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PRACTICED AT THE ART OF DECEPTION. FAKES AND STRING THEORY!

A string! One great fake that opens a hole, then one stunning blow, then a tree-step combination…for starters. 5 parts of the string. 1 plus[…]

Poses show different concealed gun draws

IF YOU PULL? YOU MUST SHOOT! OTHERWISE, NO PULL!

Every once in a while, in my years in police work ranging back to the early 1970s, we would get a new shift supervisor like[…]

Hock on his back with his legs crossed at the bent knee.

HAVE I FALLEN ON THE KNIFE? BIG MISTAKES I HAVE MADE TEACHING MY KNIFE COURSE OVER THE DECADES

Or…How To, or How NOT To, Maintain a Popular Knife Course Through time, the who, what, where, when, how and why, my original, once quite[…]

Remy Presas on the cover of Black Belt magazine

RIPPED CALLUSES AND SMOKING RATTAN

On a rather famous FMA page, a member asked for opinions on-about the pros and cons of Remy Presas Modern Arnis. I answered… Three people[…]

image of an attacker that dropped his knife

HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Convergence knife. Converging the law and rules of engagement with knife training. If you achieve a disarm, and[…]

CPR AT SAMBOS, OR HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND WATCHES…

“Sixty-five…fight on the Sambos parking lot,” the police dispatcher announced, as Glen Nowles and I prowled the midnight hour, wintery north Texas streets in our[…]

Hock standing with instructors

ADVERTISING MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBATIVES SEMINARS

Instructors! Instructors! Instructors… In the last 29 years I have made certified instructors and black belts around the world from the USA to Australia. I[…]

Illustration of a person standing next to an older model car with the trunk lid open and a leg hanging out of the trunk

THE FIRST MURDERER I CAUGHT IN TEXAS, I THINK…

The first murderer I caught in Texas was an interesting case. I think this was the first one there, but it might have been the[…]

Hock standing with his arm extended pointing a gun at a target off in the distance, wearing a security uniform

INTERRUPTING THE QUICK DRAW

“Interrupting the Quick Draw.” or, sometimes I’ve call “Gun Arm Grappling.”  Martial, police and military material I have been working on for decades. When teaching[…]

Kansas City Chiefs Superbowl ring

KNIFE FIGHT and the JAILHOUSE SUPERBOWL RING

It’s time boys and girls to rerun my knife fight story and the Superbowl player and the ring… Our city in North Texas boasted two[…]