Posts by Sifu Matt Numrich

The story was usually the same. A law enforcement, military or security group would call me in, and say something like: “Our training isn’t working…” or “Two of our guys got beat up bad, and they said their training failed”. Whoever the organization was, I could tell they were desperate and were feeling pressure either…

Whether I have students walk into my martial arts school, or administration interviewing me on integrating a new defensive program to their officers, everyone always wants to know one main answer to a question: How long will it take to teach someone how to gain a skill? Therefore, what I’d like to do is dive…

We all have heard about violent confrontations of an attacker getting “mount” position and completely destroying their victim. When I ask women who attend my female self-defense seminars, what is the scariest position you could be in when attacked, mount is always at the top of the list. Needless to say, mount position with it’s…

Since the 1990’s, there is no doubt that ground fighting has finally gotten the respect it deserves in the world of competition, martial arts and self-defense. Because it has been some time since those early years of the UFC and other “no rules” tournaments, I thought it would be a great idea to take a…

The Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) as said is the most modified fighting technique of the country Philippines with combined Western and Eastern essentials. As the new changes of the environment ascends and the wicked fled, the art was use as a battle talent for self-protection. Hence, FMA’s ability was widely known to combat with weapon…

Previously I wrote about mixing in simple combative drills with basic cardio building movements in order to create a self-defense workout which anyone can do, and how surprisingly that can build fighting endurance, stamina and strength.  Today I want to share a second workout which works under the same premise, but with a little twist. …