Pittsburgh Combat Club

10/06/2026

TNT is in the house! BOOM!! Get it here:

When it comes to being attacked in a self-defense situation, we can generally organize the attacker into the following “type styles.” All of these “styles” can be dangerous in their own way. The biggest thing any attacker has going for them is intent and rage. Be mindful and understand how t...

10/01/2026

TNT this week is going back to math class and relearning what it means to multiply! Read it here:

Without a doubt training gives you an edge up on an attacker. You get used to having someone coming at you. You become more aware of the variables around you. Your body knows how to defend and attack. But…. I always want to have the scales tipping in my favor. Probably the best “tip” that I ca...

09/26/2026

A more personal TNT this week. Enjoy!

While running errands the other week, I passed by the cemetery in Carnegie where my mentor, teacher, and best friend, Matt, is buried—a place I hadn't visited in quite some time.

09/12/2026

TNT (Tips N Tactics) are all over the place! Check out this week's offering here:

One of the best self-defense tools that exists is a knife. And all knives can cut - no matter if they are cheap or expensive. What does matter is the structure of the knife. What is better? A folder or a fixed blade? Two things that we need to consider in this argument is durability and deployment.

09/10/2026

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08/06/2026

A fundamental problem with most fighting schools is that they are all the same. That is the say that if you go to a karate school, you learn to fight against people who do karate If you go to a jujutsu school, you learn how to fight against someone who’s doing jujutsu. And so on… This is still

07/31/2026

This week’s TNT:

Whenever one of my longer term students comes back to training after some time off, they are quick to tell me they have forgotten things. My reply is simple,”your brain maybe, but not your body.” When I train somebody, we are actually training the body’s muscle memory to take over and become t...

07/28/2026

Use something, anything! Just put it between you and the knife!

07/22/2026

Oh yeah

07/22/2026

Training session with Heather.