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In Search of Efficiency Part Fifteen: Control the Distance Controlling the distance refers to the distance between you and the threat(s). The great kick boxer, Joe Lewis used to say that the person who controls the distance wins the fight. If you give that some...
https://youtu.be/xufrsHuDIiE I did this clip on the principle of Bone Slaving for Van's forum. The principle is isolated to highlight it. When defending yourself it would be just one thing of many you are doing.
In Search of Efficiency Part Fourteen: Bone Slaving This is a principle I truly enjoy. I do not do Aikido but from my outside perspective when they talk about blending bone slaving becomes an important part of that. We have all seen Aikido where they use empty space...
Perceptions are deceiving. This past month we have been shifting things around in our house. At one point my wife was putting some shelves in a cabinet that had been built last year but these two shelves had never been putting in place. From where I was watching I...
Knife Defence Highlight #10 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #10 Taking control There are different approaches to knife defence and I don’t believe it is a one size fits all...
In Search of Efficiency Part Thirteen: Gravity Gravity is a power generator. Gravity is an accelerant. Gravity is an assistant. Gravity is a constant. Gravity is awesome. As long as we are defending ourselves on planet Earth gravity is an ever-present tool we can...
Knife Defence Highlight #9 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #9 Not your grandfather’s traditional – or is it? I heard the other day a person who kindly, and out of respect...
Knife Defence Highlight #8 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #8 Operant Conditioning We act out of habit for much of our day. Habits are responses to cues. In one famous study...
Knife Defence Highlight #7 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #7 Summing up before moving on Knife Highlight #1 was on the fact that the most dangerous knifings come up close...
I have just set up my author’s page on Amazon. amazon.com/author/wilsonrick Feel free to take a look and I hope everyone feels free to check out my Face Book page for my book “Watch Out For The Pointy End” and send or post any questions or comments....
Knife Defence Highlight #6 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #6 Right tool for the task There are a lot of training knives available today which, while presenting options, it...
In Search of Efficiency Part Thirteen: Shearing Shear means to cut. If you look at how a knife or saw cuts it is pushed or pulled along the object. It works its way into the space the object occupies. In martial application shearing works the same way. You take a part...