Posts about hochheim

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[…]

Boys and girls! Another episode in the thrilling days of yesteryear Texas Policing…. When I walked onto the Criminal Investigation Division floor to start my[…]

Usually, one breaks their hand when punching the “Bicycle Helmet,” top area of the head. The opponent ducks or ducks-and-turns his head and you, whether[…]

If you are a FMA “stick versus-stick-fighter,” I think, about…ohhh…80%…85% (?) of the stick material typical taught, thee so-called by many – “fancy stuff,” fancy[…]

(My main theme here is usually about combatives, crime and policing, but I would be remiss not to mention my connections with the ROK Marines while[…]

The rituals of death. Understanding them may save your life. But, when you try to research the term, all you are most likely to uncover[…]

  “I think people need to learn how to hand, stick, knife, gun fight first, then dive into your bobbies, sports and arts later. Get[…]

I would like to tell 5 quick, pistol/holster retention stories Retention story #1: Several years ago I taught at a major US city police academy,[…]

Drop it! In police work we are told to never have anything in our gun hand, in case we suddenly have to draw our pistols.[…]

     For decades now, I have spotted “sloppiness, bad structure here and there in training, be it during my old Texas school of the[…]