Self Defense Tip: Were You Really Taught How To Defend Yourself?
The terms "Martial Arts" and "Self-Defense" has almost as many meanings to them as there are people teaching them. The problem is that...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Assailant Controlling you? Use This Technique To Get Them To Release You.
A scary position to be in is with a strong assailant controlling you, either by holding your arms, or holding you in a bear hug. However,...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Overweight Children Are More Likely To Become Sick, Obese Adults
We love our kids. We all have hopes that our children grow up to be healthy adults, who are successful in their careers, meet the person...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Aug 3
- 3 min
Exercise of the Week: Multi-planar Hop with Stabilization (video)
This weeks body-weight exercise is a great functional training exercise that works your neuro-muscular coordination, and your...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 31
- 4 min
Self Defense Tip: Should You Grapple In A Street Fight?
Should you grapple in a street fight? Warning graphic details here: Recently a video was posted online of a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 28
- 2 min
Stand-up to Ground Fighting Transition #1
Most fights end up on the ground because they enter into a clinch. At that point the bigger, stronger person will overpower the weaker...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Eat Like A Warrior!
When you look at the diets of great warriors (i.e., the Samurai, Gladiators and Roman Legion soldiers), they ate predominantly whole food...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 23
- 2 min
Exercise of the Week: Single-leg Sagittal Plane Hold
Welcome to the exercise of the week! Whether you're looking to get functionally stronger to defend yourself, or you just want to look...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 21
- 2 min
Simple Escape Off The Ground (from the bottom position)
The worst position to be in is on the ground with an assailant mounted on and you hitting you at will. The reasons why it is so bad is...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 18
- 2 min
Self Defense Tip: Can You Be Legally Liable After Defending Yourself?
You did it! You defended yourself against an aggressive assailant, but now you might get charged with assault! What??? Defending yourself...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 13
- 2 min
Exercise of the Week: Band Leg Extensions (video included)
Welcome to the exercise of the week! Whether you're looking to get functionally stronger to defend yourself, or you just want to look...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 9
- 2 min
The Rear Standing Choke (instructional video included)
All too often, street fights end up on the ground with both combatants rolling around, leaving either one of them vulnerable to a third...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Self Defense Tip Of The Week: What To Expect In A Real Fight
It happened! You tried talking your way out of the fight, but it didn't work and now he/she is attacking you. This is everyone's worse...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 4
- 1 min
Independence Day Complimentary Training Special
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Exercise of the Week: Mountain Climber with Push-up
Welcome to the exercise of the week! Whether you're looking to get functionally stronger to defend yourself, or you just want to look...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jun 30
- 2 min
Up-kicking An Assailant from The Ground (instructional video)
Probably the scariest position you can be in is on your back with an assailant hovering over you. They can deliver powerful kicks,...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Self Defense Tip: Verbal Self-defense
One early morning I went to pick up a rental a car at dawn. The sun hadn't risen yet, so it was still a bit dark out. My wife chose to...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jun 26
- 4 min
My Secret for Continuous High Level Training While Aging
Years ago I noticed that my performance was worsening, and my body was not recovering from injuries as easily as in my younger days. ...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Exercise of the Week: Plyometric Skips
Welcome to the exercise of the week! Whether you're looking to get functionally stronger to defend yourself, or you just want to look...
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Lawrence Castanon
- Jun 18
- 2 min
Check Kick Defense (video included)
This week we are covering checking the kick as a defense. As I mentioned before, kicks are powerful weapons that can do a lot of damage....
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