Some people like to make fun of the terms “reality-based self-defense” and “reality-based martial arts.” Because they may not know the roots of the two terms, we're posting this fact sheet.
RBSD is a name that describes those eclectic fighting systems that draw their techniques from various sources (usually traditional martial arts or military combatives) and apply them with a heavy emphasis on the mental components of combat.
No attention is paid to kata, traditional weapons, competition or friendly sparring. Everything is focused down to a pinpoint: survival.
RBSD practitioners think, When a guy with a butcher knife is charging at me, it doesn’t matter if my front kick hits him with the toe of my foot, the ball of my foot or the entire sole of my foot! And it doesn't matter if it's a kung fu kick, a karate kick or a tang soo do kick.
This field includes some of the biggest names in the self-defense world:
Tony Blauer
Carl Cestari
Loren W. Christensen
Marc Denny
Meredith Gold
W. Hock Hochheim
Bill Kipp
Tim Larkin
Darren Levine
Marc MacYoung
Kelly McCann
Peyton Quinn
Richard Ryan
Melissa Soalt
Bradley Steiner
Geoff Thompson
Jim Wagner
Kelly S. Worden