“How to Foul” aka Street-Boxing 1920’s Style by Mark Hatmaker

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]

The Hip Drop [Unmatched Leads]

Jab Chop

Skulling the Chop

“Chop Open” vs. a Closed Cage

“Chop Open” vs. Jab

Lever Punch

The Boxer’s Chancery

Breaking the Boxer’s Chancery the Slow Response

Breaking the Boxer’s Chancery the Speedy Response

The Short Hook/Elbow Lunge

The Folded Jab Elbow vs. Slipping/Incoming

Elbow Bucking While Infighting

Shoulder Bucking While Infighting

Head Post Holding

Shoulder Buck Holding

Heart Post Holding

The Accidental “Fall” While Holding

The Rabbit Punch “Luis Firpo” Style

The Long Whip [A Corbett “Hook” Variation]

To snag your volume have a look-see at the link!

And a preview of next month’s madness and badness.

The Art of the Buffalo: Butts, Rakes, Pokes, Prods, "Slaps," Trigger-Punching & Sundry Firearm CQB Mayhem

· The Lost Art of CQB striking with the firearm. [Surprisingly and viciously common in the Fine Old Days.]

· Ideal for the Frontier John Wicks out there.

· All will be demonstrated with six-guns, but all will work with semi-autos or other toys of choice.

· This volume will only go to the Black Box Brotherhood, not comfy with passing along some of this info outside known channels.

· Gotta get vetted before we divvy out this info.

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