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I ordered this book at the suggestion of a reader here, and had no idea what to expect. Perhaps some pop psychology or if I’m lucky a thoughtful treatise on Learning Theory. The author, Josh Waitzkin is an eight time National Chess Champion. So far so good. In fact, he was the kid that the [...]

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As promised, now that I’ve had a chance to review 25 Animal Techniques, here’s a review. First – some grains of salt:

Jesse’s a friend, so take that into account.
I broke my rule – he gave me a copy as a gift.  

With that out of the way, here’s how it played out. First, the specs:

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I recently picked up The Clinch, the fifth book in Mark Hatmaker’s No Holds Barred Fighting series. I’ve long been a fan of tie-ups, and have been working the clinch range with a particular student, so I picked up this book to look for some ideas and some pointers. 
Mark Hatmaker’s books are inexpensive, and usually [...]

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This past weekend was a great experience. Chris Hatch and I took a road trip to Valley Shore Martial Arts, and got to work with our teacher, Professor Kimo Ferreira and his friend Motobu Chosei, Soke. Saturday night we had an instructors’ workout with just a few folks and Professor Kimo, and then Sunday was [...]

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