include the SWAT-T, SOF-T, CAT, and RATS. So we were interested in seeing another product and were surprised by

Learnopoly is a team of knowledgable online course reviewers who aim to help users make informed decisions among the breadth of options available. In the Martial Arts category for 2021, Fit to Fight® is proud to have clinched the best overall online class as well as the best Krav Maga online class: https://learnopoly.com/best-online-martial-arts-classes/"Whilst all the courses we reviewed were excellent at teaching their specific art, Hard Ready 6 gives good instruction in multiple disciplines, covering boxing, wrestling, groundwork, and more.Plus, Hard Ready 6 features not just one, but 9 world-class

So, we recently looked at the almost meme-like existence that Krav Maga, as a system and as a term, has, through intention or derision, developed into over the years. Without delving into the history of the system, there are much more qualified people for that, let’s discuss what we believe Krav Maga should mean and should encompass, in order to live up to the hype and eliminate the negative connotations that have plagued it for so long.

So, we recently looked at the almost meme-like existence that Krav Maga, as a system and as a term, has, through intention or derision, developed into over the years. Without delving into the history of the system, there are much more qualified people for that, let’s discuss what we believe Krav Maga should mean and should encompass, in order to live up to the hype and eliminate the negative connotations that have plagued it for so long.