QUADFECTA MARTIAL ARTS!
What you need versus what you want. What do you think you want versus what you really need? Sports? Hobby? Desperate self defense? Combatives? Most[…]
WRIST TWIST THROWS
Many moons ago, as a young naive lad, I grabbed a guy’s hand and thought…okay, well, outer wrist throw…. I did it and the guy[…]
STAYING APART IN COMBAT
I am full of old-school mainstays. Some I like. Some I don’t. In military training tips – I was in at the tail-end of Vietnam[…]
THE “MUST HAVE BEEN IN FIGHTS” INSTRUCTOR STANDARD?
I stumbled upon yet another character on the web that criticizes knife instructors (in general) and their various titles. I was not mentioned and someone[…]
THE ELBOW STRIKE
Force Necessary: Hand Level 6 Strike: The Elbow Strike Yes, the popular elbow strike is number 6 in the strike list. Not that it is[…]
“DEAD DRILLS AND THE FMA BLACK SWAN”
I have been around FMA since the 1980s. FMA was very popular in the late 1980s, 1990s and growing, thanks to people like Remy Presas,[…]
RUNNING TO FIGHT. FIGHTING TO RUN
Standing – Upright Footwork Routine #14: The Footwork Run Number 14 in my Force Necessary courses. Many people just run laps, which is fine. Fighters[…]
My GREATEST THANKSGIVING STORY
I have been going to and teaching in Australia since the 1990s, a chain broken by Covid. Often twice a year. I have friends[…]
The Butter Knife Cuts Both Ways and The Total Evidence Theorem
I have been in court a lot, military, state and federal, helping prosecutors win cases I brought forth, for three decades. I even worked for[…]
WHO IS HOCK HOCHHEIM: THE JAPAN INTERVIEW
Kajukenbo Okayama: Hoch, tell us about yourself. Hock Hochheim: Well, that’s sort of the “Who, when, what, where, why” that I use everywhere. And I[…]