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AFOOT AND FLOORED-GROUNDED, an essay by W. Hock Hochheim

AFOOT AND FLOORED-GROUNDED. Previously here, I explained why I use the term “emergency” throughout the Survival Centric Hand, Stick, Knife and Gun courses’ fight modules.[…]

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KNEE BENDS AND FOOT TWIST ALERTS

KNEE BENDS AND FOOT TWIST ALERTSAmbush talk. Almost all, nearly every athletic action, sprinting, striking, tackling, evading, lunging, sports, or suddenly changing direction, begins with[…]

The Car As A Coffin

Artificial intelligence cannot offer exact stats on how many officers are killed while they sit in their patol cars. They estmate each year some 3–8[…]

PARTS OF ARTS. SORTS OF SPORTS

“Parts of Arts.” “Sorts of Sports.” I spent most of my martial arts and military and police defensive tactics career, decades, looking for “The Next Best[…]

ON KNIFE STRESS DRAWS (and other weapons)…

Getting the weapon off of-from-out of your carry sites with your everyday clothing wear is important training. In this generic, free-from-formal art subject, in my[…]

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A HEALTHY WAY TO VIEW MARTIAL LEADERS AND SYSTEMS. THINK FOOTBALL!

A HEALTHY WAY TO VIEW MARTIAL LEADERS AND SYSTEMS. THINK FOOTBALL! To my surprise a recent post I made about Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) has[…]

THE TRUE HISTORY OF ARNIS DE MANO

There seems to be some confusion going around about Presas Arnis Family history, systems and in particular “Arnis De Mano,” Ernesto Presas and Roberto Presas.[…]

SABER GRIP VERSUS REVERSE GRIP

“WHERE THE POINTY END STICKS OUT.“There is some, to, too-much time spent in the military, martial arts and combatives world debating, discussing even arguing about[…]

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CHUNKING BRINGS THINGS TOGETHER. THANK YOU GEORGE MILLER.

N THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CHUNKING BRINGS THINGS TOGETHER. THANK YOU GEORGE MILLER.We are on a roll here this month, splitting hairs on the[…]

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HICK’S LAW AND ITS RESPONSE TIMES. LET’s JUST FORGET ABOUT IT.

Since my last entry on TASK SATURATION (which is a generic problem) and the entry gets shared and spread around, the term “Hick’s Law” pops[…]

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