In a thread on Burton Richardson’s Jeet Kune Do Unlimited forum called MMA for LEO one of his members posted a link to a video of a policeman pepper spraying and shooting a criminal to no effect.  The officer would have likely been killed had his gun not failed when the criminal took it from him and pulled the trigger.  Burton’s MMA for LEO (Mixed Martial Arts for Law Enforcement Officers) program would have helped this officer a great deal. Click here to read more »

How ideal is the knife as a self defense weapon? Although most Filipino martial artists, according to internet polls such as this one from FMATalk, carry a knife, I have my doubts. Here’s the short version of a more detailed write up on carrying a knife for self defense:

-Justifiable Use: There are a very limited number of situations when knife use is legally and morally justifiable. In these cases there are better suited weapons. Click here to read more »