Pittsburgh Combat Club

04/23/2026

This week’s TNT

Driving at night and your car makes a turn. The headlights sweep the area and in your path is a deer. Frozen. Starring back at the headlights. Your frantically swerve. This deer was ambushed by your car and as a result was frozen in place. This is a safety feature. Be still. Don’t move. The threat

04/14/2026

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A clang of the bell. Two fighters come out of their corners, prepared to meet in the middle of the ring and duke it out. Each expecting the other. Each moving and countering as they get closer. They know what’s happening. They know what to expect. Switch scenes. It’s after work. You are walking ...

04/06/2026

Some basic cane techniques.

03/27/2026

Practice makes perfect!

03/26/2026

Sinawali - students learning how to handle two sticks.

03/24/2026

Some TNT (Tips N' Tactics) just blew up on my desk. Here is the link:

If you are suddenly under an attack - say from behind, being strangled - the clock is ticking. You have about 8 seconds before your muscles give out and you start losing consciousness. Freezing and maintaining the status quo IS NOT an option. Fighting his grip around your neck IS NOT an option.

03/23/2026

Learning a Sinai pattern to apply it from sticks to pintos to palm sticks to hammer fists.

03/19/2026

A physical confrontation can take many forms and shapes. Not all are the same. I want to define the difference in my eyes between a “fight” and an “assault.” A fight is a physical attack that can happen from a misunderstanding, an argument or within a competitive event. A fight involves hitt...

03/12/2026

This week’s TNT just went off my office. You can catch it here:

Needless to say that when we are attacked we are under a barrage of stress. Physical mental and - YES - emotional. The big 3. For you to survive such an encounter you have to not only manage this stress but also channel it into a functional and dare I say, tactical, operating system. You need to a

03/02/2026

Learning how to go from basic foot range to hand range.

02/19/2026

Imagine the scene… A young woman is cleaning up her kitchen at night after getting her child to bed. While she is doing the dishes an intruder breaks thru her backdoor into the kitchen and attacks her. During the scuffle the attacker grabs a knife from the knife block on the kitchen counter and en