I am obsessed with the “Who, What, Where, When, How and Why” questions, the “Ws and H.” For 30 years now, I can do 2 full day lecture on this, or one day, or 3-4 hours, or in regular action-guy seminars, open with a way-too-short, 10 minute intro. I close out the “When” (all … Continue reading BEFORE – DURING – AFTER
(The elephant head in the photo is not real. I would never shoot an elephant nor would I advocate such a thing. That is not a tattoo on my arm, but the arm of one of our practitioners. Another one has the tattoo on his calf.) I have used the elephant as a logo-symbol so … Continue reading SEEING, TOUCHING, FEELING, FIGHTING AND SURVIVING THE ELEPHANT
Question: How do I Become a Scientific Fighting Congress (SFC) instructor? Or obtain rank? How Does This Training Work? The SFC is the corporate name of all this. The year 2025 is the 30th year of our international operation. We have thousands of members in many countries as far as China and Australia. Under that … Continue reading Q and A: HOW DO I GET RANK AND INSTRUCTORSHIPS IN HOCK’S FORCE NECESSARY COURSES?
I believe my house was once under attack from home invaders, thwarted by me and my gun. Here’s what happened, plus a few things you should look out for to protect yourself from this very nasty crime. First let’s get some nomenclature straight that usually irritates we police folks just a bit. Naïve people confuse … Continue reading HOME INVADERS AT MY HOME!
(Photo: Use a flat-soft-hand-pad? Or harder, head and face shaped head? Use a flat, non-human, paper target? Or 3D, dangerous form. Once again, expensive option limitations.) REDUCE THE ABSTRACT. One of my mottos. Now…we all know completely that removing the abstract in training is a harsh (and expensive) road to reality. Each step toward reality … Continue reading REDUCE THE ABSTRACT
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 1, plus 3. What is string theory in simple “math” terms? Professor Google says: “Instead of treating subatomic particles as the fundamental building blocks of matter, string theory says that … Continue reading PRACTICED AT THE ART OF DECEPTION. FAKES AND STRING THEORY!
Every once in a while, in my years in police work ranging back to the early 1970s, we would get a new shift supervisor like a sergeant or lieutenant, that would open his early shift briefings with some new preference standards. Often this would be a desk jockey or what we use to call … Continue reading IF YOU PULL? YOU MUST SHOOT! OTHERWISE, NO PULL!
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 popular, Force Necessary: Knife combatives course “fell down,” “fell away” from pop culture. While I still get to teach it around the world, it has slipped way below the … Continue reading HAVE I FALLEN ON THE KNIFE? BIG MISTAKES I HAVE MADE TEACHING MY KNIFE COURSE OVER THE DECADES
On a rather famous FMA page, a member asked for opinions on-about the pros and cons of Remy Presas Modern Arnis. I answered… Three people are responsible for spreading FMA around the world in 70s, 80s and into the 90s. Leo Gaje, Dan Inosanto and Remy Presas. This reality is somewhat lost in … Continue reading RIPPED CALLUSES AND SMOKING RATTAN
HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Convergence knife. Converging the law and rules of engagement with knife training. If you achieve a disarm, and the criminal drops the knife, ever wonder what to do next, I mean legally? What might some legal issues be? It could be tricky, depending upon the who, what, … Continue reading HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?