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Category: Mark Hatmaker

Kittens, Hoplites & Combat Stances by Mark Hatmaker

Kittens, Hoplites & Combat Stances by Mark Hatmaker

Do you have a kitten? If so, go play with it, dangle something in front of it, activate its play-fighting mode. Watch it bat at the stand-in enemy with a forepaw. If you don’t have a kitten, perhaps a dog? Go play with it. Rile him up a bit and toss a toy on the Read More

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Clinch Assessment By Mark Hatmaker

Clinch Assessment By Mark Hatmaker

Traditional Styles The over-under clinch is the big dog of clinches in MMA and competitive submission grappling and for good reason–we’ll get to why in a mo’, but first a little on why we see so little of three other major clinches: the traditional Boxing Clinch, the Collar & Elbow (C & E) clinch, and Read More

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You, The Auto-Didact by Mark Hatmaker

You, The Auto-Didact by Mark Hatmaker

Introduction Now, there’s a title that needs some explaining. Sounds like I’m way off track for Western combat study and, perhaps, being a bit pretentious but, due to a bit of creative bankruptcy I can think of no better way to label what it is we do as Western combat enthusiasts. Eastern arts, for the Read More

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Blind Training by Mark Hatmaker

Blind Training by Mark Hatmaker

There are so many examples of blind training, or blindfold training that the paltry examples below don’t even scratch the surface. Blindfolded Chi Sao [“Sticky Hands”] training among Wing Chun practitioners. Blindfolded disassembly and re-assembly of the M-16 by armed forces cadre. Blindfolded judoka and jiu-jitsu practice. Emperor Joseph I, challenging the young Mozart to Read More

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What I Learned About Tactical Driving from Crashing Into Cars 50 or 60 Times by Mark Hatmaker

What I Learned About Tactical Driving from Crashing Into Cars 50 or 60 Times by Mark Hatmaker

So, my wife enters some paintings in the Country Fair and I’m flipping through the brochure and see among the Fair’s offerings a Demolition Derby, and right there in the small print is “Wanna drive?” The idea had never crossed my mind, but when the curiosity-devil beckoned my answer to “Wanna drive?” was a hale Read More

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Situational Blindness

Situational Blindness

Always Be Aware Lee Child once said, “The only fights you truly win are the ones you don’t have.” With this in mind, along with the fact that crime is a product of opportunity, we go a long way towards being masters of self-defense when we simply deny any potential threat as many opportunities as Read More

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