Posts by W. Hock Hochheim

I am again hearing the start of Presidential nominee campaigns and that one cute repeated question, “What is your favorite Constitutional amendment?” I sometimes wonder[…]

Your “table setting” and “know your table” have big meanings, in the self defense shooting world. Ever shoot from a chair, behind a table at[…]

A DEEP HIP STYLE ROLLOVER THROW (Or a standing “Fat Man’s Roll?) This application of an “arm” takedown I have done once in police work[…]

Do – Don’t do. Should do – shouldn’t do. Are you also going to “Jail School?”     What you don’t do in a fight-combat,[…]

An Orderly or Tactical Retreat, (safely walking or running away!) Stay or retreat? A retreat has several definitions, like “retrograde” movements or a more modern “tactical[…]

My first Guro Dan Inosanto seminar was in 1986 and he told a story about his high school football team. (I forget the pro players[…]

  Part One: Definitions In an era of “words count” and “language precision,” how one defines “Grappling” today is indeed important for system doctrine. Does[…]

Usually, one breaks their hand when punching the “Bicycle Helmet,” top area of the head. The opponent ducks or ducks-and-turns his head and you, whether[…]

I have been lucky I guess, having done CPR on a few folks though the years and they all lived. EMTs are doing it all[…]

This reprinted as a service to the martial arts community.   Should anyone care, there is a class action lawsuit filed against the Premier Martial[…]