Statue Drill Tipped Over to Ground Fighting, by Hock Hochheim
Many moons ago I learned what I call the Statue Drill. It’s like a human wing chun dummy. Which to my memory comes from a[…]
Where is Your “Here?” Where is Your “There?” by Hock Hochheim
HERE. THERE. A WHERE QUESTION. A where look inside the Who What, Where, When, How and Why questions. The Ws and the H. My life’s[…]
BEFORE, DURING and AFTER
I am obsessed with the “Who, What, Where, When, How and Why” questions, the “Ws and H.” For 30 years now, I can do 2[…]
Simpler – Faster – Capable
While 2025 starts my 30th year anniversary of traveling and teaching, I have been toiling away as a teacher since 1989. Before traveling-seminar teaching starting[…]
TWO KARATE GUYS FIGHTING AND SUEING?
Can They Sue You? Can They Sue Each Other? Assumption of Risk In Martial Arts Schools… (The raw law on the “Assumption of Risk” has[…]
PRACTICED AT THE ART OF DECEPTION. FAKES AND STRING THEORY!
A string! One great fake that opens a hole, then one stunning blow, then a tree-step combination…for starters. 5 parts of the string. 1 plus[…]
WRIST TWIST THROWS
Many moons ago, as a young naive lad, I grabbed a guy’s hand and thought…okay, well, outer wrist throw…. I did it and the guy[…]
STAYING APART IN COMBAT
I am full of old-school mainstays. Some I like. Some I don’t. In military training tips – I was in at the tail-end of Vietnam[…]
THE SACRIFICE FALL
THE SACRIFICE FALL Pride before the “Fall.” Pride before the FAIL (or Fall) – meaning “those people who are overconfident or too arrogant are[…]
THE BIG BLEND: COMBATIVES – SPORTS – ARTS
Decades ago, I was working out with karate expert friend, and I grabbed his arms. He’d never been grabbed like this, and he had the[…]