Articles by James McCann

Having spent the better part of the last twenty years focusing my training on reality, what would really work outside a take-away on a Saturday night, what would really work in a traffic jam if the driver in front gets out of his car and tries to drag me from [Read More]

As well as having spent more than a few hours in gyms and dojos, in rings and on the mats (starting at age 8 with an interest in Aikido, and sampling to different extents Boxing, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Muay Thai kickboxing, Catch Wrestling, Japanese Jujitsu, Goshinkwai Combat, and MMA, [Read More]

Let me pre-empt this article by first letting you know that the system I teach in my club is Reality Based Urban Defence. We train for go not show. No sport, just street. I am a certified Instructor in the Real Combat System of self-defence as created and developed by [Read More]

Let me again remind you that the system I teach in my club is Reality Based Urban Defence. We train for go, not show. No sport, just street. Since becoming a certified Instructor in the Real Combat System of self-defence several years ago, I have sought out as much training [Read More]

As mentioned in my previous article (Training for Reality Part 1: Aggression), my writing comes not from the fantasy-world of a Hollywood screenwriter, nor from the rampant imagination of a teenage boy who has played too many computer games. Rather, my experience has been first-hand, working both with and against [Read More]