Posts by W. Hock Hochheim

Like our Hoplite above. He stuck the pointy end in first, but then, what happens next? THE POINTY END (Of Knives and Bullets) “Just stick[…]

  Notes on Paring Knives, Kitchen Knives for Knife Fighting? This is my knife, there are many like it, but this one is mine.”   –[…]

(I say lost because, I have no memory of doing this interview!) What got you into the martial arts? That is a very long story,[…]

  Respect the Head Shot? Do you? Really? One of the conundrums in FMA stick sparring is figuring out the realistic importance of the head[…]

  The grab strategy is now deemed possible and “okay.” In the 1990s and early 2000s, I received a considerable amount of trash talk. forum[…]

My last two years in the late 90s I wound up back in patrol (I was a real “Adam 12” dinosaur patrolman from the 70s)[…]

In very generic terms, and with you as the “tosser-thrower-tripper,” in the old-school business of “taking people down,” it would be worthy of mentioning, worthy[…]

What does having an epiphany mean? a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something. an intuitive grasp of reality[…]

The mistake? Ignoring the successful moves. I could write a ton about this point and its unintended after-effects in hand, stick, knife, gun survival training[…]

Okay folks. Bare with me. I have a few martial ranks through the years, (like a FMA, guro BB test in Manila). So, this is[…]