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Unleaded Conditioning Tip #27: Don't Be a Finicky Eater by Mark Hatmaker

  Unleaded Conditioning Tip #27 [27 of 75] From the Dietary Principles Section. Unleaded Conditioning is an amalgam of Old School Combination Man Physical Culture Tactics & Forgotten Indigenous Training Practices shot thru the prism of evolutionary medicine and ethology studies.  All material is tested and lived. To get on the Unleaded Bandwagon see the Unleaded Conditioning Products in our store.   For me, the proof is in the pudding, I'm 58-years-old and work far less to reap far more results.  On to the show... Man is an Omnivore aka “The No-Finicky Eaters” Rule ·         The dictionary supplies the following definition for Omnivorous: (of an animal or person) feeding on food of both plant and animal origin. ·         One of the many reasons this species has proliferated so easily upon the face of this planet is our astonishing adaptability. ·       ...

Old School Scoutcraft: The Moonshiner’s Telegraph by Mark Hatmaker

  Preamble : Crew, this is one version of advance material from our upcoming volume on scoutcraft: Rough ‘n’ Ready: Old School Scoutcraft for New School Adventurers. There are 3 versions of this material. Version #1 is below and contains an approximate 3 rd of the material. Version #2 an expanded version will be released to the free newsletter subscribers. Version #3 will be released to The Black Box Members Only forum and will feature the whole kit & kaboodle. I tip my hand ahead of time to provide wiggle room for those who want to subscribe to the free newsletter. You can do so here at the bottom of the page . Or ponder jumping aboard The Black Box Brotherhood. Info here on the nine benefits. The Moonshiner’s Telegraph Birds have been used been used by canny scouts, moonshiners, ambushers, and hunters for eons to know when something is up. Being alert to changes in bird calls -kind of calls and silence itself-- can indicate an additional presence in the...

OLD SCHOOL BOUNDED BOXING SCRIMMAGE DRILLS by Mark Hatmaker

  [There are 3 versions of the below article, which is an excerpt from our upcoming volume Boxing Like the Champs Round 3 .] Version #1 below goes over 6 of the drills. Version #2 will be released to the newsletter and go over 8 of the drills. Version #3 will be released to The Black Box Members Only forum and will feature all 10 of the drills. I tip my hand ahead of time to provide wiggle room for those who want to subscribe to the free newsletter. You can do so here at the bottom of the page. Or ponder jumping aboard The Black Box Brotherhood . Info here on the 9 benefits: Engines start NOW! OLD SCHOOL BOUNDED BOXING SCRIMMAGE DRILLS   Sparring can be a delicate balancing act. For some, they can feel hunky-dory and look good, but the jitters of the scrimmage still trims some finesse and bollixes up their skills a wee bit; while others, they go a bit too far and view sparring as an actual fight—it ain’t. For these aggressive souls, the technical dies on the...

The Hawk & The Hare: Spotting Desert Trails-A Lesson in Scoutcraft by Mark Hatmaker

  In our most recent research trip to the southwest desert and canyonland country, one of the primary intents was to put to test Old School tips and tactics to wayfind to both hard to find water sources and Sinagua Indian ruins. [We posted a short video to social media on one aspect of this trail finding material.] Approximate Destinations Using old desert explorer/scout/settler/cavalry accounts I ballparked vague approximations of former cliff dwellings, cave ledge villages, pocket canyon fortifications et cetera. I then used a comparison topo map from the time compared to current topo maps. [I use CalTopo as opposed to All Trails, Google Earth and other like commercial hiking tools. CalTopo is a backwoods tool used by Smoke Jumpers, Hot Shots, Search & Rescue and other like Hosses of the outdoors. It’s more about unmarked backcountry than the other tools.] Why this choice? The chosen ruins/villages to locate are not tourist destinations . They lack designated tr...