HAVE YOU SEEN THE ELEPHANT? SEEING THE ELEPHANT?
Many historians believe the expressions may trace back even earlier to big-game hunting, including African elephant hunting, though the Civil War usage is what firmly[…]
THE MARTIAL ARTS BOG. (…not “blog”- “BOG!”)
Don’t “bog down” in your martial arts when you first actually sought-seek-want clean, generic hand, stick, knife and gun survival versus crime and war. * Bog[…]
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?
Me and the Lone Ranger! Poking around the ROKU app, I stumbled upon the season 1, episode 1 of the old Lone Ranger TV show. The[…]
ME and THE “ROCK” MARINES…
The textbook manuals will define the ROK Marines as: “The Republic of Korea Marine Corps, also known as the ROK Marine Corps, or the ROK[…]
PARTS OF ARTS. SORTS OF SPORTS
“Parts of Arts.” “Sorts of Sports.” I spent most of my martial arts and military and police defensive tactics career, decades, looking for “The Next Best[…]
THE FACE MAUL
The face maul. I first learned this from working with Jeet Kune Do’s Tim Tacket. 1990s. Tim learned it from Bert Poe, a Marine Raider,[…]
ON KNIFE STRESS DRAWS (and other weapons)…
Getting the weapon off of-from-out of your carry sites with your everyday clothing wear is important training. In this generic, free-from-formal art subject, in my[…]
A HEALTHY WAY TO VIEW MARTIAL LEADERS AND SYSTEMS. THINK FOOTBALL!
A HEALTHY WAY TO VIEW MARTIAL LEADERS AND SYSTEMS. THINK FOOTBALL! To my surprise a recent post I made about Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) has[…]
THE TRUE HISTORY OF ARNIS DE MANO
There seems to be some confusion going around about Presas Arnis Family history, systems and in particular “Arnis De Mano,” Ernesto Presas and Roberto Presas.[…]
SABER GRIP VERSUS REVERSE GRIP
“WHERE THE POINTY END STICKS OUT.“There is some, to, too-much time spent in the military, martial arts and combatives world debating, discussing even arguing about[…]