Category: Empty Hand and Contact Weapons
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Technique: The Revival of the Outdated Speed Rock on Social Media
The proliferation of Instagram and Youtube shooting sensations has brought with it a disturbing trend. I have noticed that in MANY of the shooting I’ve seen in the 15-60 second cherry picked drills they decide to post, they use the ‘speed rock’ retention position for contact distance shooting. Then they show you their timer to show…
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Course Review: Multidisciplinary Optimization Course at SBG Athens, Georgia
“I’m not interested in selling you a fear-based approach to self defense.” Paul Sharp Imagine my excitement when I read on Instagram that the one and only Paul Sharp of Straight Blast Gym and Sharp Defense fame would be coming to Athens, GA to put on an 8-hour version of his MDOC coursework. The two day, eight hour seminar was…
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Review: Defensive Applications of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu DVD
Today I received a package from Cecil Burch of Immediate Action Combatives. Cecil sent me both of his PDN produced DVDs. I’ll briefly talk about Cecil’s training pedigree, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) as a superior combative system on the ground, then about the material contained in the DVD. Cecil has been training in BJJ since 1994 under…
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It’s Time to Complete Your 2015 Tactical Audit
Well folks, 2015 is nearly behind us. I don’t really know where it went, but it’s December already. Since I have a sizable audience (15 subscribers can’t be wrong!) I’m going to post about the yearly skill-set audit that I have been doing since 2010. It’s a way that I have prioritized my training in the…