The author indicated that this book was researched, footnoted, and well documented, and it gets good reviews. I haven’t gotten it yet, but intend to as he specifically addresses the ‘Mitose was a ninja’ bunk perpetuated by certain folks who feel that the six weeks they studied with Mitose was enough time to learn […]
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The Mitose - Ninja (non) Connection
June 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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Combination #13
May 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I know a lot of folks roll their eyes at combination #13, but after attending a Lubid seminar regarding Filipino Rope techniques, I had a new perspective on it, and found lots of useful tricks.
Here’s a video of Fred Villari from 1985 (assisted by a young looking Jim Bryant) demonstrating some ideas related to combination […]
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Knife Defenses
May 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Traditionally, kempo teaches knife defenses against basic thrust or slash attacks, but I have changed my thinking to a more ‘Filipino’ based paradigm. Since arts like Modern Arnis and Kali fit so well with Kempo, it seemed natural to blend in their knife defenses. I’m not the only one, as demonstrated by John Geyston in […]
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Injuries and Training.
May 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Last week I sprained my ankle in a spectacularly mundane fashion. It was during a test, and I was demonstrating a drill where the subject is attacked by surprise by one of several attackers. It went really well, just about flawlessly in fact. After a few go-arounds I said the fateful words,”Okay, now you try”, […]
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