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Sojourn Notice, Frontier JKD, & The Future by Mark Hatmaker

 


FIRST-Me and the Missus will be travellin’ the Old Southwest Desert & Hi-Rock Sinagua Canyon Country for a combination Adventure/Research Trip the 17th thru the 26th. You can still query and place orders during that time, I simply counsel patience that I will get to these asap upon my return. Research-wise, allow me to say I have two heapin’ boxes of dusty archival materials awaiting me upon my arrival. Treasures abound!]

SECOND—A li’l preview of where The Black Box Rough ‘n’ Tumble Subscription Program is headed in 2026.

FUEL FOR MEN OF STANDING

• Last year’s focus for The Black Box Subscription service was Unleaded Conditioning to get the Combat Athlete, the Old School Combination Man into the best conditioning of his life, even in Old Dogs like myself.

• And, yes, the entire 6-Block Program is now available in the store for those ready to GO! https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/store

• This year The Black Box Brotherhood focus will be FRONTIER JKD.

• We will offer instructional material that demonstrates and proves that throwing hands, twisting limbs, wielding weapons was a different breed of panther in the early days of these here United States.

We will delve deep into what was called The Upper & Lower Battalions [see our recent podcast and essay on the historical origin of these terms.]

• The Blog and Podcast will feature historical back-up for the material…

• Whereas The Black Box Subscription Service will be all nitty-gritty down n dirty details of this vicious amalgamation of yore that one can think of as the fat rendered drippin’s from the Old World stewed and brewed with the rough-hewn ways encountered in the Eastern Woodlands, the Great American Desert, the Mountainous Divides and the unforgiving Malpais Country.

STRIKING: BOXING W/ EDGES

·        We will delve deep into the Combination of throwing hands “edging the points in” [elbows] game.

·        We will hit the 4 Broad Categories in excruciating detail.

·        One—“Basics” we rebuild fundamentals the historical way. We educate the aggressiveness of a painful defense, how NEVER to be where you last were with each and every punch, never being a “head on a stick” and mucho more Old School strategical gems.

·        Two--Footwork [this ain’t your modern footwork game, this is a head-to-toe consideration that considers bucks and grinds all a part of the maneuvering game.]

·        Three—Combinations. We re-formulate throwing hands with incessant [and I do mean incessant] movement with all the scrapes, edges, prods and digs part and parcel of the game.

·        Four—KO Power. A deep deep look into accelerating motion, collision tactics, fast 90s, and all the other hard-hitting armament in the Old Toolbox.

THE MID-BATTALION: GRAPPLING ON THE FEET

We break this into 5 broad categories.

1.     A deeper dive into The Alley Clinch and “Rabbit” Clinch.

2.     Stockade Fighting: Fighting off of upright surfaces,

3.     In Tight Leg Diving, Takedown Eating, and a long exposition on “Keeping your feet.” [Read that as Old School takedown defense that has stink on it.]

4.     Drop, Pop, and Go. Think of it as Ground n Pound with an emphasis on immediate get-up.

5.     Clinch Kicking. ‘Nuff said.

THE LOWER BATTALION: All Snap No Tap Old School Submissions

This is broken into 6 broad categories.

1.     Arm-Breakers

2.     Leg-Breakers

3.     Neck-Breakers

4.     Figure-4/Leg-Scissor Arsenal. There is such a deep vocabulary of using the legs as an assist in arm, leg, and neck-breaking that it needs its own category.

5.     Roughstock: A sojourn into the Old School game of riding [not pinning] with “rodeo” aggression.

6.     The Lonesome Grappler: 300+ Solo-Grappling Drills for the Lower Battalion Fighter for when partners are scarce, injured or undergritted.

WEAPONS

We will also have some Old School historical fun with…

·        The Tomahawk

·        Straight Razor

·        Brothel Bat

·        Top’u [Comanche Shield]

 

 

• Wanna join me for this hell-for-leather ride into history and forge yourself into a catamount timberbuck that howls at the Wolf Moon with a weapon in hand or without?

Resources for Livin’ the Warrior Life

The Black Box Store

https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/

The Indigenous Ability Blog

https://indigenousability.blogspot.com/

The Rough ‘n’ Tumble Raconteur Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fTpfVp2wi232k4y5EakVv...

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