Posts by W. Hock Hochheim

“Guns stolen from cars! This is outrageous.” – civilian “How can police be this stupid to abandon their guns unprotected in a car?” – civilian[…]

Play it again Sam… “You must remember this. A stick is just a stick. A stick is not a sword. The fundamental things in FMA,[…]

See something interesting about this photo from a gun magazine? Anyone? Can you spot it? Two guys. Apparently a fight has started. But some readers[…]

Tomahawk, hatchet, axe, Pick a noun. Tomahawk sounds cooler.  The last few years, my Facebook and Youtube pages have been peppered with various superstar guys[…]

Frigid to Red Hot Fighting – Fighting Cold from Red Hot No, fighting cold is not about being mugged in Alaska or just a concern[…]

Knives have personalities. The generic look. The generic history. Military look. Kitchen look. Slashing look. Stabbers. Think of some more! Even the personality of the[…]

Trauma and drama. Years ago in a seminar in Kentucky, USA, an attendee, someone with zero martial or martial arts experience, just a regular guy[…]

In this age of widespread interest in de-escalation and verbal skills to defuse any and all encounters, this is a tale about how convoluted and[…]

   When was this? This big, “Filipino martial arts turning point” for me? Keep in mind, this is just me and my personal view on[…]

     Back in the 1970s, the 80s and even the 90s, this phrase “the car as a coffin” was a warning, a cop-training-phrase, a[…]