In 1986, I became fascinated by the Bruce Lee’s essay on “the stance of no stance,” idea. Whether hand, stick, knife or gun, I opted[…]
Your Signature Moves and the Pareto and the Mental Model? Mental models are descriptions of reality that apply across every area of our life, usually[…]
I really enjoy the numerous youtube videos of people being attacked and the victim unleashes a smart boxing combination and the badman drops like rock.[…]
“I think people need to learn how to hand, stick, knife, gun fight first, then dive into your bobbies, sports and arts later. Get[…]
An email I received a few years back – “Dear Mr. Hoochymeins, I am looking for suburban combatives. I see ads for urban combatives but[…]
Preemptive Strikes and Weapon Brandishing, or “Officer, The Guy in the Red Hat Started It.” Preemptive strikes and brandishing. How are these two subjects connected?[…]
Ben Mangels died in 2015. Age 78. I lost touch with him about 2013. His wife got sick and he kind of dropped off the[…]
I do hear the… – “I’ll never have a gun, so why should I…” and, – “I can’t/don’t own a gun, so why should I…”[…]
“Welcome to the jungle…”We all hear about how grounded wrestlers shouldn’t wrestle in the proverbial “street fight,” and one reason name-dropped is the catch phrase[…]
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[…]