The Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection system is based upon the same teaching philosophy and training methods as the world’s top police and military units. Of course, this makes sense since Jim Wagner’s background includes not only the traditional martial arts and sport-based martial arts, but he has severed in military, police, corrections, bodyguard, and special operations capacities.
The reason Reality-Based Personal Protection is the “original reality-based martial art” is and not just because Jim Wagner coined the phrase back in 1999, but because of his background that few self-instructors can match: former soldier, corrections officer, street cop, SWAT team officer, diplomatic bodyguard, counterterrorist Special Agent for the United States government after 9/11, police and military firearms instructor, tactics instructor, and defensive tactics instructor.
Although an operator in the military and law enforcement communities for two decades Jim Wagner’s popularity with the civilian martial arts community began with his monthly column HIGH RISK back in 1999 in the world’s oldest and most popular martial arts publication Black Belt magazine, which is read by over 100,000 readers worldwide. In 2006 he was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame as Self-Defense Instructor of the Year by the readers. This is the “Academy Awards” of the martial arts world. On the other side of the ocean Jim Wagner writes for Budo International, Europe’s largest martial arts magazine appearing regularly in several languages each time: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Budo International also inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2006 for Outstanding Achievement for creating the Reality-Based martial arts.
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