Musings on Self Defense and Fitness
You may or may not have heard of Quora. It is a website where people go to ask questions, and others go to answer those questions. You can ask anything you want and tag it into various categories. I’ve been hopping on here every now and again to engage with others. See how people are…
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My sister sent me a text the other day with the following image she took of a magazine article. The article is marketing certain products to consumers based on the fact that “Fatal assaults on female joggers made heartbreaking news in 2016.” Along with the image her text simply said “interesting.” That’s a pretty good…
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You have those that passionately train unarmed or armed self defense. They read all the articles, they drop money on various trainings and new “kits” or gear. They spend hours in the gym perfecting that drop seoi nage or that 1 inch punch. That bruce lee shit baby. They pursue that coveted black belt. Dedicated…
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As with anything in life, continuing to learn and to grow is of the utmost importance. Getting outside of your comfort zone, surrounding yourself with people that are smarter than you, trying new things. These are all necessary. In the world of teaching, especially strength and conditioning or self defense, it’s imperative to continually seek…
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Over the course of my teaching and training I’ve noticed a trend that is, in my opinion, holding many people back from really reaching their true potential. I refer to it as the “all or nothing” mentality. The idea that whatever trainer they train with must have all the answers… Or on the flip side……
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*photo courtesy of flashfit photography, taken at 2016 validus games Don’t Cut Off Your Own Legs (originally written 8/15/2016) If I took you outside right now and told you to run 200m as fast as you can, with no warm up, how well would you do? Be honest… truly honest… Now… you’re at the mall…
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The argument over what system is “the best” for self defense, has been beaten to death for years. Every day it happens, in a hundred different ways. A few people may change their mind or “come to the light” (some for better and some for worse), but the reality is, this argument solves nothing. The…
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The last few days I’ve seen several people on the interwebs chastising people for teaching Active Shooter courses. I’m not talking about the ignorant crazy people who think the training is stupid because “all you need is a gun” or “no average person can fight back against a gunman.” No, I’m talking about something much…
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You Can’t Say That The following is the beginning of an actual text conversation I had with my sister a few days ago (emojis included) Sister: Bro… I love you. But you can’t say “dick” in your book! :-0 Me: Sure I can. 🙂 She is referencing a section in the end of the book…
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