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[…]
YOU DID IT! HE DROPPED THE KNIFE? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
YOU DID IT! HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?Convergence knife. Knife combatives. Converging the law and rules of engagement with knife training. If you[…]
MILITARY KNIFE RESEARCH COURSE by Hock Hochheim
A few years back now I wrote the missive tome, “The Knife Combatives” book. No brag, just a fact, that it was and is still[…]
Big 3 Filipino Martial Arts Origins Seminar
Big 3 Filipino Martial Arts Origins Seminar,Rhode Island, USA Oct 25-26, 2025 In the 1980s and 1990s, three legendary Filipino Grandmasters traveled the world, introducing[…]
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[…]
HAVE I FALLEN ON THE KNIFE? BIG MISTAKES I HAVE MADE TEACHING MY KNIFE COURSE OVER THE DECADES
Or…How To, or How NOT To, Maintain a Popular Knife Course Through time, the who, what, where, when, how and why, my original, once quite[…]
THE “MUST HAVE BEEN IN FIGHTS” INSTRUCTOR STANDARD?
I stumbled upon yet another character on the web that criticizes knife instructors (in general) and their various titles. I was not mentioned and someone[…]
THE POINTY END (of Knives and Bullets)
Like our Hoplite above. He stuck the pointy end in first, but then, what happens next? THE POINTY END (Of Knives and Bullets) “Just stick[…]
FIGHTING KNIVES, FRUITS TO NUTS?
Notes on Paring Knives, Kitchen Knives for Knife Fighting? This is my knife, there are many like it, but this one is mine.” –[…]
Hock the Filipino Gringo of FMA
Okay folks. Bare with me. I have a few martial ranks through the years, (like a FMA, guro BB test in Manila). So, this is[…]