1. Blackberries5,75 millimoles per 100g serving This wonderfully delectable summer fruit came out tops. Blackberries give an antioxidant kick of 5,75 millimoles per serving. Blackberries are also fat-free, and a source of folic acid and vitamin C, so there's no...

Currently people view the war on aging as a daily fight with calories, nutrients, exercise, rest, stress reduction, and proper medical care. The future may be here. Anti aging drugs that deal with the core mechanisms in aging. Not living to be old, and non-functional,...

I wanted to update this. I really like Fred's knife designs and posted earlier blade photos and an interview. I found Fred's homepage through bladesman and Silat player Terry Trahan.The Gallery will blow your mind! Great Blades.

Can you shape a muscle?? Well years ago,..they said you could in most gyms. Then the exercise scientists said that "non-contiguous innervation" made that impossible. Well this article from T-Nation's Christian Thibaudeau is rather compelling. Look Here.

Eliminating Variables To Stimulate Improvements in Training.I remember when as a child growing up in Pittsburgh, we had three channels on the TV. KDKA Channel 2/CBS, WIIC Channel 11/NBC, and WTAE Channel 4/ABC. Three choices on a black and white TV with rabbit ears. I...

Richard DeBordes is a practitioner of Harimau Silat along with many other Indonesian and African Arts. His specialty is "Bela Diri" or self defense applications of this art that he learned from the Hanafi family. He is traveling the globe training many in his methods...

William Fairbairn is the father of combatives. He in some ways is responsible for the distillation of complex fighting arts and making them modular, simple, and easy to convey to our fighting forces. His material was good years ago, and it is good now. He studied both...

I had the opportunity to attend a Herman Suwanda seminar some years ago with one of my silat instructors, Harold Koning. Pak Herman was an incredible practitioner who held deeply the responsibility of helping his own people, and spreading his art of Mande Muda (''new...

All the training we talk about and the PR's, and the combat scenarios make us invincible warriors,...right?? Well let's just see how fast you are.Speed Test

Shorinji Kempo is a martial arts with no killing moves because of its respect for life. A brief observation makes it appear that it is a combination of Japanese martial arts on a Chinese base. It may be that, but is much more. This page has some excellent material on...

One of the earliest references I read as a youth was a story in Strength and Health magazine about hammer thrower and powerlifter George Frenn. His background was varied and his athletic accomplishments were incredible. The entire article is contained in this link...

"There are no tactical knives, only tactical minds." Fred Perrin is an incredible knife maker and creative/proactive martial artist. Here is an inteview with a man with combat on the mind. INTERVIEW

Growing up in a northern, steel producing town lends itself to an early interest in professional wrestling in many young men. World Champion Bruno Sammartino lived ten miles from my house and the head of a local union was Johnny DeFazio, also a wrestler. One of the...

Sisyphus in mythology was doomed to roll a boulder uphill in an endless torture. It seems appropriate that that the 'Sissy' Squat is named after this character of old. Constant tension and mental persistance are the trademarks of this almost forgotten exercise. It was...

My instructor, Bruno Cruicchi is a martial researcher who travels the world uncovering the mysteries of the combat arts. He is highly ranked in several martial arts, but currently specializes in Garrote Larense, the stick, machete, and knife art of Venezuela. He has...