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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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I purchased this book in the hopes of a realistic treatment of combat in a non-sporting context. I was mostly pleased with what I received. The book is ambitious in scope - it covers tactics, instinct, Jeet Kune Do concepts, Filipino arts, HIV implications, women’s self-defense, and legal issues. The preface poses the question, ‘who is […]

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As part of my Post-Baccalaureate program at Bridgewater State College, I completed coursework related to a wide variety of physical activities, and as part of the my efforts to increase my knowledge of resistance training, especially in regard to sports, I picked up the book Explosive Lifting for Sports by Harvey Newton. It’s a […]

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