31 Years on the road. In…A Martial Aniversary by Hock Hochheim
started in Kenpo 1972 years ago, but have the current "busines model" of traveling-tecahing seminars for 31 years. I walked into a Parker Kenpo school in Irving TX run by 1st gen Keith See. (There were no kids allowed back then.) After a few belts (punches, whiskey and rank) I joined the Army. Then decades of policing. During and after, went through many instructors / many systems, ran a JKD and self-defense combatives school from 1989 to 1997 in north Texas
Grabbing The Weapon Bearing Limb – In Fashion – Again
The grab strategy is now deemed possible and “okay.” In the 1990s and early 2000s, […]
AFTER THE TAKEDOWN, YOU…
In very generic terms, and with you as the “tosser-thrower-tripper,” in the old-school business of “taking […]
The Quandary of FMA Training Stick vs. Stick, versus Stick Combatives
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KISSING OFF THE K.I.S.S. METHOD
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The “Second (or Third) Round is Yours” Sports Theory
I really enjoy the numerous youtube videos of people being attacked and the victim unleashes a […]
FIGHTING WANTS versus FIGHTING NEEDS
“I think people need to learn how to hand, stick, knife, gun fight first, then […]
Innovating and Re-Inventing the Basics
Are you an martial innovator, or a martial replicator? After a thought provoking discussion on Facebook, […]
Preemptive Strikes and Weapon Brandishing
Preemptive Strikes and Weapon Brandishing, or “Officer, The Guy in the Red Hat Started It.” Preemptive […]