Violence and you

When it comes to self-defense, many people want one-stop-shopping. Man, if they know this one ultimate martial art style, it’s is all they need. I hear this a lot. Usually in the form of being asked, ‘which martial art style is best for self-defense?’ Or ‘what do you think about (fill in the blank) for [...]

I’d rather be judged by 12, than carried by six … When someone mouths this cliché, I have a hard time keeping my cool. Because most people’s understanding of the concept means the next 12 people they come across will be the 12 dudes raping them in the prison showers. Now, I really don’t care [...]

I promised them a month-long exclusive, but here’s the link http://laguardianangels.org/fear-pride-monkey-brain-and-not-stepping-on-your-dick/ It’s old school, rompin’ stompin’ ‘the name is Animal’ writing that I haven’t done in a while.

http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/preattack.html Only took me 50 years to figure out how to say it

YES! Erik Kodo has come up with a multi-dimensional explanation about WHY self-defense is not just about studying an ultimate fighting style or scenario based training. http://mdpofsd.blogspot.com/

Rory Miller and I are working on the Conflict Communications program.  People are asking what is it?  Well here is an interview conducted by Kris Wilder about how violence works with ConCom http://www.martial-secrets.com/

I hate moral dilemmas. On one hand the guy had just kicked me in the balls, and I really wanted to gouge out his eye and skull fuck him to death. On the other hand, the radio I was carrying was my own personal handheld and had cost me a lot of money. Throwing it [...]

I finally had made it to the big leagues. I was sitting in on the after-work, 4Bs session (beer, ball busting & bull). In my estimation, making it into the ‘big leagues’ isn’t when you get the job. You’re not ‘in’ until you have the job AND are socializing with the heavy hitters you work [...]

By now people have probably seen the video of Casey Heynes being ‘bullied’ and attacked by a smaller student. If not, here it is: http://deadspin.com/#!5781702/the-ul…ting-body-slam After you get done laughing and saying, “Atta boy!” it’s time to look at this from a mature and rational standpoint. As of this writing, the family of the ‘smaller’ [...]

As I write this, it’s been nearly 15 years since I was last shot at (I returned the favor that time).

It’s been about 16 years since I last had someone try and ram a knife in my guts. It’s been over 12 years since I’ve had to lay hands on someone to emphasize my point of “not going to happen!”