Throwing a good punch is a complex process that employs the entire body from the soles of the feet to the surface of the knuckles. From the earth to the “boom,” so to speak. All these pieces of the process are important to effective striking; they are the fundamentals. Here I’ll address the jab, cross […]
Laws and the Samaritan Have you ever wondered if helping someone in an emergency could get you into trouble? Could rendering aid to a stranger get you sued? Given the litigious nature of our culture, it’s a valid concern. Luckily, there are some laws to protect you if you choose to help your fellow man. […]
Lessons From A 911 Call I was sitting by the window in a tiny exam room with my wife, waiting for the pediatrician to come check out some irritation in my 9-month-old daughter’s eye. The street below, 6 stories down, was just a standard crawl of cars and pedestrians, sliding past in the sticky heat […]
A Dollar’s Worth of Awareness I was in the middle of my strength & conditioning class, jogging through the parking lot with a 20lb medicine ball on my shoulder, when I saw him. He had that look, almost stereotypical in how he popped up on my radar as a threat. Scraggly physique shrouded in layers […]
What is “Muscle Memory?” If you have any involvement with self-defense training, athletics or the development of any type of physical skill, you’ve probably heard the term “Muscle Memory” used before. It’s the term most commonly used to express the idea of developing refined motor-skill, efficiency and repeatability in a defined physical skill. Want to […]
Some Facts and Myths about Ebola Now you may be asking yourself, why is a combatives instructor writing a post about Ebola? Maybe a quick explanation of how this ties in with Mad Science Defense is in order. You see, before I was a fighter I was a scientist. I graduated Texas A&M with a […]
If you want to have the best chance possible of prevailing in a violent encounter, you need to be physically fit. That’s right, I said it. Now I know we’ve all heard the old saying “God made men, and Colonel Colt made them equal”, but I’m pretty sure the man who said that lived in […]
