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Too easy to get stuck in the moment, or stuck on an idea…and forget all the other possibilities…
Sounds like good learning with a good teacher
Thanks Laird – I have connections at the library – if the book exists I’ll find it!
I hear what you’re saying about learning the basics…already I’ve noticed differences in attitudes between the yahoos and the former military guys. Time will tell – I am aware I have a lot to learn…
Basically, I have inherited three crates.
The two larger crates held long guns:
– Marlin model 1893 .32 H.P. not sure what the H.P. means yet — needs work and still trying to figure out what the ammo is for this gun.
– Winchester model 67 long and long rifle — fireable
– Savage model 220 28 gauge — needs work
– Mauser…not sure what model or ammo…the barrel only really says 18,35 gr. serial number appears to be EA 101 and it looks old. I’ve taken it apart to repair the stock and the number 343 show on several parts. it has some maker’s marks, but they are tough to discern. it feels like a really solid mechanism. Still trying to figure out what the ammo is.
– Deutsche Werke .22 tip up rifle — known as a German youth rifle. very cool, but in need of massive restoration.
– Mossberg Model 45A 22 s-l-lr — fireable
– Winchester model 12 16 gauge 2 3/4 full — needs work…totally cool with it’s corn cob pump!
– Cooey Sureshot .22 lr semi — needs work
– Marlin model 81 .22 lr — fireable
– Browning .22 lr — um, not sure what model, but it’s barrel detaches from it’s stock and it has a tube magazine in stock. It’s in rough shape and has been repaired — looks a lot like someone tore it apart who didn’t know what they were doing. I believe it was made in Belgium
– Double barrel, break action, black powder shotgun which is so rusty it looks as if a hunter found it in the woods. It used percussion caps. Thinking I’ll clean it up and hang it on the wall — the bore is a mess, but the stock and decoration could be made to look nice.The third crate held a variety of knives (one was stolen during our recent brake in, because I had it out – a second edition Luftwaffe dagger from 1938 in great condition – bah! the rest are insignificant — old bowie style blades with deer foot handles and such), an old Crossman BB pistol and a mess of ammo….I have yet to sort through the ammo which ranges from .22 lr rounds still in boxes in plastic wrapping to centre fire rounds and shotgun shells just floating loose to what looks like a few .50 cal lead balls for the rusty old double barrel.
I’ve taken three of the rifles to a firearms store and although I like the folks there, I don’t think their gunsmith is top notch and they don’t seem that knowledgeable about older guns…I’m still waiting to hear what the mauser and the marlin take for ammo and they can’t seem to figure it out. I think I know what they take, but I don’t have the experience yet to have any confidence. And, if there’s one thing the firearms safety course teaches it’s to be certain of your ammo!
In the meantime, I’ve signed up for the att course run at the club which includes four sessions of handgun training with a former military guy.
Laird, I’m glad you’re here — I’m pretty excited and none of this would have happened had you not come to Edmonton and taken us shooting — what are your thoughts about this tiny collection??
Had seven folks come out this morning with seven completely different body types – from small, thin and wispy to rather large with jowls so I got a chance to play around with a number of different body types and levels/types of training.
The common thing appeared simply to be about taking and keeping control of the spine – once a body was stretched out on the corkscrew it seemed to become about management of the mass – so as not to injure my partners…of course, if the goal were to cause damage then that management issue could be a lot easier since the body really couldn’t do much to overcome the distortion.
It made me wonder about muscle planning and whether becoming accustomed to an irregular position could be overcome through practice using different muscle combinations…don’t know if that makes any sense…
let’s try it this way: one of my neck exercises simply involves lying on the ground on my back with my hands pointing above my head (parallel to the floor) and my feet pointing down relative to my body. In this position I must roll slowly onto my belly without using momentum (no rocking) or my legs/arms for leverage — just core in a slow and deliberate roll. At first I was unable to do it, but as I trained my body to use my transverse abdominal muscles in a different order (muscle planning) than usual I found I was able to get it with very little effort.
So I wonder if this application could be overcome by someone with the right sort of muscle planning ability.
The results were pretty cool this morning.
I didn’t have Max on this list because I assumed, since England’s laws are more strict than our own, he would not have experience with firearms, but perhaps I am incorrect?
Speaking personally, and I guess this is all personal…I have been compensating for my bad neck within my body…or, perhaps more accurately the way I use my body? through fitness…which has come to mean working out out with more weight bearing activities and agility training than in the past…I guess what I’m suggesting is that I have been working around my bum neck by making my legs, arms and torso work more efficiently and all round better.
I have come to realize though that the effective fighter…indeed, the effective athlete…no, the effective human: is one who came to this realization — making everything work better and more efficiently — earlier and without an injury to inspire them…I’m speaking of the natural athletes among us who move with grace and fluidity because they are wired to do so.
So my goal is then to BECOME as naturally graceful as possible while compensating for a permanent and risky injury.
It’s worth the try — to paraphrase a movie I saw recently — I’m now after progress not perfection.
Neat! We’ll try this tomorrow — using the jaw and the hips as lever points — all makes sense….um, and yes, neck has been better of late, but not something I could do without risk…
Mmmmmmm…..would it be possible to film in the places violence happens?
Parking garages/pedestrian walkways/entrances/vestibules/bars/places of transition?
Not sure what you have planned or what the parameters are, but it strikes me that discussing the material in the places it might most likely be used could be advantageous.
The photograph is really good – you look relaxed, affable, deadly: like an amused dragon ready to rend asunder anyone stupid enough to cross you…I really like it.
Rick, thank you for all your hard work and dedication. It is both a privilege and an honour to be here.
Back again – thank you for the well wishing — best to you and Happy New Year to all!
I was delighted to return and find my PAL in the mail…I’m now scheduled to visit Crumlin (a local shooting club) on Jan 21 – looking forward to it.
I enjoyed training with Mike Vena and his crew – Mike is a very open minded fellow who moves really well and strikes really hard and when I learned he has two artificial hips I was both floored and inspired. Amazing!
Hope everyone had a lovely holiday – I certainly enjoyed getting away from it all for a couple weeks, and am ready to get back to work tomorrow.
I find I am more likely to watch clips on my phone during brief quiet moments at work.
Five to twenty minutes work best depending on the subject and depth.
Keeping titles accurate would really help with organization.
The kanshiwa takedown bonkai clips are a really good length and a good example of how it may be a good idea to break up a longer subject into several shorter videos making each more manageable.
After some of the challenges that came up this year I feel the need to really think about the goals for 2015. Still feeling off balance.
– regain balance
– drop fencing from my routine, but help Harriet continue
– return to regular workouts including tacfit, but also weight bearing and agility focussed work
– cardio! with Graves my resting heart rate is way too high!
– work on effective movement
– Get Jim tested and submit my essay to Rick for IUPA Teacher certification
– visit Edmonton twice to train with Rick (may/august?)
– Train with Rory (may)
– Increase attendance for Rory’s fifth visit here – reaching out to other dojo/meet more people
– read more MA and SD material – get better edumacated
– Take part more often in the forum
– get PAL and join Crumlin Sportsman’s Association for target shooting and training (asap)
– figure out the next steps with work/business (new five year plan)
– Complete home renos – my kitchen/two bathrooms/furniture I’ve been working on/trim (winter/spring)
– set up my home shop (asap)
– begin to learn marquetry (fall)
– spend more enjoyable, focussed time with my family – bicycling and training with Harriet…camping with everyone (esp.summer)
– another trip to NYC with my wife, Michelle (april)
– find little bits of quiet each day – not much, just five minutes of meaningful quite
– heal and regain a sense of control without stress (right now)
