Nobody likes being called a victim, so it's the perfect title to this article. Let's start with some definitions and clarifying quotes. [I'm attributing the quotes to where I heard them, not to the necessarily correct source.]"Victim mentality" is an acquired...

Chairman of the Board"But now the days grow shortIm in the autumn of the yearAnd now I think of my life as vintage wine>from fine old kegs>from the brim to the dregsAnd it poured sweet and clearIt was a very good year"-Sung by Frank Sinatra, "When I Was Seventeen"The...

Every so often you meet amazing people in ordinary places. I was lucky to meet Harold Koning at a Dan Inosanto workshop. We were practicing hubud drills and this scholarly man with the demeanor of a college professor was turning my forearms into mash potatoes. The...

In this presentation by Alan Aragon, he presents the evidence regarding the Paleo Diet. He came to chew bubblegum and kick ass. Apparently he was out of bubblegum. Go to this link...

Chris Highcock has upgraded his book Hillfit with an additional 70 pages of data. Getting this book is a no brainer. If you are an outdoor person who avoids the standard gym routine,.. this is the route for total fitness. This book is not geared as a sports training...

“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.- Matthew 7:6"Wizard's First Rule: people are stupid." Richard and Kahlan frowned even more. "People...

This article is snagged from an earlier interview I posted on this blog. The portion on silat is quite good. I edited it a bit for flow. The fact that Dan was a public school teacher for so many years kind of paints his expression of history, geography and the...

This post is simply a re-post from my training journal on IGX. [If you wonder what "IGX" is, don't ask.]. This training template will make you a jack of all trades and a master of none. It is the exact opposite of training for a specific goal with a timetable. It's...

Buy this book or Al Kavadlo will get another tattoo!--[Click the photo to save us!]You are saying to yourself, "What? Another body weight training book?" Well, yes. Another. Remember there are only 3 primary colors which can create scribbles, pornography or Rembrandt....

Thierry Sanchez has big balls. He decided to write a book on training kettle bell long cycle for competition. I'm always skeptical of those trainees who are not from Russia writing full coaching manuals. They may have only been exposed to one source of training...

BUY THIS NOW AT A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL PRICE OF 10 DOLLARS, PLUS 2 DOLLARS SHIPPING. THERE IS A LIMITED SUPPLE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST KB BASICS DVDTom Corrigan is not just any Kettlebell Instructor. His thirst for knowledge began as a high school athlete and continued...

Brief, Brutal and Basic is about 50% written. This is NOT a beginners guide. It will assume you are consistent, focused and have the end result in mind. These are the training methods and diet of Eddie Kowacz.Are you interested? Contact me with questions or...

  Diet is an emotionally fueled issue. Quite often training for strength or training for sports is performance based. Put up or shut up. However for one reason or another, "belief" and therefore "faith" enters into eating habits. I was certainly one of those people...

Is it my imagination or are things going crazy here? Please tell me when it was OK to slap women around? There is not a day that goes by that I don't hear about a female in an "abusive relationship". It's like a plague. When I was young, I was taught, "..you don't hit...

"Transformational Leadership enhances the motivation, morale, and performance of followers through a variety of mechanisms. These include connecting the follower's sense of identity and self to the project and the collective identity of the organization; being a role...

MINIMALISM ALLOWS NO EXCUSESAccording to Wikipedia, Minimalism, "...describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features." Exercise is no different. It is the art of...

Suntukan Street Self Defense featuring Guro Tony Torre"This volume is perhaps the most thorough source of boxing/empty hand methods from the Philippines I have seen."I was very anxious to review this DVD. I have known Tony through his various roles as a friend,...