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Everyone has designs they like and designs they don't... things they like and things they do not - that's life in all its glory. Hey brachial_stab: remember where you are. This is a SPYDERCO Forum. It shouldn't be much of a surprise that people here are going to like this knife. Sal and everyone at ...

Having recently taken up Fencing I should throw in a few cents here... First, one of the reasons I took up Fencing was for its crosstraining value - Bruce Lee used many techniques and concepts from Fencing in his creation of Jeet Kune Do. Many fo his best concpets are stolen from Fencing - the "...

I'm in. Come on home Mr. Meerkat.

Sirius

Many who post here have an FMA background - including a little bit myself. I have been forunate to have read Mike Janich's book as well as some of Bram's work in progress. What book(s) do people recommend on FMA? Bladecraft or otherwise.

Mike,
Another excellent column!
Much appreciated, especially the description of the 7-position drill. It fits very well with some work I have been doing lately.
Thanks again.

Sirius

Mike, thanks for another excellent column. As you know, I have collected all ten! I realize that I have been incommunicado for some time - I apologize. I know you know my business and sadly, business is good... Regardless of my absence, I deeply respect your work and your craft and I appreciate all ...

Guntaholic, My wife used to accuse me of being paranoid all the time. My regular response has always been "It's better to be a little paranoid than a little dead...". Due to my work - Security Advisor in Kosovo - my wife, who lives here with me, is coming around after constant reminders ab...

liko, I HAVE seen the Gunting in action - on my midsection... I was showing a co-worker what the Gunting is about and made the mistake of showing him with the Drone. So he picked up the actual Gunting and said the dreaded words "like this?", slid it VERY lightly acros my stomach and prompt...

Nice one Vampyrewolf.
As a Canadian this is nice to see and to keep on file.
Every now and again we actually see some common sense coming out of these legal guys...

Cheers,
Sirius

I would like to fully support Mike's post. Understanding anatomy is important not only for wounding your attacker, but for understanding your own injuries. I believe everyone should have at least a basic undertanding of anatomy and first aid - more if possible. Consider that if you are attacked you ...

Primary goal. When confronted with a situation where you are wounded, are under fire, or otherwise in serious trouble - think primary goal. For the most part primary goal is always the same: stay alive. Do whatever to takes to stay alive. As Pachuko says - go, go, go... Keep your focus and keep your...

Daily wear is an Omega Seamaster. Out in the field I wear a Swiss Army watch with a web strap which I bought from the Swiss PX. In the gym its a Timex Ironman that just won't die - seriously, this thing is ancient. It has been used as a dive watch when I was diving three times a day for a year, it h...

This is great - so many people have chimed in that I may as well add what I can... I am a political and security advisor in Kosovo. As part of that job I train security personel in defensive tactics. The majority of my time I spend doing things that I can't get into here - but they are often fun and...

Back to the DRONE thing... I bought a DRONE first and had it for two months before I finally got the Gunting. It was a brilliant plan as it gave me time to familiarize myself with the Gunting - how it moved, how it opened, how to draw and manipulate it without losing a finger... When I finally got t...

This is not mine - it comes from a friend at another forum, but I believe it holds true here: For real world self-defense with the open or empty hand, consider the circular, soft and indirect arts such as Judo, Tai Chi and Aikido. Judo and Tai Chi help a person rediscover his or her natural movement...

Sal and company, I posted this in MBC, then I realized it was more a production question than a specific MBC question...so here it is: What is the present situation with the CRMIPT? The last post I found was dated July 3rd...Any news? After a long conversation with Bram I am more and more interested...

Sal and company, What is the present situation with the CRMIPT? The last post I found was dated July 3rd...Any news? After a long conversation with Bram I am more and more interested in the Gunting and particulalry the CRMIPT as I think it would be an excellent tool for my particular agency. Any inf...

Nicholls, The theory you discuss: "The borders are the width of your shoulders and hips to the borders of your mid thigh and face. Over slashing or rearing the blade well beyound the boundries opens you to blocks, blends, and grabs,etc." Sounds a whole lot like the "gates" theroy...

Nicholls, The theory you discuss: "The borders are the width of your shoulders and hips to the borders of your mid thigh and face. Over slashing or rearing the blade well beyound the boundries opens you to blocks, blends, and grabs,etc." Sounds a whole lot like the "gates" theroy...

Nicholls,
I am not completely sure what you are going for here, but you have my interest piqued - even if to just find out what you mean by "window of combat"...

Sirius