I am again hearing the start of Presidential nominee campaigns and that one cute repeated question, “What is your favorite Constitutional amendment?” I sometimes wonder how I suddenly would answer that question. In a strange way it’s like asking, “What is your favorite baseball rule?” “Well Mr. Stephanopoulos, it’s the Infield Fly Rule!” Strange? … Continue reading WHAT’s YOUR FAVORITE AMENDMENT? By Hock Hochheim
Your “table setting” and “know your table” have big meanings, in the self defense shooting world. Ever shoot from a chair, behind a table at the live fire range? Not often I’ll bet. When done, the seated, range training set up, the “table is set” this way – it takes-makes the assumption that you are … Continue reading The “TABLE-SETTING” OF YOUR SEATED SHOOT-OUT?
A DEEP HIP STYLE ROLLOVER THROW (Or a standing “Fat Man’s Roll?) This application of an “arm” takedown I have done once in police work in a domestic disturbance. While sorting things out in a house, a man charged me from the rear, having escaped the verbal control of another officer nearby. I heard the … Continue reading A TAKEDOWN – DEEP HIP STYLE ROLLOVER THROW
Do – Don’t do. Should do – shouldn’t do. Are you also going to “Jail School?” What you don’t do in a fight-combat, helps define what you should do. With or without weapons. In a fight-combat there are 4 barriers to consider. They are very situational. They are- 1: Strategy 2: Morality 3: … Continue reading MARTIAL STUDIES – ARE YOU ALSO GOING TO “JAIL SCHOOL?”
An Orderly or Tactical Retreat, (safely walking or running away!) Stay or retreat? A retreat has several definitions, like “retrograde” movements or a more modern “tactical retreat.” Usually, these definitions suggest that one retreats from a superior force in battle. Military. In today’s civilian world, remaining to fight and take action, may become a physical, legal … Continue reading WHAT IS AN ORDERLY RETREAT?
My first Guro Dan Inosanto seminar was in 1986 and he told a story about his high school football team. (I forget the pro players he mentioned). He said that he was a running back and kept crashing into the defense. The coach asked him why did he run the ball that way? Inosanto replied, … Continue reading MIMICRY IN PERFORMANCE
Part One: Definitions In an era of “words count” and “language precision,” how one defines “Grappling” today is indeed important for system doctrine. Does the noun “grappling” officially and unofficially mean as it once did – “all close-up, hands-on struggling standing and ground?” Or is it now just ground… wrestling? Is all grappling just … Continue reading How Do You Define Grappling? It’s Important!
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 thrusting or hooking, when your bare fist hits the “helmet” area, your hand gets jacked up. But here is an odd story of my busted-up finger not near the helmet. … Continue reading ODD BROKEN FINGER WHEN PUNCHING?
I have been lucky I guess, having done CPR on a few folks though the years and they all lived. EMTs are doing it all the time. with mixed results. But citizens? Adam Gent of Real First Aid in the UK wrote this important consideration. “There are two traps that prevent us from having difficult … Continue reading WHEN CPR FAILS!
This reprinted as a service to the martial arts community. Should anyone care, there is a class action lawsuit filed against the Premier Martial Arts franchise group, filed last November, that is not known about. This info-brief comes from “Law 360” and is as follows… “A group of martial arts studio franchisees has … Continue reading PREMIER MARTIAL ARTS SUED