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STREET DENTIST KO COMBOS by Mark Hatmaker

  Street Dentist KO Combos! What’s that? A Bonafide Devil-in-the-Details examination of how early Mob Enforcers threw hands to hurt, drop, and leave ‘em dropped. All culled from the historical sources. It’s a wild mix of 1890s to 1930s club-fighters moonlighting for certain ethnic mobs—re-vamping their wares for an environment that has no referees, no rounds, no nothing but bare bones “ Rock ‘em, sock ‘em & drop ‘em!” Street Dentist combos cover the specific footwork that loads every single shot, the “Golden Bridge Body English” that would go on to inform early penitentiary fighting of the teens to 1940s. This would evolve into 52 Blocks, Jailhouse Rock and other prison fighting systems then take a left-turn to influence Cus D’Amato’s peek-a-book system—and yet we can find it even earlier in Geechee Gullah “knocking.” [Ah, Old School Combat stews, what’s not to love?] Grab your heavy bag, drag your BOB out of the corner. Get ready to start hitting harder and faste...

The Weapon of Choice: The Knife 2/10 by Mark Hatmaker

  Let’s talk about knives. Nothing tactical here; rather nothing but strategics, motivation, ambush psychodynamics and criminal psychology. Let us discuss the whys and sometimes the whens that can make the short blade THE weapon of choice. ONE: DISTRIBUTION OF VICTIMOLOGY The weapon is often THE choice of the single silent killer stalking a lone victim when noise-discipline is utmost in the predator’s mind. At the far end of the spectrum… Let me ask you this: What number of possible victims are able to fall prey to a blade attack? Right now, the record stands at 2,977 dead as the result of a single episode all germinated by substandard blades. Yes, I am talking about 9/11. 19 evil coprolites armed with box cutters led to a single day death toll of 2,977 lives. Yes, the distributed specific causes of death were a wide spectrum: fire, smoke inhalation, airplane crash impact, et cetera but… We must not undervalue the fact that the weapons of choice to instigate...

The Old Man & 22 Negative Conditioning Responses by Mark Hatmaker

  I offer the following Single-Answer to 22 Classes of Questions in all the kindly messages I’ve been receiving. Those familiar with the wisdom principle of via negativa will appreciate there is a lot to learn from negative injunctions. It is important to steer clear from error then [and only then] do we apply the course correction. THE QUESTION FORM YOU: “ Hey Old Man, I see by the photos that you ain’t doin’ too shabby for 59 years old. How much running do you do?” ·         None. I DO NOT RUN. “Do you deadlift?” ·         Nope. “How often do you back squat?” ·         Never. “How many days per week do you shoulder press?” ·         Nada Do you still do your own conditioning programs “Gladiator Conditioning” and/or “Mega-Gladiator?” ·         Nope. Not at all. Do you Power Clean? ...

The Old Man & Thoreau Offer Conditioning Advice by Mark Hatmaker

  Photo Time: 7:28 this morning Age: 59 years & 81 days. “ Time: If not aware of its inestimable value, sell it to the highest bidder for cash, and always be cheated. No one but a fool ever sold more of his time than he had to .” Today’s Unleaded Training Time: 21:52 ·         That was Unleaded Whole Hog: Shoulders, Biceps & Triceps ·         The Breakdown: 17 minutes for Biceps & Triceps, 4:52 for Shoulders. ·         If travelling, on vacation, or in a time crunch I would switch to The Aristotle Maintenance Program and have been done in 9 minutes total.   “ It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants, what are you industrious about? ” ·         MORE is not better. ·         HARDER is not better. ·         VOLUME is not better. ...

Armed & Dangerous Old School Biceps & Triceps Training for Combination Fighters by Mark Hatmaker

  The Claim : You can build astonishing strength, muscular endurance, tendon/ligament and joint stability using Old School Physical Culturist methods for both aesthetically pleasing and fight-ready arms in as little as 4-minutes per training day. The Proof : Is in the pudding. Give it a go, and you’ll find out for yourself how doing Less can give you More. It’s worked wonders for me even at the age of 59 when I am well in the midst of sarcopenia. FYI : If it helps, I use no aid that was not available in 1910. That means no TRT, no supplements, hell, not even creatine. The Unleaded Experiment is pure Old School. The Method : Well, I won’t give that away for free, but here are some glimpses. ·         The 2/3rds Iceberg Approach to Arm Conditioning ·         11-Exercise Choices ·         The Vital Importance of Anterior/Posterior Balancing ·     ...