Monday, December 31, 2012

Jiu-Jitsu Vision




For those with a New Year resolution to start training self defence, no excuses start training any kind of martial arts to not only defend yourself but also others, it makes me want to puke when reading or seeing news about bystanders doing nothing when they see or hear a women who is raped, or other violent crimes where there are 20-80 people just being passive to a crime. Only rule of thumb I have is to make sure of 2 things.

1there is sparring during training in every class, not something you have to wait too many years for, as it could be sooner that you need to find the weak spots you need to train away.

2 that you train all aspects and distances from standing, clinch, ground and the most common used attacks and weapons, no need to train defence against a certain specific styles attacks or train to defend against weapons that you most likely will never encounter as a katana, medieval swords, AK-47, but jabs, cross, hooks, front kick, haymaker, tackle, knife attacks and blunt instruments.

Guns better hope the man is a complete moron who puts his gun so close that it touches your face so you can grab it with both hands, or else run away in a diagonal pattern, but if someone pulls a gun he will either kill you and you will know that when you are full of holes, or threaten you for money that you can give as it is better than your life or to mess with your mind and establish dominance as he is a pussy that needs a gun to show his friends that he has balls to wave around with a gun. If you are in font of a gang and one of them threaten to pull a gun, run like hell and punch him he will be so surprised that he will either never get his gun up and get the safety off or if you are lucky and he will shoot his own dick off if the safety is off as a punch to the face makes you hands clench if he feels pain, get surprised and scared or go limp if he is KO. 

Sunday, December 30, 2012

The Most Important Butterfly Guard Sweep...

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Skull Beads and Paracord





 I have beads on every blade I own, as it makes accessing easier, and on my alu folder trainer as I hate to waste time and bend over 50 times when training disarms. 

Merry Christmas from Tactical Response

Gavin de Becker on Mosaic - Assessment of Student Threats

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Exercise of the Day: FitForChaos Workout 006: Full Body Circuit for MMA Fighters


FitForChaos: Full Body MMA WorkoutFitForChaos Workout 006: Full Body Circuit for MMA Fighters

I try to incorporate movement from MMA into every workout. This often includes core work, footwork, shadow boxing, punching, heavy lifting or explosive plyo movement.

I try to incorporate movement from MMA into every workout. This often includes core work, footwork, shadow boxing, punching, heavy lifting or explosive plyo movement.
Following workout is intense and kicked my ass. It includes all basic movements that an MMA fighter goes through in the fight.
-Explosive lifting
-Sprawls
-Upper body strength, core work, static holds and grip
-Wrestling shoots
-Punching bag work
Rules to the workout:
-1 minutes per each exercise movement
-5 minutes total
-3-5 rounds
-1 minute rest between rounds
Exercises:
-1st minute: Kettlebell Snatch into Sprawl
-2nd minute: Pull Ups into Static Hold and Roll
-3rd minute: Ab Hanging Leg Raises
-4th minute: Wrestling Shoots
-5th minute: Bag Work 

Personal Defense Tip: Learn to Walk Away

Friday, December 21, 2012

Collar Choke Defense

Reinventing the fastest forgotten archery.



Got to love his shooting and his comment on his Youtube channel, this man is a rare type that will not let others narrow views of what is possible stop him, which is a huge problem as I hate listening to self proclaimed experts saying it is impossible and it is visible it is due to lack of skills, he shows that he can acquire skills beyond what seems possible, this man is a genius maverick. There are too many interested in medieval European Martial Arts who lack skills and proclaim themselves as experts by reading old books, with no prior martial arts experience or with some martial arts experience with another ancient weapon style, so they at least have a base and foundation to build from, but most of them have no real skills, there is today a lot of new really skilled practitioners and teachers, but there are more swindlers than the real deal, that does provoke me as I hate to listen to all kind of BS no matter what subject, but with a dead art it is hard to know if its done properly and easy to fraud people with naming fancy old German guards and techniques. I have only one advice for anyone interested in medieval European Martial Arts, the only and best groups you can find are the European Historical Combat Guild (EHCG), Gladiatores, Sieniawski & Sons, our own group Kratos Combatives, there are others but most of them are full of BS but watch videos with them and you have a baseline of how quality looks like.

 



Faster than Legolas! 
A historical technique much faster than the known.

The Danish archers Lars Andersen has rediscovered. an old and very fast way to shoot bows.

To compare speed
I have added 4 other good fast archers together !
to show the time it takes to shoot 10 arrows.

It is completely unscientific and not objectively
The 4 other archers can probably shoot faster than these video.

1: Lajos Kassai famous and fabulous Hungarian. 
Fastest horseback shooting in the world !
He was the one who first inspired me to fast shooting.
Shoot and teach the horses and archery system
he has developed.
A system based on pre angerede arrows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yorHswhzrU

2: Iza Privezenceva tough Russian girl.
Fastest quiver shooting in the world!
She shoots a new and very interesting inverse system developed by Seregedel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SeregedelReal

3: DasDaan Dutch archer
He shoots a ""classic"" quiver system
http://www.youtube.com/user/DasDaan

4: Bo " CombatArchery" cole American archer.
Shoot and teach the system he has developed
A fairly simple straightforward system, without the 
use of pre angerede arrows.
The best start system for people who want to shooting fast
http://www.youtube.com/user/CombatArchery

In 60,000 years, man has shot with bow,
Today we know very little about the past archery.
so much is lost.
There are no truths, or proper ways to shoot with bow,
I have rediscovered something about archery, but there is still so much to rediscover.

Sincerely,
Lars Andersen

Comments on my videos:
I remove: stupid and not funny comments, childish criticism,,,,,

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Footwork Boxing & Knife MPEG




Footwork transition from boxing to knife work. The complete video is available on DVD and direct download at: www.PEKITI.com


Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Intrinsic Foot Strengthening by Dr. Spina



In this video we discuss the importance of intrinsic foot strength as well as introduce the Functional Range Conditioning (FRC)™ method of intrinsic foot training. Learn how to get people out of orthotics and over-cushioned shoes... 

Visit http://FunctionalAnatomyBLOG.com and search 'intrinsic foot strength' for the full blog post.

Solo Drills part 2 HD




Part 2 of Solo Drills. We have no forms, kata, jurus or anything like that, the closest would be shadow sparring with a safe blade to start with, as many hit themselves more often than they should, it is better to prepare with a dull edge with no point before using live blades.

This can be done anywhere as it requires only a little space, it is for training speed, broken rhythm and train to use any angle, and not only have a fixed amount of angles and combinations as there is an endless amount, the only limit is the imagination, drawing the alphabet with the point of the knife gives you more variations and they are natural to use, as they are imbedded from many years of writing with a pencil or drawing as a kid.  

Discussing barefoot running, training, and necessary preparation...



In this video Dr. Spina discusses the importance of developing intrinsic foot strength prior to attempting barefoot running and/or conditioning. Also discussed is the contradictory literature surrounding the topic. Footage was taken at an F.A.P. seminar in Rome, Italy.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Capoeira Muzenza 20 quedas under 2 minutes



This is some of the best Capoeira moves I have seen, I have an old video with some stuff I never see in other videoes like head butts, but these takedowns are new to me.

WATER BOTTLE HARVESTS WATER FROM AIR

WATER BOTTLE HARVESTS WATER FROM AIR

WRITTEN BY MIKE AWADA ON . POSTED IN GADGETSSCIENCESOCIALTECHNOLOGY
namib-beetle-harvests-water-from-airThere are more than three quadrillion gallons of water in the air, yet people all over the world are still thirsty. Scientists have been working to break into this untapped resource for over a decade, and are making some incredible breakthroughs.
Read the whole article at http://astounde.com/water-bottle-harvests-water-from-air/

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Billy Robinson's Catch Wrestling Arm Lock Techniques




This is on my top 5 list of best DVD that is out there.

Copenhagen Combatives Solo Drills 1 HD




Solo Drills I use for several purposes, to keep training to be faster, heal my injuries by replenishing the fluids in my damaged elbow joint, get used to use various blades and tools, the bonus is that I can do it in a very confined space. 

CSW Student Levels 6 - 10 - Trailer 2

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Kratos knife combat accidents HD



How to deal with injuries in training, after over 25 years of training and most of them full contact, I have accumulated various injuries, the reason I have trained so many styles is that I changed style depending on the current injuries. As an example I trained MMA and BJJ, but after the second serious contagious skin disease I had to stop to not infect my team and the it took over 2 years to get rid of that disease, so I started training Escrima and combat with medieval European weapons again after a long break, when I was healed I started to train Submission Wrestling again but suffered a serious nerve damage in my dominant right arm and had to stop, as I tried to continue training but the after surgery I was advised to not train any combat sport that would add pressure on my elbow or use elbows to strike and any contact to my fingers triggers excruciating pain, so now I teach and have stopped cross training other martial arts, but as I teach 6 hours every week and have to fight often when teaching, I don’t want to risk to have a permanent injury and get enough training without risking to worsen the damage. If you use an injury as a new way to train other important aspects of combat instead of seeing it as an impediment and not train, you loose the opportunity to learn how to fight under less than perfect conditions, there is no guarantee that you will be attacked when you are fresh and have no injuries, better to do it in a safe environment than have to find a way to deal with it while you are under attack on the street completely unprepared. https://www.facebook.com/KratosCombatives

Monday, December 10, 2012

Kratos Combatives combat laboratory HD




Experiments with new ideas in a non cooperative format, we test our new ideas without telling the other what you have planned to get a real response based on reflexes, and not by letting him counter what you are doing by announcing your intention. This is how we experiment in a sparring format, were the primary goal is to test if the idea works or not, it’s not a sparring match to see who wins, only to try and functionalize our plans and see if it can be done with the lowest risk to be countered, as a double kill is not a good trade off, we want to see if we can succeed and avoid getting hit while delivering the attacks. 

Knife defence training on the ground




I had planned basic knife training on the ground today, teaching about correct posture, how to use asphalt as weapons, basic escapes as I assumed our new prodigy didn’t have any grappling training, and what a pleasant surprise that he has trained Judo and even did win a competition when he was very young, so no need to waste time on the basics. In every grappling style I have trained, MMA, BJJ and Submission Wrestling there was always situational sparring, starting from the various isolated positions and start from there, very good idea to train isolated skillset but there is a few problems that have changed how we will train it, after those with no prior experience have learned and know about correct posture and escapes, they will ASAP learn how to do it from a random position when they hit the matt after a takedown.

Instead of starting from the various ideal positions, we did a soft takedown and started from the position we landed, that very seldom is like the perfect one you start from in a situational sparing, so from now on we will do various takedowns and start sparring from that position with the primary goal to escape and get up ASAP. Any kind of submission attempts I have chosen that diminishment is primary, as in disarms, as I always have found it hard to submit others unless they land in my favourite positions that I can exploit, there is always room for an elbow on the way to hit with before some submissions as with a top wristlock as the best example.


Monday, December 3, 2012

Southpaw Fighting Techniques: Proof Of Concept




Another great video from Damage Control MMA Having spent half of my life fighting with right lead in empty hand combat styles, and the other last half with a southpaw stance from training with blades and sticks, I can switch and feel comfortable in both stances unarmed, I do it as soon as I feel I get pressured by my opponent and while he has to adjust his plans I don’t feel any need for adjusting anything. That is one of the benefits with being comfortable in both stances, I would always choose the opposite of my opponent to start with as the odds that he has fighting experience against an opponent with stance he has trained less against is higher, better for me worse for him.


One of my all time favourite wrestlers Dan Gable has his right foot in front, as is sure that most wrestlers have trained takedowns 90% against persons with their left foot forward, so he is sure that they will do a crappy takedown and he advocates to go to the side that is the opposite of what most train to defend or attack in training. What struck me most was that his stance is exactly like in AMOK!, and one of my all time favourite MMA gyms in Brazil, Chute Box Academy have a stance that is very close to how we stand, only difference is they don’t keep their feet parallel and are off more than 15°.

I love when the pieces fit together, 2 of my favourite empty hand styles, Chute Box style Muay Thai MMA and wrestling (Catch wrestling). I can adapt it to our training as there are so many similar moves, that only confirms that it has been tested under pressure and works, hence the similarity. I don’t even need to add them as they exist already in AMOK!, but makes it easier for me to instruct newcomers with previous Muay Thai, MMA and wrestling training. All the other styles I have trained and some of them I have been an instructor also helps me to guide people better, if they have trained Wing Chun, FMA, Knock Down Karate, foil/rapier/sabre fencing. I have only added a few things that I always tell that it either is a trick from Catch wrestling, does not come from any system but from self guided discoveries I have made from experiment a lot for countless hours of sparring.

It really feels both good and bad when I discover something new that my body did by itself, that I have never trained but was a flinch response to later discover that it already existed in AMOK!, I feel good as it validates my response but bad as I believed I was the first one to do that technique. I have one which I have never seen in any system, I use it and teach it, I have to show it to Tom Sotis and see if it again is not a novelty. 

Pekiti -Tirsia Kali N Footwork



I have decided a long time ago that stick training in our group should only be with hockey gloves and helmets, using real sticks I prefer using the very heavy Black Mango wood or composite sticks, the JuWe Bolo, Tomahawks, Pinute sword to warm up with various footwork patterns. I prefer that everyone hits the target intended at full speed and intent with padded sticks and protective gear, instead very light rattan sticks and imagining the intended targets and hit the stick or air instead. The reasoning behind this is, the you fight as you train buzzword, better to have practiced 10 times hitting a hand in opposition, than hitting a stick and imagining hitting a hand 100 times with no opposition.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cold Steel 88DK Dragonfly Katana Available at KnifeCenter



http://kcoti.com/RAsnQT
Available at KnifeCenter.com.

The classic Japanese battle sword in all its incarnations has been celebrated for centuries, not only for its elegant lines and simple beauty, but also for the technique and skill that went into its construction.

Most swords offered today are interpretive copies of antiquities from feudal Japan. They were made for warrior's of small stature who seldom rose above five and a half feet. As skillfully designed as these swords are, they may not be perfectly suited for the twenty first century warrior, who benefited from contemporary advances in childhood nutrition and healthcare and grew up to be a substantially taller, stronger, and more athletic version of his historical counterpart.

As a way of compensating for this size disparity, Cold Steel has created the Dragonfly Series. These swords feature thicker, wider and heavier blades, which mirror our Emperor Series in respect to heat treatment, polish, quality of furnishings, and attention to detail, but with a few new departures.

Most noticeable are the distinctive teal-green silk cord-wrap and black samé (ray skin) used on the handles and the black iron furniture that bears the dragonfly motif. Also, the polished blades are more strongly curved than our Emperor blades and terminate in a long "iris leaf" point for maximum cutting and slashing potential. Additionally, these swords come with two protective bags. There is a BLUE TRAVEL BAG and an intricately decorative display bag that's made from the finest heavy silk metallic brocade.

Blade Length: 29 1/4"
Overall Length: 40 3/4"
Steel: 1055 Carbon
Weight: 37.1 oz.
Handle: 10 1/4" Samé (Ray Skin) Handle w/ Teal Green Cord with Brass Menuki
Scabbard: Black Lacquered Wood Scabbard



KNIFE DUELING - VIABLE TRAINING OR WASTE OF TIME?

Some call it "dueling" and it is a big controversy in some circles. Let's discuss the points and arrive at our own conclusions.

Some trainers do no knife vs. knife because they feel it is unrealistic. They spit out the term "dueling" as if it were a gob of lung mucus. Methinks they just do not fully understand the knife or how its really employed in the real world.

Knife versus knife is important because it saves time and it trains both parties. The lines of attack are the same whether one party is armed with a knife, a stick, a broken bottle, or whatever. Other than bringing training equivalents of everything that is possible out on the street, training knife vs. knife develops the attributes needed to fight those things.

Too many trainers take a "defang the snake" concept to extremes. The knife is NOT A LESS LETHAL TOOL. Cut someone with a knife and the court will look at it as if you'd shot them. If you are not justified in shooting, you are not justified in cutting or stabbing. On the other hand if you face a man much larger and stronger and younger, or multiples, or a weapon, get the knife out and get to slashing. You need disparity of force to go for a weapon. You can't bring a knife out when some one your same size and age wants to punch you in the nose. Since few trainers have been in knife fights...let alone ANY fights, the dynamics of conflict are not understood.

On so-called "dueling". Let me draw a couple of pictures for you.

A thug grabs you in the street from behind. You use combative skills to pull free and notice he has a broken bottle in his hand. You create distance and get your steel out. This is dueling.

Three big guys are trying to beat you up. You click your Cold Steel in place and move out of their grasp. This is dueling.

Dueling is not a sparring match where only the hands are hit, its fighting. Its the force-on-force of the knife world. The man who only trains technical drills and flow drills is like the man who only does dry fire and live fire. He can get pretty good, but he'll never have the full picture.

Will you likely face a close range knife attack? Sure. Should you have something in place for such an eventuality? Abso-freaking-lutely!

Should you linger in the bad breath range when you do not need to, or train only for fighting in this range? Nope. That is like saying "I only shoot my pistol at 50 yards because if I can hit at 50, I can hit at 5", or the other side "I only train point shooting at 3 feet because I will NEVER need to shoot at anyone farther away". The real answer - both are wrong. You DO need both. Whether you have time or not, to have a complete package, you need both sides of the package.

As far as the hand sniping often seen at the initial phases of a knife encounter (regardless of what the other guy has) - Its a tool and nothing more.

It may lead to the BG dropping his weapon, exclaiming "You Cut Me", and running off. It may lead to him now hesitating, thereby allowing you to create space, and eventually disengage. Or with a dedicated man, where the previous options are not possible, get rid of his infantry (hands/knife) so you can attack the throat/body.

Some often heard comments -

Q). The concept of "saving time" in training is a poor one. I doubt it was seen in blade cultures.

A). Actually the FMA systems use blade vs. blade extensively. Same goes for European systems. The concept of training both students together has validity beyond what I can possibly give it, and has been done through the centuries with not only blade but other weapon systems as well.

Q). Saving time leads to corner cutting in the interest of efficiency. We soon end up with pairs of training partners circling a common center. There is no context to the attack, no need to access the weapon in a reactive mode. This of course means that there is no integration of combatives.

A). Not exactly. Again, I submit that drills like the flow drills used in FMA, and the limited sparring as used in some European systems, and other similar methods serve to develop attributes of the fighter. All of them are knife vs, knife by the way. The training intent and the curriculum will keep it from degenerating just as it does in keeping a force on force session from turning into a game.

Q). It falls short of scenario based instruction. And knife use in the real world does include environmental factors, surprise, reactionary gap and the like.

A). True, but where do you begin? Grab a day one student, stick a knife in his belt and send Mongo over to kick his a**?, or do you develop the skills first before going into scenario-based training? And then, what sort of scenario. Will it be a scenario set-up by an instructor to prove his favorite point, or will it be a fight that actually took place and is being replicated in training? Is the scenario based on liability-fearing academy nonsense, or on a civilian trying to escape a thug?

Q). The lines of attack are not the same with street improvised weapons, against which we might be using a knife, deal with far more arcing/slashing type motions and fewer stabs than we see in knife vs knife training.

I disagree. Actually I've seen both. I've seen a box cutter slash a throat "ear to ear", and I've seen a broken bottle almost remove a man's ear - both arcing attacks. I've also seen a screwdriver to the butt (resulting in death), and a spyderco military to the throat...both thrusts. I hate to generalize my adversary's likely attack. That is a shortcut that truly leads to disaster.

Other than developing a cadre of specialized trainers (one who always attacks with prison combatives, one who has mastered the street baseball bat, one who is a beer bottle wiz, etc.), the best way to develop skill, IMHO, is with weapon vs weapon training (that is knife vs knife). Then, if you've a mind, throw in a stick, a flex weapon, or even multiple bad guys coming at you.

In a close range knife attack (or bottle attack, or whatever) the dynamics will be surprise. If you saw it coming it would not likely be a close range attack and you'd have your weapon in hand. In a true surprise ambush up close, your initial response will probably be with combatives and not to immediately access your blade (or gun). After this -

You will either have created some distance to access the blade - in which case you are now, as some call it, "dueling" with the bottle wielder, or

You will not have been able to create space in which case you will be trading blow for blow (hopefully only yours are sticking). This is not a place I care to be.

Should you linger in the bad breath range when you do not need to, or train only for fighting in this range? Again, I don't think so. I think that anyone can get lucky up close, and because blood carries a lot more than stains these days, I want to create distance as soon as tactically possible. Same goes for ground fighting. I want to get up and move ASAP.

When you do this the BG will either quit or stay. If he stays with his broken bottle or tire chain, and you have your Spyderco, what will the dynamics of the fight be like? You probably will want to keep your distance. And since no bat, or tire iron, or chain or whatever moves as quick as a knife, the attributes you developed will stand you pretty well.

Gabe Suarez

One Source Tactical
Suarez International USA
Christian Warrior Ministries

Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to
send peace on earth: I came not to send peace,
but a sword.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

FIELD RIFLE POSITIONS - STANDING

http://www.warriortalknews.com/2012/11/field-rifle-positions-standing.html



Rifle Optics


A very informative article by Lew Johnson, Suarez International Staff Instructor
http://www.warriortalknews.com/2012/11/rifle-optics.html


Thursday, November 29, 2012

STRIDE RATE WHEN RUNNING By Jack Daniels, PhD

http://blog.saucony.com/training/stride-rate-running/


Former Army boxing champion, 71, floors 6ft 4in thug half his age after being punched in the face in attack By BECKY EVANS

Former Army boxing champion, 71, floors 6ft 4in thug half his age after being epunched in the face in attack

A 6ft 4ins thug who attacked a man more than twice his age was left with a dislocated shoulder after the pensioner floored him with two right hooks.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231867/Former-Army-boxing-champion-71-floors-6ft-4in-thug-Mark-Pearce-punched-face-Torquay-attack.html#ixzz2C7fPkfxv



Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Book Of Five Rings - Modern Application


http://www.warriortalknews.com/2012/10/book-of-five-rings-modern-application.html#



Silat Footwork & Balance disruption

Once upon a time, far back in our evolutionary history, we had tails to help us maintain our balance when running about with each other up in the trees. As we have now filled a slightly different, ground dwelling ecological niche, we have lost the need for tails as a means of maintaining balance although there are still remnants of this particular period in our evolutionary past visible in the elongated form of our coccyx (which incidentally can make an interesting target in a combative sense), and even in some of the Pharyngeal stage in our embryonic development, where we in fact grow a tail for a short time (and gills, and a covering of hair.)
This aside, despite the fact that our vestibular system is highly advanced and is usually pretty good at allowing us to maintain our balance, there are still some inevitable flaws of our bipedal arrangement that we can easily exploit as martial artists in order to better our position in a combative situation.
The two principles in this video provide a very brief introduction into methods for exploitation of the natural flaws in our balance.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Exercise of the Day: Atlasthenics Warmup


Calisthenics + Atlas Stones = Atlasethnics

This the Atlasthenics warmup a combo of calisthenics and tossing the atlas stones in creative ways. One stone weighs 185lbs. the other weighs 230lbs. they will only get heavier and heavier as we adapt. Here i still got my injured right chest couldn't do much. Me and my friend George did a bunch of warmup sets he practiced some moves in between while tossing both stones. This is a basic Atlasthenics warmup to prepare for a severe workout that will last a while.

Find out more at www.youtube.com/user/IRONL00

Combat Knife Throwing


The motto of Ralph Thorn's school of combat knife throwing is Any knife, any angle, any position; no games, no gimmicks, no limits. In this groundbreaking video production from Paladin Press, he proves it, teaching you a truly combative style of weapons throwing that isn't based on figuring out exact distances and numbers of spins and half-spins. In fact, Thorn has mastered a no-spin throwing style that cuts through the myth and hokum to show that there's no mystery or complexity to knife throwing: all you need are a few knives, a target, and some practice. Relying on gross motor skills, Thorn shows you how to throw not only knives and swords, but also improvised weapons: if it has a point, you can get it to stick consistently and accurately. Using state-of-the-art computer graphics and super-slow-motion videography, you will learn the mechanics of the no-spin throw, the powerful sidearm throw for close-range fighting, the underhand half-spin throw, the shuriken throw for long-distance attacks and much more. Thorn also shows various trick throws, including blindfolded throwing, behind-the-back knife tosses and throwing accurately while going at a dead run.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Old School Wrestling: YMCA footage

The 36 Most Important Self-defense Techniques of All Time - The Birth of...



Although Gracie Jiu-Jitsu consists of more than 600 techniques, studies of the fights conducted by members of the Gracie Family show that 36 techniques have been used more often, and with greater success, than all the other techniques combined. Originally developed for the U.S. Army, Gracie Combatives is the only course that is entirely dedicated to the mastery of these 36 essential techniques. For 17 years, this course was taught exclusively to the U.S. Army, but now it's being used to prepare civilians for real fights in the least amount of time possible. The program taught exclusively at Certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Training Centers around the world (http://www.GracieSchools.com), but can also be accessed on DVD or online at http://www.GracieUniversity.com

To learn more about how you can learn Gracie Jiu-Jitsu from home, or to watch lesson 1 for free, to go http://www.GracieCombatives.com

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Mackenzie Dern - Leg Lock - BJJ Weekly Issue #120



In her final week, Mackenzie shows us this great sweep from reverse DLR and transitions to a straight knee bar. Mackenzie has amazing technique so be sure and watch for the details and tips she gives. We would like to thank Mackenzie also for coming out to the immersion camp we hosted this summer to teach and making the camp tons of fun!

Zeroing 101

Zombies - Skyrim great sword test! Zombie survival weapons.



In this episode we visit Cold Steel and Lynn Thompson to see if a Two Handed Great Sword can make a zombie go boom!

Zombie Go Boom empowers you with the skills you need to kick ass and survive the zombie apocalypse!

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Music by Klayplex

How to kill a zombie with a sword
How to kill a zombie.
How to use sword
How to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Zombie Go Boom presented by:
ZGB Studios

In association with:
Silver Shamrock Lab

Produced by:
Chris Mills
James Sweet
Chuck Meré

Cast
Jim Goza as himself
Chuck Meré as himself
Charles Fultz as himself
Frances Wilson as herself
Kersten Elliot as herself

Friday, November 23, 2012

Murderous matches


Comparing Mexican states with equivalent countries

MEXICO’S murder rate has doubled over the past five years, to nearly 19 per 100,000 people per year. But what does that really mean? To give an idea of how safe or dangerous the country's various states are, we have compared their crime statistics with those of whole countries. Visitors can relax in YucatĂĄn, the safest state, which has about the same murder rate as Finland. Tlaxcala, not far from Mexico City, is about as safe as the United States. At the other end of the spectrum Chihuahua, the most violent state, has a murder rate equivalent to El Salvador, one of the most violent countries in the world. Another way of looking at the data is to compare the gross totals. The state of San Luis PotosĂ­, for instance, has seen as many murders in the past year as all of Spain, despite having a population of just 2.6m.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/11/comparing-mexican-states-equivalent-countries?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/murderousmatches

Cold Steel 90WH War Hammer Available at KnifeCenter



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Available at KnifeCenter.com.

At the end of the 13th century, the sword ruled supreme as the primary weapon of Knights and Men-At-Arms. However, with the introduction of steel plate armor, the popularity of the sword as a battlefield weapon began to wane. You see, the problem was the sword couldn't cut or crush steel plate and had to be specially designed for use only as a thrusting weapon if it was to have even a chance at piercing plate armor. Enter the War Hammer- an ideal weapon for use against an opponent who is encased in plate steel. The heavy hammer head could crush the strongest helmet or suit of plate armor with just a few blows and the back spike could rip through helm and plate like a modern can opener! In battle, the hammer side was usually employed first to knock down and stun an enemy. Once he was on the ground, helpless, the hammer was reversed and the back spike was used to punch a hole through the helmet and deliver the coup de grace. Now Special Projects brings you an inexpensive, yet highly effective, recreation of this awesome weapon. Weighing a little over 21/2" lbs., our War Hammer is highly maneuverable and can be easily wielded with one or both hands. The head is drop forged out of 5150 steel and differentially heat treated . This means the point of the spike and enormous hammer face (11/2" x 11/2") are fully hardened so they can pierce and crush tough materials without failing while the rest of the hammer is left soft to absorb the shock of heavy blows. The handle of our War Hammer has been designed to be equally tough. Made of straight grain American Hickory and measuring 30" long it provides tremendous leverage so enormously powerful blows may be struck. To protect the handle from assault by an opponent armed with an edged weapon we have included a pair of sturdy steel langets which can be attached below the head with the screws provided. (Some assembly is required. Instructions are included).

The As If Principle




Clenching a fist is imprinted, if babies clench a fist when they are angry, anger will make you clench a fist, so you actually get a 40% improvement, not bad. 

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Technique Tuesdays with Duke Wrestling



This week Duke Assistant Wrestling Coach, Ben Wissel, will show a cross over stand up to a hip-hiest. Assistant Coach Wissel was a two-time All-American and a four time NCAA qualifier for Purdue University. Use this technique whenever an opponent continues to drop to a leg or an ankle to defend your stand-up. For more techniques and information on Duke Wrestling, visit our facebook page at Duke Wrestling or follow us on our official twitter page @Duke_WRES. #GoDuke

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

THE SIG 556R out to 400 yards

Suarez International Group Of Companies  1 OCTOBER 2012
THE SIG 556R out to 400 yards
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Sword Fighting As It Was For the Vikings




I didn’t know there was Viking sword fighting system that had survived, I hate this kind of BS as there are no manuals that I am aware of about Viking sword fighting, and the only surviving Viking martial art is Glima wrestling that survived in Iceland.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Lloyd Irvin Fight 2 from the 2012 NoGi World Championships



Lloyd Irvin's 2nd fight from the 2012 Nogi World Championships. Lloyd dropped 35 lbs to prepare for this event.

Kung Fu Superstar: Become the Ultimate Martial Arts Stuntman




http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kostaszarifis/kung-fu-superstar-become-the-ultimate-martial-arts

Monday, November 19, 2012

SoCal Sit Up Progressions


Joey Alvarado Kettle-Jitsu Sit Up ProgressionsSoCal Sit Up Progressions

Joey Alvarado, MMA Coach, Trainer, and creator of Kettle-Jitsu takes a boot camp through a series of progressive sit up variations including Sit Up/Russian Twist Combos, Combat Sit Ups, Sit Up/Rocking Chair Combos, Knee Drops, Shin Boxes and more.