So I have been trying for a year give or take now to get the club up and running but have had no luck at all in finding a place that will let us use to train. I am waiting to hear back from one of the guys at work about seeing if we can use on of the VFW buildings that he is a member of. If not than I am just going to train by myself and if people want to get together at some time to train fine if not fine. I have tried and failed tried and failed tried and failed and now am just tired o... Read More

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A few months have now gone by while working at the hospital and I was now learning Brazilian Jujitsu to go along with my Shotokan training so that I had more options when dealing with a patient.

It was now around Christmas time and I had gotten a call to go to the ER for a standby with a possible psych patient that the family wanted to commit.

I had learned by this point to try and get as much information as I could so that I knew what to expect in the way of the patien... Read More

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OR, WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS WHAT YOU ARE SELLING

 This is an article I wrote a couple of years ago, but I thought it might be of interest to people here.

Someone wrote me today with a question. It was :

    Hey, this big name person in the martial arts/self defense field said that "Martial arts are not self defense training", I want to take a martial art, but I want to be able to defend myself if I have to. You are old and wise and have su... Read More

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How to break things, lay on a bed of nails and thrust arrows into yourself!

Michael Kinney of Florida shows how tricks are used to wow the audiences. See the video clip.

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What do you think? Should a 6-year-old get a black belt? I just posted a story from the OAKLAND PRESS about such a kid. Go check it out. Then if you have a comment, please post it there.

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