Fun with Buffalo Beards

I wonder…do people know why so many folks have big bison-buffalo beards today? What caused the more “recent” …beard fad? Craze? A burst of beards?[…]

Strangulation

Strangulation. To soldiers, it’s a way to take prisoners and kill the enemy. To police, it’s pretty much a no-no. To martial people and martial[…]

Martial Arts Cable Machine Striking Workout

A few years back I taught a seminar at Doc Sheldon’s Private Training Center in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The place is loaded with equipment[…]

Jaw Broken in a Fight

Loose lips may sink ships, but loose jaws lead to pain and medical operations.  Or…How can we remember to close our mouths in the assaults,[…]

Boxing Glove Cancers, Your Fists On Your Face

I will start this essay off with the proclamation that I am an exponent and a proponent of boxing/kickboxing, all to the extent that or[…]

Will the Real Dr. Winston Clancy Please Stand Up? (Or… How to Throw a Man Out a Helicopter Over the Gulf of Mexico)

Will the Real Dr. Winston Clancy Please Stand Up?  (Or… How to Throw a Man Out  a Helicopter Over the Gulf of Mexico) After I[…]

Who Do We Fight? Drunk Uncles, Criminals and Enemy Soldiers!

  I worry about the “who, what, where, when, how and why” questions.  In my courses and should be in your courses  too, part of[…]

You Who’s on Fire!

Our tenement apartment building was ravaged by a fire two days before Christmas way back in the 1950s. This put us homeless on the streets[…]

WHAT are you Wearing?

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? (Or how I learned to not wear a baseball uniform when practicing Tennis…) (If you are happy camper doing classic martial[…]

Calm Down About Calming Down!

I wonder…has the de-escalation fad sort of died down? It seems like it was all the rage a while back. Everyone was preaching it in[…]