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Combat Neotenous Cardio vs Monotonous Cardio by Mark Hatmaker

Hey Crew, Stamina wisdom from our Elder Statesmen of Mayhem. 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 ...

Jack Dempsey, Jaw Conditioning, Sleep Apnea & More by Mark Hatmaker

Let’s start here… Jack “The Manassa Mauler” Dempsey, ran a hard training camp, one reflective of his already hard life in logging camps. Amongst lumberjacks he picked up the habit of chewing pine-resin, the sap from certain coniferous trees. These loggers, a rambunctious bunch who loved their set-to’s swore by it—said it made your jaw strong, increased your ability to take a punch. A young Dempsey, had plenty of opportunity to see fellow resin-chewers at work in a tussle and decided, “ Yeah, seems to work .” He carried the practice into his training camps. Dempsey was not alone in this resin-chewing practice, many an early pugilist, an early wrestler, an early physical culturist [the drug-free bodybuilders of yore] adopted this practice. All purported it to be a good jaw-strengthener to take a punch, or in the case of the physical culturists they chewed resin to sleep better and to improve posture. Now, perhaps we can get out heads around a little jaw-strengthening,...

The Unification of Boxing Offense/Defense by Mark Hatmaker

A Little Historical Digression Behind the Clip [Read Part 1 Here .] Again, I turn it over to Joseph D. Pistone [the real-life Donnie Brasco,] a man who went deep undercover with the Mob. A brave man who knows of what he speaks. “One thing I knew not to do was go looking for a street fight. Why provoke a fight when the guy might have a knife or a gun? If, however, you sense that a fight is inevitable, you must make sure you get in the first punch. Once I started hanging out with wiseguys, though, I was surprised at how they went around almost eager to mix it up. They knew they had a tremendous advantage over almost everyone who crossed their paths: an utter fearlessness about fighting. Wiseguys do everything with their fists: fighting is a way to negotiate, send a message, settle a debt, even have a little fun on a slow night. I saw wiseguys beat up waiters, shopkeepers, cab drivers, you name it. And I never saw a wiseguy lose a fight. If you ever have the misfortune to be p...

Mobster Boxing by Mark Hatmaker

FREEBIE VIDEO Links to historical essays on this Mob-Boxing Connection . Link to how to throw like these man-killers w/ “ Chaos in a Phone Booth ” More info on throwing Illegal Hands and The Black Box Subscription Service below & how to save $38.40 on this instructional Here. Resources for Livin’ the Warrior Life The Black Box Warehouse https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/ The Indigenous Ability Blog https://indigenousability.blogspot.com/ The Rough ‘n’ Tumble Raconteur Podcast https://anchor.fm/mark-hatmaker

“Chaos in a Phone Booth” aka CQB Mobster Style: Part 2 by Mark Hatmaker

[October 1 st we release in-the-weeds drilling from an unsavory aspect of Underworld History—let’s set the stage with a bit of history.] [Read Part 1 Here .] Again, I turn it over to Joseph D. Pistone [the real-life Donnie Brasco,] a man who went deep undercover with the Mob. A brave man who knows of what he speaks. “One thing I knew not to do was go looking for a street fight. Why provoke a fight when the guy might have a knife or a gun? If, however, you sense that a fight is inevitable, you must make sure you get in the first punch. Once I started hanging out with wiseguys, though, I was surprised at how they went around almost eager to mix it up. They knew they had a tremendous advantage over almost everyone who crossed their paths: an utter fearlessness about fighting. Wiseguys do everything with their fists: fighting is a way to negotiate, send a message, settle a debt, even have a little fun on a slow night. I saw wiseguys beat up waiters, shopkeepers, cab drivers, y...

“Chaos in a Phone Booth” aka CQB Mobster Style by Mark Hatmaker

[October 1 st we release in-the-weeds drilling from an unsavory aspect of Underworld History—let’s set the stage with a bit of history.] Let us turn our eye on the Boxing-Mob connection. The Real-Life Donnie Brasco, Part 1 The connection between old school boxers, old school wrestlers of the legitimate sort and those who moonlighted a bit in both worlds is vast and almost astonishing in its roster. If we add those who never competed in the legitimate game but were considered fearsome nevertheless by those who did play at top levels in the sportive side of things, the roster quadruples. The observations that follow from Joseph “Donnie Brasco” Pistone are simply from one voice in the know. We could easily add hundreds more like observations from the historical record of folks saying gangsters, mobsters, wiseguys, hard bastards, hooligans and thugs knew what they were doing, and, in most cases, knew more than the sport-saturated will ever know. [Mr. Pistone’s observat...