Chiron

Not sure where I'm going with this.  Bear with me. You can look at almost any human interaction as one of these three things.  From co...

There are three natural strategies for dealing with predators: Hide, run and fight. There are two more for dealing with your own species: P...

Life has changed.  The first year I kept this blog, my definition of a good day was different.   Here's one example. Today was a good ...

This is aimed mostly at professionals. There are three general kinds of people that will require force.  The three types don't fight fo...

Two big training weekends and I want to debrief them.  Not specifics, but some generalities.  Important things. I sometimes say that a per...

This has been a long eleven days. Roughly eight hours a day of training preceded by an hour or two of prep and finished with four or more ho...

There are three classes that I think should exist but don't.  Maybe they exist somewhere, but I haven't heard of them. 1) A class ...

There's a trueism in elite teams.  You don't create extraordinary operators in training.  You discover them in selection. Then you p...

As always, Boston was fun and interesting.  Met a new branch of the Uechi clan and instituted something that I think should continue. Paul...

It’s not just you.   It’s not just the threat.   There is a layered interplay between and through the involved people in any...

In the ConCom model, every tribe has mores, which are more about how things are done than what is done.  Mores are the collection of beliefs...

Spent a fantastic weekend at Water and Steel. A lot of moments for me.  Learning, thoughts.  Good people.  The instructors-- Professor Trigg...

Move less. If I had one piece of advice for the physical aspects of self-defense, it would be two words.  Move less. Fighting is like mar...

This is that question Tiffany asked yesterday: So... today in class we were having a discussion on bullying. Having been bullied as a child...

A friend asked a question on FaceBook today that I can't answer on FB.  Can't answer it there because the answer isn't simple, a...

Trying to brainstorm something for mixed environment (urban/rural, hot/cold, etc.) survival every day carry.  I like working from basic prin...

My favorite used book store is Robert's in Lincoln City , Oregon.  Whenever we make a trip to the coast we make a point to stop by.  I...

The Conflict Communications Manual is out to the first readers.  Waiting on their feedback, and then the usual boring stuff and the book wil...

Lots of comments on the last post and some of them require more thoughtful answers than I can do in a short space. Preamble, though:  ther...

The list won't be exhaustive, and I wish all of the things on here were simple and had simple solutions.  Most martial arts training isn...