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Feb 6, 2012, 8:22 pm
Office of a knight is the end and the beginning wherefore began the order of chivalry. Then if a knight use not his office, he is contrary to his order and to the beginning of chivalry. *** The office of a knight is to maintain and defend the holy catholic faith by which God the Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2012, 7:54 pm
The rest now took their seats and kept to their own several places, but Thersites still went on wagging his unbridled tongue—a man of many words, and those unseemly; a monger of sedition, a railer against all who were in authority, who cared not what he said, so that he might set the Achaeans in Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2012, 7:00 am
Written by Taira Shigesuke around 1700 AD. The Bushido Shoshinshu was intended to instruct the novice Samurai of the peaceful Edo Era, who had not known the rigors of battle, with the practical philosophies of previous eras. Bushido Shoshinshu is roughly translated as “Bushido for Beginners.” ... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 2:12 pm
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, pr... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2011, 7:57 pm
This post is intended to dovetail with my previous post about applying simple, martial arts based footwork to firearms training. My good friend Paul (who has posted here before) teaches a martial arts class and runs a martial arts blog too. He has been putting together some videos explaining the cor... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2011, 12:24 am
…can be found in this article over at Low Tech Combat . Too many people use the terms ‘strategy’ and ‘tactics’ incorrectly or even talk about a particular ‘thing’ or topic as being both a good strategy and tactic. Usually, this is actually referring to a tactic but the person likes ... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2011, 4:55 pm
I have posted about footwork here before. In that last post I had mentioned how martial arts footwork “tips” and patterns could be incorporated into a LE/Mil/RBSD scenario. In this post I would like to address how footwork again can be applied, this time when deploying a firearm. Watch the fol... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2011, 11:40 am
Hayashizaki temple is dedicated to the master of the same name who lived in the sixteenth century and created the art of iai (the art of drawing the sword). During the Edo period, a great number of adepts spent time at this temple in order to fulfill a kind of vow: to go beyond the Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2011, 10:18 pm
A shot-timer is a (relatively) inexpensive piece of kit that can add the dimension of time pressure to your dry-fire training. A simple electronic device that features a readout, microphone, alarm speaker and a few buttons; a shot timer provides the shooter with a start signal on the press of a butt... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2011, 12:11 am
When you are interested in the sort of things that I like to write about here you quickly discover all sorts of “interesting people” are out there trying to make a buck off of all things “martial”…some of them by doing questionable things. I have posted about just a few of them here becau... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2011, 4:33 pm
Australian rappelling is the technique of descending a fixed rope in a standing position while facing the ground. This technique is used to give the operator the ability to cover or engage a target below him with a weapon. It’s often used to cover an opening like a window or a patio/landing on a ... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2011, 12:23 am
I like to play around with the Balisong as a “thumb twiddling” exercise. I don’t own a sharp one, I don’t carry one on me and to be blunt I think that they are more valuable as a manual dexterity developer than they are as weapons. However, as I was sitting on the couch manipulating Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2011, 11:43 pm
I wrote a post on the varieties of reloads a little bit back: http://tgace.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/variations-on-a-themeemergency-reloads/ Here’s a pro talking about some of the same issues. Comment - Like
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Sep 25, 2011, 2:48 pm
I was out shooting this weekend and as usual was filming my 10-8 drill: Something that popped into my head was the fact that I wasn’t practicing breaking tunnel vision or doing my 360 scan, so I decided to incorporate it. But, as you see, I had a brain freeze and did a scan with Comment - Like
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Sep 25, 2011, 1:01 am
The pupils of the Tendai school used to study meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of them who were intimate friends promised one another to observe seven days of silence. On the first day all were silent. Their meditation had begun auspiciously, but when night came and the oil lamps were growi... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2011, 1:45 am
Rick Rescorla was an interesting man. Rick was a retired United States Army officer of British birth. He served with distinction in Rhodesia as a British soldier and in the Vietnam War as an American officer. For those who read the book or saw the movie, “We were soldiers once, and young”…he ... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 9:36 pm
Yeah some more video of me shooting. Just keep in mind that I use this blog to both express my opinion and as a training journal of sorts. So…I went out to my little bit of land to shoot today. I did a little range maintenance, drove some range markers into the ground at 25 yard Comment - Like
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Sep 2, 2011, 6:31 pm
This is sort of a companion video to the “hockey stick of doom“. While I don’t intend to insult any readers from the “East”, I cannot figure out what it is with Russian firearms/military/special forces training and this rolling, backflipping, circus style stuff. I’ve seen quite a bit o... Comment - Like
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Aug 22, 2011, 11:39 am
My buddy Paul has a new post up on his blog Tactical Arnis. It talks about the importance of striking an object vs “air strikes” in martial arts training. Just like boxers, kick boxers, or MMA’ers, TacArnis students train to hit and/or be hit. We have to condition our joints, our muscles, and... Comment - Like
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Aug 17, 2011, 4:00 pm
I subscribe to the philosophy that if someone can’t manage to find the time to train 8 hrs a day, the next best thing he can do is focus on 1 thing a day to make himself better than he was the day before. Keep in mind that you can’t be doing the exact same thing Comment - Like
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Aug 16, 2011, 11:30 am
But that doesn’t mean that you should do stupid things. This video clip has been passing through the gun blog-discussion board world like wildfire lately. The safety violations are too numerous to list, but the one that stuck out most in my mind was the “room clearing” segment where one person... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2011, 2:12 pm
This is a question for my brothers/sisters in blue. What is your opinion on photographers and their influence on the job? More and more I am seeing stories on the net and in the news about cops and security guards confronting and arresting people taking photos/video of officers and things like build... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2011, 4:28 pm
I posted my first run at the 10-8 drill back in early July. I tried another round with it today. This time with my father to call out the stages. I did a little better both speed and accuracy wise. I need to work on the one hand reload with my belt holster. It’s much Comment - Like
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Aug 6, 2011, 1:19 pm
Disclaimer: This is my first attempt at rifle painting. I did my research on “how to” for most of a year before I decided to take the leap. Take my advice here as a starting point and do your own research before attempting it yourself. Spray painting the AR/M16 rifle is not something very radica... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2011, 2:25 pm
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B 15th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Holtzwihr France, January 26, 1945. Entered service at: Dallas, Texas. Birth: Hunt County, near Kingston, Texas, G.O. No. 65, August 9, 1944. Citation: Second Lt. Murphy commande... Comment - Like
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Jul 30, 2011, 11:27 pm
Sikh Warriorship View more presentations from Jagga Jatt An often misunderstood (in the USA) and under-appreciated warrior tradition is that of the Sikh. The above presentation gives an interesting and educational look into their storied history. Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2011, 7:41 pm
I have mentioned in previous posts that I subscribe to the idea that: A man’s ordinary life at peace reflects his courage or cowardice just like a mirror…Having the least bit of spare time, he will put his mind to Learning, and not be negligent in his practice of the martial arts…He will prote... Comment - Like
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Jul 15, 2011, 6:11 pm
When I moved into my home well over a decade ago I was still a fairly fresh rookie with a young family. People being as nosey as they are, (and my stopping home for lunch/dinner in a patrol car), people learned fairly quickly that a cop had moved onto the street. As the years went by I Comment - Like
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Jul 14, 2011, 10:36 pm
After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull’s eye on his first try, and then split that arrow with his seco... Comment - Like
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Jul 11, 2011, 11:28 am
This video was made by Memphis police officer Timothy Warren: On Sunday, July 3rd 2011, Timothy Warren bypassed roll call and rushed to respond to a “shots fired” call at a Memphis hotel, where a gunman shot him in the head in a stairwell. “He loved his job,” said his best friend, Jerome Gra... Comment - Like
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Jul 8, 2011, 8:57 am
Check out Nathans Facebook Page. We were recently having an interesting exchange about the “train your weakness” vs improve your strength concept. We have all heard the old saw about how you should be training in the areas you are weakest in to improve your overall game. I think that after exami... Comment - Like
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Jul 5, 2011, 10:23 pm
Do you give the horse its might? Do you clothe its neck with mane? Do you make it leap like the locust? Its majestic snorting is terrible. It paws violently, exults mightily; it goes out to meet the weapons. It laughs at fear, and is not dismayed; it does not turn back from the sword. Comment - Like
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Jul 2, 2011, 8:55 pm
…a day out shooting? A few things I learned: -I don’t typically wear a chest rig (except when I go out shooting I guess), the one I have doesn’t especially play well with my holster and mag carrier as you can see from some of the vids. I will most likely be getting a thigh Comment - Like
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Jun 26, 2011, 9:35 pm
I think I’m gonna have to do this my next time out at the range. So I did try these out at the range. Obviously I’m not up to Falla’s speed, I screwed up a stage or two and I forgot an extra magazine so I couldn’t do the 3 mag reload at the end, Comment - Like
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Jun 19, 2011, 8:20 pm
A student went to his meditation teacher and said, “My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I’m constantly falling asleep. It’s just horrible!” “It will pass,” the teacher said matter-of-factly. A week later, the student came back to his teacher. “My medita... Comment - Like
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Jun 15, 2011, 7:54 pm
I know some Russophiles out there will get their budyonovkas in a twist over this one. You know who I’m talking about, those westerners who insist insist that their AK’s are “da bomb”, Russian Vodka is the nectar of the Gods, Systema is the ultimate martial art and the Spetsnaz are the bes... Comment - Like
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Jun 12, 2011, 2:31 pm
The Hagakure says the following: In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the dragon god, and one day a real dragon appeared before his window. It is sai... Comment - Like
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Jun 8, 2011, 10:28 pm
After ten years of apprenticeship, Tenno achieved the rank of Zen teacher. One rainy day, he went to visit the famous master Nan-in. When he walked in, the master greeted him with a question, “Did you leave your wooden clogs and umbrella on the porch?” “Yes,” Tenno replied. “Tell me,” th... Comment - Like
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Jun 8, 2011, 5:17 pm
While I am not a long range shooter, I found this article over at the Military Gear Blog to be interesting. Its titled 8 Sniper Rifles to Take Down Terrorists and covers a range of long guns used by the US and our allies abroad. Comment - Like
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