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Train with Lee Morrison of Urban Combatives Fame
Good news for all of you who have always wanted to train personally with British self-defense instructor Lee Morrison! Lee will be in Westminster, Colorado, for a joint two-day seminar with Libre...
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The (Real) Gladiator Diet
by Mark Hatmaker iStock/Duncan Walker Imagination time: call forth images of the lean and mean, jacked and ripped cast of the television show Spartacus. You know the body type I’m talking about —...
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Three Important Reasons for Ambidextrous Training
iStock/DrGrounds by Tony Torre Reason #1: Balance and Symmetry When we spend an above-average amount of time participating in an activity that has very specific movement requirements, we run the...
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Awareness Exercises for Warriors from Puewatsi Nemito (“The Wild Walker” or...
Public Domain, commons.wikipedia by Mark Hatmaker Tuhoit’u (“The Hunted One”) Today: You Are on the Menu. Whether in an urban or a natural setting, live as if you are a hunted man, a targeted...
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Thoughts about Warriorhood
by Loren W. Christensen I’ve gotten a lot of emails about what a warrior is, and I’ve been asked to comment on it in interviews. Here are some of my replies. What is your definition of a “warrior”?...
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Training and Conditioning Mumbo Jumbo
iStock/g-stockstudio by Mark Hatmaker Athletes want results. They want a leading edge that might spell the difference between razor-thin victory and razor-thin “Oh, what was the name of the guy who...
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Sonny Liston’s Secret to Taking a Punch
iStock/skynesher by Mark Hatmaker Take a look at any photo or film of Sonny Liston and you will see one powerful, imposing figure. He stood at a height of 6 foot 1, and his average weight was...
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Paladin Author Saves the Day!
On Sunday, July 3, Los Angeles police officer Mark Mireles demonstrated what it means to protect and serve. While on his lunch break at the California Chicken Cafe, Mireles saw a man who was struggling...
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Of Men and Violence
by Mark Hatmaker iStock/Sakhorn38 In lieu of my typical musings, I offer a book review of what I found a mighty intriguing book: The Dark Side of Man: Tracing the Origins of Male Violence by...
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Are You the Weak Link?
iStock/Linda Steward by Mark Hatmaker First, let’s set the stage. The following quote is an extract from Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex by...
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Three Steps on the Path to Martial Arts Excellence
by Tony Torre Have you ever wondered why some people excel in a given endeavor while others progress much more slowly despite similar levels of involvement? If you take the time to note the differences...
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Substance Use and Abuse
by Loren W. Christensen “Mmm beer” — Homer Simpson It’s true that extreme combat and certain operational circumstances might necessitate the use of certain substances to maintain or maximize...
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The First 50 Years
by Loren W. Christensen I was a wide-eyed 19-year-old walking into a karate school in 1965, not knowing much about it other than what I had read in a small book by Ed Parker. I was immediately...
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Filipino Dirty Boxing: Suntukan Street Self-Defense, featuring Guro Tony Torre
The following review of the Paladin Press video Filipino Dirty Boxing: Suntukan Street Self-Defense was written by Andy Stanford, who is a renowned tactical firearms instructor and fellow Paladin...
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THE LYMAN REPORT: Winston Churchill’s Magnificent Folly, Part 1
In no other field of human endeavor are imagination and boldness so vital yet so rare as in warfare. It was for this reason that millions of men from Galicia and the Isonzo to Ypres, Flanders, and...
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On Getting Nailed in the Groin
by Loren W. Christensen I went 24 years and 50 weeks on the police job without taking a groin hit. Some of it was luck, and the rest of it was because I was always aware of maintaining proper critical...
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Training Consistency
by Loren W. Christensen Consistency is one of the key ingredients to fitness, skill progress and maintenance, and longevity in the martial arts. Some top fitness coaches say even a poor workout regimen...
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Physical Conditioning for the Warrior: More Than Packing Big Guns
by Loren W. Christensen The importance of body conditioning is clear when you acknowledge that combat and high-risk situations by the military and police officers, as well as sudden self-defense...
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Criticism Is a Given in Police Work
by Loren W. Christensen Photo from iStock/kali9. Being judged by the very people the police protect is a given in the job, and it has been since the first cop walked a beat in some ancient society...
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More Dirty Fighting
by Loren W. Christensen I have always searched out techniques where I can get more bang for the buck. In other words, if I can get the job done with less muscle and might, then . . . why not? This is...
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