Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection

New Reality-Based products on our online store
Jim Wagner

The new and improved Reality-Based Impact Head, formerly known as the Hammerhead, is now back on the market. This striking target is the same shape and size as a real human head, having a hard plastic skull and non-tear rubber skin. It has a handle in the back of the head where a trainer can place his hand to hold it for the trainee. The price is only $65.95 and are available now. CLICK HERE to order.

The inventor, Ray Long, and I have been working together for a few years, and I designed his product’s new logo. I will also be taping a DVD for Ray on how to use the Impact Head.

If you are carrying a Jim Wagner Reality-Based Blade you may want to buy a new tactical lanyard for it for only $7.95 CLICK HERE to order.

If you bought my Jim Wagner Reality-Based Fixed blade, which is one of the toughest combat knives on the market, then you will need a TEK-LOK for $9.95 CLICK HERE to order. This is needed if you want to attach your sheath to a belt, LBV, or MOLLE straps.

I also am selling two books. The first was written by my good friend Avi Nardia. It is titled KAPAP Combat Concepts. KAPAP is the original military martial arts of Israel from which Krav Maga came out of. This is published by Black Belt Books and I wrote the Forward for it. It cost $24.95 CLICK HERE to order. The second book, also by Black Belt Books, is titled The Ultimate Guide to Grappling. In this book there is a section written by me and former DEA agent Jeff Clancy called How to Turn Sport Grappling Into Street Grappling. It sells for $16.95 CLICK HERE to order.

AAFES accepts Wagner Urban knife
Jim Wagner

AAFES, Army & Air Force Exchange Service, is the store found on every Army and Air Force base in the world, and they have officially accepted my new knife, the Wagner Urban manufactured by Boker, to sell worldwide, and the official code is TK047.

Boker did a really good job in packaging my knife. It is displayed on ACU digital camouflage in a half folded position. On the back of the package are the specifications with a nice mechanical drawing of my knife. Boker USA is the official distributor of this product.

From its first day on the market this knife has been extremely popular, and one of Boker’s best selling knives of all time. CLICK HERE to order your own.

Dale Dye takes center stage
Jim Wagner

On October 16, 2009 I had the privilege of attending a political fund raising dinner at the Marriot Hotel in Irvine, California. The main speaker was none other than my former United States Air Marshal partner Shawn Black. Since working together back in 2002 we have remained close friends and even went to Washington, D.C. together earlier this year, January 12, 2009, to meet with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House.

Shawn’s guest speaker was Dale Dye who I had the honor of meeting and talking with. You may have seen Dale Dye’s face before because he has been in over 50 Hollywood movies dealing with warfare. He has appeared in Mission Impossible, Spy Game, Saving Private Ryan, and many others. He also wrote the book Platoon and appeared in the movie as well.

He served in Vietnam in 1965 and 1967 through 1970 surviving 31 major combat operations. He emerged from Southeast Asia highly decorated including three Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in combat. He spent 13 years as an enlisted Marine, rising to the rank of Master Sergeant before he was chosen to attend Officer Candidate School. Appointed a Warrant Officer in 1976, he later converted his commission and was a Captain when he was sent to Beirut with the Multinational Peacekeeping Force in 1982-83. He served in a variety of assignments around the world and along the way managed to graduate with a B.A. degree in English from the University of Maryland. DYE worked for a year at "Soldier of Fortune" Magazine when he finally decided to retire in 1984. He spent time in Central America, reporting and training troops in guerrilla warfare techniques in both El Salvador and Nicaragua before leaving the magazine in 1985 and heading for Hollywood.

At the political dinner he talked about the importance of supporting our military, and for the United States of America to remain strong on the world scene. His speech motivated everybody in the room, and I could not help but feel patriotic when he spoke. As a current American solider myself I was deeply touched.

We also had the opportunity to see the movie trailer for the new HBO movie series called The Pacific being produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman. It is scheduled to be released in March of 2010.

Not only did I get a signed photo from Dale Dye, which was nice, but he also signed his new book for me titled Laos File.

Training German GSG9
Jim Wagner

It was ten years ago, 1999, that I first trained GSG9. I was then invited back and trained them again in 2000. This encounter with Germany’s top counterterrorist team opened up the door for me to train the instructors of the Federal Police Academy in Lubbeck and the instructors of the German Special Forces school in Pfullendorf and the instructors of the Germany Military Police.

Not only did I train GSG9 instructors and operators, but they also let me attend some of their courses as well: building entries, weapons familiarization, and sniper training.

After ten years I have finally decided to put some of the photos taken at the time on this website. It is part of my history, and I am proud to have been part of German history as well. CLICK HERE for full story.