Posts by W. Hock Hochheim

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Ben Mangels, African Commando

Ben Mangels died in 2015. Age 78. I lost touch with him about 2013. His wife got sick and he kind of dropped off the[…]

The Equal Opportunity Stabber, Saber or Reverse Grip?

The Equal Opportunity Stabber. Saber or Reverse Grip? I am an “equal opportunity stabber.” Sound weird? Hear me out. I’ve heard the knife whisper. Have[…]

Maneuvering In, Out and Around a Stand-Off Confrontation

Interview or ambush? You walk up to trouble, or trouble walks up to you! So, if it’s not a stone-cold, surprise, physical ambush, you are[…]

Jailbreak! And the Psycho Martin Crebbs

It was afternoon in August in the early ’80s. Egg-frying, Texas hot. That is to say that if you plopped a raw egg down on[…]

Pistol Disarms, Etc. in the Land of NO-Guns.

I do hear the… – “I’ll never have a gun, so why should I…” and, – “I can’t/don’t own a gun, so why should I…”[…]

Knocked Out on the Ground From a Kick

“Welcome to the jungle…”We all hear about how grounded wrestlers shouldn’t wrestle in the proverbial “street fight,” and one reason name-dropped is the catch phrase[…]

“We Wuz Here First!” “We Wuz Here Last!”

     There is a clever meme and some quotes going around now that claim “you can’t have an illegal alien on stolen ground.” You[…]

Seizing Guns. We Did. We do.

(Note: This was written in 2018. Has anything improved or changed?) Seizing guns. We use to do it. Do police seize guns? Yes. How long[…]

“Cadena De _____,” or “Chain of the _______”

 As taught to me from several FMA instructors from the Presas Family to the Inosanto family, going back decades, the classic “Chain of the____ (fill[…]

Dukes up! Another Kind of “Boom Stick.”

     For decades now, I have spotted “sloppiness, bad structure here and there in training, be it during my old Texas school of the[…]