Indigenous Ability

  [ Caution : At some point in this essay, we will be discussing fighting dogs, if thou art one whose parlor-bred disposition cannot encounter, even in abstract, such topics proceed no further. This is an essay of Men and Fellow animals born and bred for the edge.] Feist Dogs Let us begin with a definition. Feist Dogs [Sometimes rendered homophonically in journals as “Fice Dogs”] A Feist Dog was a hunting dog that was the offspring of Native American hunting dogs and those dogs brought over by colonists and settlers. A feist dog was not so much a particular breed as an amalgamation of the elements of the hunting and work dogs used by indigenous tribes and the more meticulously bred Old World dogs. To some, a feist dog was an ungainly cur that didn’t take to commands [obedience] well. To others the feist dog was an admired crossbreed that seemed to benefit from the mix of the “savage” or “wild” elements and the “cultured.” An animal that possessed the best of both tra

  “ All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them .”—Arapahoe Warrior Adage Ready for the Pop Quiz? Question 1 : On this morning’s commute, you saw birds perched on telephone lines and road-signs, which way did they face? Question 2 : What does the birds facing direction tell you about the day? Question 3 : At which precise landmark did the sun rise over your home this morning? Even if it were cloudy, you should still be able to ballpark the rising point. Question 4 : Where will it rise over your home 6 months from now? And, how do you know this? Question 5 : I want to conduct a night-raid this evening, is the moon conducive to cover for this proposed raid—Yes, or No? [ Answers at the end of this musing .] There is not an Indigenous Tribe on the face of the globe that did not value wide-awake awareness. Not lip-service awareness, but toes-in-the-dirt here-here-and-now present knowledge. This “Nature Awareness” was a ke

  April 1 st is not for fools. The topic of this month’s volume of mayhem for The Black Box Brotherhood is the aforementioned, “How toFoul” aka Street-Boxing 1920’s Style. Covered will be the Root of the “Foul,” with all the drills that lead to fouling well. We will discuss briefly “How to Hide the Fouls” but spend most of the time getting the “fouls” right so we can snag a little of that historical meanness and make it street-ready from the jump. Only one “Foul” is glove -dependent, it can work without it, but…I’d weight all the others higher, they inflict maximum hell with minimum damage to our dainty selves. A mini list of what’s included on this volume is below as well as a sneak peek at the next volume. [The mini-list excises all the drill steps, that is privileged material for the pony-uppers. This volume, as with all Black Box material is video and syllabi driven historically accurate and viciously tested for scrumptiousness.] The Shift Drop [Matched Leads] T