Nick Cahill

Andrew opens this section with questions about The Internet providing resources for SOF fakers. Jack Murphy has his take on real documentation, but Jim West goes with the tried and true method – look a man in the eye. Check out how they identify SOF fakers. We hope that you enjoy the Inside the Team […]

Jack Murphy takes us behind the punch with Jim West in a new series about the most likely encounters you could have in bar fights, street fights, and women’s self-defense. If they haven’t already, I think Drago and Jim should meet.

You’re in a bar, on the street, or in a situation where some guy gets all riled up and aggressive, confronts you and pushes you. Maybe they don’t want to start hitting immediately, maybe they’re just trying to escalate things, but the intent is obvious. In the words of Bill Murray, “It’s go time.”

Jim West provides some basic, reliable moves for women to defend against an abuser – husband, boyfriend, drunk in a bar – who attempts to angrily grab the woman’s wrist to control her. Jim starts by showing how to react when the abuser grabs the wrist, the stance to take, the moves to make, and […]

When you’re first attacked you may not be able to run away immediately, you may not have a plan of response, so you need to train your mind to hit immediately to give yourself some room. Jim West takes us through a partner exercise where the partner ‘attacks’ with a push or shove, and the […]

What do you do if someone approaches you up close and starts throwing punches? How do you handle wild punches and haymakers? Jim West provides an effect defense to an immediate attack with a stance, counter-attack and finish that is intended to leave your attacker on the ground in short order.

Choking seems to be, unfortunately, a popular method used by abusive men to attack and control women, and even other men. The choke can be defended by attacking the eyes of the assailant. Jim West demonstrates how most people do the choke, talks about the reasons why attacking the eyes is so effective, then demonstrates […]

There are a lot of ways for a man or a woman to get cornered and trapped by an aggressor who uses a two-handed choke. Jim West demonstrates how to escape the two-handed choke by using a simple technique involving the eyes, then escaping the clutches of the aggressor.

By now you’ve seen and heard some good street fighting techniques that can help you get out of the fight. You’ve probably also learned a few things about fighting real dirty. Jim West says: “I always go to the groin…and I try to lift the guy off of the ground.” Jim West doesn’t teach you […]

Here is a little teaser of what’s coming soon to FighterSweep.com. Check your volume controls – F-16s can be loud!

I usually can’t explain what I do when speaking to friends and family about my work for Force 12 Media* because it’s tough to describe what a media director’s job really is. Sometimes I talk about the Internet; sometimes I explain how a blog works. Other times, I simply say, “It’s my job, and I do my […]

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to hop in Brandon’s Yak to record a bit of footage. Tough job, right? Anyways, I think he’s preparing me for some hardcore combat stuff, because this time he took me for a 4.5G loop that almost sent me over the edge. Here is a little video for […]