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We’ve been seeing a disturbing rash of assaults against the Asian community. What makes these racial crimes especially appalling is that they’re targeted at elderly and infirm Asians. Those least able to defend themselves. That was, until Xiao Zhen Xie, a 75 year old Grandmother in San Francisco who fought back and put her assailant […]

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Try this relaxation practice during your Social-Distancing. When students ask how I can tell a person’s skill without having touched them, I reply that it’s fairly simple. I just watch them performing common, every day tasks like walking, sitting, standing or turning side to side in a chair. Even the way they hold things, is […]

This past weekend, my student’s girlfriend courageously survived an assault and thwarted her an attempted rape in the heart of the Nation’s Capital, Washington, DC. To protect her anonymity, we’ll call her “Heroine”. Heroine was returning home from work at night in a well lit area on 15th St. NW. DC near Meridian Hill Park. […]

My dear friend the legendary Robert K. Koga, founder of the Koga Institute, asked me to share KaizenTao with his Senior Defensive Tactics trainers. Due to Koga Sensei’s rich background in Judo, he’d taught the traditional Japanese method of break-falling at his Institute. This entailed slapping the ground with arms at 45 degrees at impact […]