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VioDy West in Oakland is coming up in three weeks, and Keelin, the coordinator, ordered me to write about it. So here goes-- Long ago, som...

Thought for the day. In the martial arts and self-defense, you hear a lot of crap about what will and won't work in the "real worl...

Mac says most things can be broken down in threes. Speed, surprise, violence of action. Power, speed precision. Move, shoot, communicate. Aw...

One of the things that makes communication difficult and some problems hard to solve is that very different things can be the same thing. ...

Made home-made mayonnaise last night. Spent five days in Wales with Murray. Five days with an old school British Officer, a Northern Rhodes...

Violence Dynamics 2015 was pretty spectacular. It will be hard to top next year. More on that later, maybe. During the drive to the airpor...

Getting back to this series. Got distracted by travel, training and good questions. Three more: #9 Think. #10 Do. #11 Don't Overcommit...

Don't confuse knowledgeable with smart. In this field, there are a handful of people I respect who have gathered their knowledge through...

Continuing. Betray yourself before your people "Betray" is a hard word, and, for me, this sentiment goes deeper. Substitute sac...

Terry Trahan posted something on FaceBook. Something important and iconic, and I want to play with it, the way I intend to play with Wilder ...

Most people thinking about starting martial arts or self-defense are "naive consumers" which means that they have no way to tell g...

Traditionally, I do a ton of writing in November. Just not here. November is the National Novel Writing Month or Nanowrimo . The challenge ...

Well, if I count layovers it's been seven different countries since last I wrote. Nine border crossings, since I've been through Can...

The class was working on power generation, using the center of gravity to slam extra power up into a strike or down into a strike. Two types...

It was a big three weeks. All but one of the days was spent either teaching or traveling. Met some great people-- Jeffrey, Alan, Dave-- and ...

The idea-- I've been teaching the infighting seminar for a little while. In a lot of ways it is hardest for me to teach, because it is t...

Heading out Thursday, flying in to Boston. It's been some time at home with just a little local travel. Hacked at the invading army of b...

I like the word "abandon" and it has been coming up a lot, lately. There are three (at least) instincts when faced with chaos and ...

... or phishing. One thing every predatory criminal needs is privacy. The quality of privacy depends on the type of crime. Beating a member...

Partially in answer to Jim's question, largely this will be a draft of an article for Conflict Manager Online Magazine . I've been d...