Skillset Magazine Skillset Magazine Skillset Fight Club: Crippling Kicks By Waysun Johnny Tsai • July 13, 2026 If you want to end a fight fast, you don’t have to go for high kicks. Flashy head kicks get... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Tactical Knives Like an Old Friend: The TOPS Knives Road Pup Goyo Is a Trusted Companion By Waysun Johnny Tsai • July 8, 2026 There are a lot of special knives out there. Some made for combat, some made for bushcraft, some made as... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Skillset Magazine Get Loose! Breaking An Attacker’s Grip On Your Wrist By Waysun Johnny Tsai • April 20, 2026 Effective self-defense does not always require years of martial arts training or elite physical strength. While many schools teach complex... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Skillset Magazine Don’t Get Caught Off Guard By Cheap Shots Again! By Waysun Johnny Tsai • February 28, 2026 Ah, yes, the sucker punch. Here at Skillset, we have been sucker punched more times than we would like to... Read more »
Featured Personal Defense Training Combatives 101: How to Throw a Proper Backfist—the “Chinese Jab” By Waysun Johnny Tsai • September 9, 2025 There isn’t much to dislike about a properly executed backfist. After all, there is a reason I call it “the... Read more »
Featured Personal Defense Training Combatives 101: Learning Defensive Footwork Angles—Movement is Life By Waysun Johnny Tsai • August 12, 2025 True story, the more fights you get into, the greater the chance you have of getting punched in the face.... Read more »
Featured Personal Defense Real World Training for Self-Defense on the Street By Waysun Johnny Tsai • August 9, 2025 Let’s set the stage. Every martial art has street-effective moves as well as that “fluffy-would-never-work-in-a-street fight” stuff made for film... Read more »
Featured Personal Defense Basic Combatives: Blocking Part 2—Basic Methods to Block a Punch By Waysun Johnny Tsai • July 13, 2025 Blocking a punch is a lot simpler than it seems. A perfectly placed and well-timed palm, forearm, or elbow is... Read more »
Gear Knives Fierce, Wild, and Ferocious: The Osprey Knife & Tool Ferox Combat Bowie By Waysun Johnny Tsai • July 10, 2025 I have been Facebook friends with knifemaker Christopher “Chris” Linton of Osprey Knife & Tool for a while. However, I... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Tactical Knives Tactical Knives Combed the 2026 Blade Show Floor Looking for the Best By Waysun Johnny Tsai • June 19, 2025 Man, it is hard to believe that the Atlanta Blade Show has once again come and gone. Time is just... Read more »
