TIM TACKET and JKD MEMORIES
The passing of Tim Tackett. There’s a lot to say about the late-great Tim Tackett. In 1986 I went to my first Dan Inosanto seminar[…]
I WAS THERE WITH HOCK
Lots of instructors like to name drop the military units they taught. I personally know people who claim to have been like…”exclusive Navy SEAL close[…]
TRAVEL THE EARTH LIKE CAINE IN KUNG FU
I’m just back In Texas again after after zipping through several countries in Europe with too, too many planes. Planes! Can’t walk it off. This[…]
And Hock? YOU TAKE…THE BACK
Boys and girls! Another episode in the thrilling days of yesteryear Texas Policing…. When I walked onto the Criminal Investigation Division floor to start my[…]
KEEPING YOU OUT OF JAIL (AND HELL)!
I’ve always been concerned with teaching hand, stick, knife, gun fighting, right along with skills that keep people out of jail and-or within the “rules[…]
“PUT TOGTHER A POSSE!” Says The Marshal. “POSEE COMITATTUS!”
It bothers me to hear and read in the news that Chicago is a crime hell-hole. Chicago is actually a big, parts-beautiful-and-safe place. Only parts[…]
STAYING APART and STAYING ALIVE…
Through the years I have written quite a bit about staying apart from a tactical response team perspective and from solo police officers forced together[…]
STAYS BACK WATCHING! A SBW…
Stays Back Watching… I read where the Pentagon is working up a medal for those who were dispatched to the US-Mexico border. Whatever. Sure. The[…]
YOU DID IT! HE DROPPED THE KNIFE? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
YOU DID IT! HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?Convergence knife. Knife combatives. Converging the law and rules of engagement with knife training. If you[…]
“THIS IS THE END. THIS IS THE END MY FRIEND” – the DOORS by Hock Hochheim
In the who what, where, when, how and why in fight-life, it begs the question – “How does this fight end?” I have long listed[…]