Indigenous Ability

“ The art of war is no more than the art of augmenting the chances which are in our favor .”-Napoleon All thinking combat tacticians, whether sportsman or reality-arena focused, know and respect the realities of estimable mathematics. That is, the easy disparities or lack of when it comes to adversarial comparisons. For example, “ He is much bigger than I, and likely stronger or at least possessing of more mass so I will adjust thusly .” Or, “ My reach in comparison with the long-armed fellow before me is a bit on the lean side so I would be wise to shift tactics.” In the street we estimate numbers in the following broad categories… One -Number of Potential Foes Two -Size of Potential Foes Relative to our own Size. Three -If a weapon is involved, we make on-the-spot calculations of range efficiencies. Blades are a threat at this distance, cudgels at this, firearms here and so on. In the realm of sports combat weight classes have already provi...

Before we pick apart the titled idea to see if it holds merit, let’s define terms. Vacuum Tactics are any combat sport or street application that requires isolation or handicapped drilling to develop full facility. Example 1 : If one really wants to step up a boxing game one might forgo kickboxing training for a bit so that the hands become the focus. Example 2 : If one really wants to build a facile guard-passing game one may ban leg-locks as the “easy out” until we see the guard-passing rise to the desired level of leg-lockless facility. On the surface such compartmentalized training seems to hold intellectual water but.. Let’s drill down past this first trickle of thought-water and see if there is truly a sustaining aquifer below. Opportunity Costs Opportunity costs is a concept borrowed from economics that simply means, for every purchase we make, each individual “ Yes” decision automatically say “ No, thank you ” to everything else we could ...

[All based on RAWs 210 & 209.] All are 3-Minute Rounds w/ 30-seconds Rest Round One -Cross. Keep it live, move. Put some stink on it, test that bag’s warranty. Round Two -With partner or without, toss that cross and envision a counter liver-hook or head-hunt on the high-line, so cross and roll with a bread-basket cover, keep those shoulders high—no sure things in the world. Round Three- Cross, Roll, toss another Cross out of the Roll Round Four -Add a rear bark as the cherry on top. Play this one on the drag bag as the true bark is unforgiving to tibias the world over. Rest 1 Minute Round One -On your feet slap and catch and drag to an outside two-on-one. Work both sides like a good wrassler. Head in the pocket, Crew, or I will tsk-tsk you to kingdom come. Round Two -Off of a resisted two-on-one slide as smooth as a viper into an Underhook ride. Again, where is that head supposed to be? That’s right. Round Three -Once you’ve got that ...

First, that title is a lie, there will be exactly two-steps taken. After that, any and all steps taken in addition is a signpost where your body broke and what you want to work on. This is a three-exercise warm-up that will wake-up all those lovely major muscle groups, provide some active stretching, wake-up that spine, and tell your heart and lungs it’s “Go time!” When done to protocol and speed it is a sub-5-minute warm-up.  Keeping it under 5-minutes [or as close to 5 as you can manage] allows you more time to work on the heavy-hitters of strength and tactical cultivation. The good news about the Never-Stake-a-Step Regimen is that it serves as a nice just below the redline cardio burner and is enough of a muscle pusher that those into somatotropics should find it a utilitarian muscle-builder. Note: This is not meant as a cardio-replacer in and of itself but…if you hit this Sub-5 with good protocol 3-days per week and use Blitz Drills on altern...