Joey Walker

Complete the following technique with your move.  Remember that your move should complement not only the position of your body relative to your opponent, but the strike should add to incapacitating the assailant. Your assailant throws a wild right hand haymaker style punch towards the left side of your head.  You block their punch with […]

Complete the following technique with your move.  Remember that your move should complement not only the position of your body relative to your opponent, but the strike should add to incapacitating the assailant. Defense against a left side thrust kick to your torso: Right wrist block, right front kick to the assailant’s groin.  Place the

During July of this year, I started a segment called let’s play a game.  The game is designed to make each person come up with one or more movements and to see the possible variations of a given technique.  For now, this will be done with not only “street techniques” NOT for tournament competition techniques. 

One only has to take a look at the headlines about Major Metropolitan cities where violence is a daily occurrence.  In the event that you “have” to traval to those places, it is best to be prepared mentally, physically and legally.  Mentally:  Know that violent episodes can occur almost anywhere in public places.  Fights have

For approximately the past six months, I have been fortunate enough to be a regular on a local radio station.  Every Tuesday morning, I have about a five minute spot called “Tactical Tuesday.”  During that spot, I provide crime prevention information and tactics for a variety of personal safety strategies of what people can do

One of my pet peeves are the highly publicized Martial Arts schools that offer frequent promotion without true competency.  And too many times, the public is fooled by the Flavor of the Month; a school or style of Martial Arts that is in the spotlight (at least for the time being). I feel for these

you will charge at the shooter face to face in an attempt to disarm and disable them.  Unless you really are Superman, attempting to take on a person armed with a firearm in that fashion would be foolish and more likely than not, you will not be successful. People before me have used the terms

I’m excited to let you know that Season 2 of Serial Defense Podcast is about to come to a close.  In the past two seasons, I have profiled serial killers and serial sex offenders from nearly every region of the United States.  The offenders comprise men and women, and nearly every nationality. I don’t just

This technique is for when an assailant is holding a knife at the torso of the defender.  For the ease of explanation, the assailant is standing within critical distance, holding the knife with their right hand, and pointing the tip of the knife directly at the torso of the defender.   The defender will use