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Extreme Self Protection

Mark Hatmaker 
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Pick an Adventure Seminar

Some of us are old-enough to remember a series of interactive books where readers were asked to make a decision and then go to a corresponding page to see what sort of mess you got yourself into. You never quite knew where you were going to wind up with these books--pre-video game era, these were a novel idea.

 

Here's where you come in, if you'd like to host a seminar and save yourself some bucks off of the standard fees in the process--if you've got an Adventure Race in your area, a rock you think I'd like to climb, a river you think I want to raft, a hike you think I just need to take, a desert I've not run on, you get the idea--pitch your adventure and school location. If the adventure appeals and the logistics are right we offer greatly reduced fees to come to your school and play with your crew before we go play at your Adventure Pitch.

 

BTW--You and your crew are welcome to attend the adventure, as a matter of fact, we'll knock off even more bucks for this sort of hands-on guiding.

 

So, you got some adrenaline in your neck-of-the-woods and want to train? Feel free to make your pitch and we'll see what happens.

 

Hey Crew,

 

It's Friday and time for this week's Legends newsletter, this week's contents include...
  1. The rundown on ESP RAW 127 the fifth volume in our Combination Man Curriculum--there is exactly one week left to pick it up for the discounted price.
  2. Ich habe die ehre! (Man, I hope I got that right) to the crew in Weiden & Neustadt, Germany. A full week of training with some of the finest folks I've ever met. Truly an honor. (I've posted their kind lies at the end of today's article).
  3. Today's article is a mini-book review on a volume I found mighty informative.
  4. Our Video Clip of the Week is a little detail on what to do once you slap on a front headlock. If you don't do this immediately following the hook-up you may be wasting your time. (You'll find tons of front headlock variations in all of our Recent CMC RAW Volumes covering the Short Offense.
  5. Just received word that Volume 2 of our Street Material (X-WEAPON) which details armed and unarmed responses to weapons attacks will be released just after Memorial Day. We will be running a first come, first serve discount special as soon as we get our crate.
  6. Check out our May Special below to help you get caught up on the Combination Man Curriculum.

And last, but not least, check out the ESP RAW Subscription service info to your left. You can save yourself some money on this volume of RAW ($5.50 to be exact) and pick up 3 more volumes of RAW absolutely free.

 

Thanks everyone and have a great week!
Sincerely,

 

Mark Hatmaker

Extreme Self Protection

ESP RAW 127: CLINCH FUNDAMENTALS

 

This is volume 5 in the Combination Man Curriculum (CMC).

 

Here we introduce the fundamentals of the all-mighty clinch; hands-down perhaps the most grueling aspect of the game.

 

One of the reasons the clinch can be so grueling (to both parties) is a seeming limited vocabulary of what is possible within the clinch. Beyond the fence-press, a knee or two to the body or legs, and the occasional turn or drop to the legs for a sacrifice single or double-leg you don't see much in the way of intermediate or advanced applications. Much of this may because some initial fundamentals are not always adhered to, and without these fundamentals there can be no build to a broader vocabulary.

 

This volume seeks to seat those fundamentals and start an immediate build towards widening your offensive vocabulary.

 

We start with...

  • Why the dominance of the over-under clinch over all others forms of clinching.
  • We discuss in detail the root drill of all clinch work the tit-for-tat pummel (standard stuff) but...
  • We introduce The Rule of Palms to reduce your energy on the offensive stroke and reduce your opponent's space for his defensive matching retaliation.
  • Then, we demonstrate The Rule of Tipping which will immediately add up-rooting to even your standard pummeling drill. (You'll find adherence to just these 2 Rules alone should improve your clinch game immeasurably).
  • Next we discuss the 3 Primary Goals of the Clinch: The Body-Lock, the Go-Behind, and the Inside Leg-Dive.
  • We'll demo three ways to body-lock, three ways to grip and keep that body-lock, and two ways to never, ever lock your opponent down.
  • Next we'll discuss three ways to take your standard Pummeling Drill and turn it into a real live animal that is combat ready as opposed to something you warm-up with or perform in isolation.
  • We then move on to the easiest and safest class of Go-Behind, the Slide-By.
  • We'll demo the 3 Primary Slide-By Forms and then from there move into how to set-up the slide-by.
  • We'll then dip a toe into intermediate and advanced waters by introducing the Wrist-Control Slide-By along with 2-ways to drill gaining the wrist control and 5 ways to apply the wrist control directly to a drop.
  • We then discuss the 3 drills to run all clinch tools thru before you unveil them in a match. These drills will make sure you are tight, tight, tight.
  • We'll close with a brief bit on Educating the Lift, and how to cheat the back arch since many events have kyboshed this devastating move.

 

This volume, as with all of our RAW material, comes with a printed syllabus for inclusion in your training notebook.

 

(Hang on to these syllabi because at some point in the Combination Man Curriculum run we will supplement and key these syllabi to a Master Text for easy Drill & Technique search).

 

ESP RAW 127: can be had this month for only $32 (S & H included--Domestic & International) at the end of the month the price goes to $42 Domestic/$52 International. [Of course, it's only $26.50 for the RAW Crew.]

 

To order:Buy Now

 

To pay only $26.50 for this DVD + receive 3 other RAW DVDs for free subscribe to our ESP RAW DVD Service.

The Rule of Palms
The Rule of Palms

Control: Exposing the Truth About Guns 

 

This brief book by newly converted libertarian, Glenn Beck (I far prefer this version of Mr. Beck, no surprise there) is broken into two parts. The first takes the form of a point-by-point de-bunk of commonly spouted anti-gun talking points. He exposes some of these assertions to be mere rhetoric with no basis in reality, and in other cases provides detailed factual counterpoint where issues have been made less savory than they might actually be.

 

The overall stance is undoubtedly pro-second amendment, as am I--so one must always adjust for confirmation bias. I was mighty impressed by this first section.

 

The second section feels a bit disposable to me. It veers into speculation about "why" the recent spate of gun violence may be occurring. I am always leery of motivation-musing and psychological probing, I find these discussions more often than not cause-confusion arguments or "just so" stories to fit pet theories.

 

 

Even with the reservations regarding the second half of this book I heartily recommend it to both the pro-gun and anti-gun contingents. The pro-gunners will find much to, well, arm themselves in friendly discussions with those who dissent from the 2nd amendment, and the honest ant-gunners will at least find some intriguing food for thought.

 

 

Kind Words from Our New Friends in Bavaria  

 

 

The realm of the Martial Arts is a real huge one. In Germany the influence of the so called classical or traditional Martial Arts mainly comes from eastern arts like Karate, Judo, Aikido, Tae Kwon Do, Jiu Jitsu, Kung Fu and its derivatives etc., most of them preparing for sporting competition. On the other hand are the sports of western boxing and wrestling. But where are their real roots, their origin they were initially created for: surviving the unconditional attack? Our research for the answers lasts a quarter of a century. Many people we met, giving us answers, some of them very honest and open minded, lots of them wheeler-dealers teaching dead patterns ignoring the important meaning of aliveness but cultivating their cults. Many things we saw, bunches of books, DVDs and internet sources we studied, always testing the ideas hand to hand in close to reality scenarios and mucking out the frills and furbelows. Many Holy Cows had to be slaughtered. One reason for our long time research was the missing of real open minded teachers having reality based experience. The other reason was the concentration of the "Arts" on the sports, even BJJ, MMA etc. do so. Years ago some guy made us aware of Mark Hatmaker's collection of books. Dang! No "eastern magical mystery tour" but western based stuff written in clear words shattering the so called "secrets" and myths based on real experience of generations of hand to hand hardened fight experts. Our understanding of this quote of Bruce Lee became a much deeper one: "Someone with only a year of training in boxing and wrestling could easily defeat a martial artist of twenty years of experience." And then -for us- THE BOOK: "No Second Chance"! Everybody interested in real self-defense under unconditioned horror scenarios has to know this awesome manual! We run our club concentrating on functional self-defense for 25 years now. This had to be celebrated. The idea grew to invite a special guest who influenced our research a lot. Decision was made to invite Mark to Germany without ever having any personal contacts with him. But his books, DVDs and internet stuff made us so curious about meeting him personal. What kind of a guy would we meet? Some days ago we welcomed Mark and his wife Kylie here in Bavaria and had the chance to train and discuss with them for about one week. What should we say? A reality based encyclopedia of the science of fighting, unconditionally open minded and sincere, of open hearted reliability with excellent teaching abilities practically and theoretically! Although being no JKD practitioner Mark is closest to Bruce Lee's famous words "Absorb what is useful and reject what is useless". He is it absolutely without any guru preciousness, no mystery-mongering but humble and point-blank. Both of them, Mark and Kylie! Great thanks for sharing your fabulous experience with us! We had amazing days of common spent times, not only in the gym! We received someone just knowing from afar, we had to say good -bye to new friends: "Habedere!"

 

 

 

Places to Go, People to See

  

As some of you know I try to leave the homestead as little as possible, but this year is an anomaly as we have upped our seminar/playtime. Below you will find a listing of some of the most recent additions to the schedule.

 

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Of course we'll be at the Annual Karate College in Radford, VA on June 28th & 29th. We'll teach 3 general sessions + 1 certification course.  To register for Karate College http://www.thekaratecollege.com/TheKarateCollege.com/Karate_College.html

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We'll be on the roster at Martial Arts on the Mountain--September 19 (5PM start) thru September 22nd (11AM).

Myself, Boyd Ritchie, Carlos Cummings, and John Miller will be presenting classes in MMA, Boxing, Catch Wrestling, Sambo, (and if time permits) an optional Challenge/Obstacle Run.

Four days of training, feel free to room on the campground (rooms and meals provided, crew--beat that).

Cost: $250

To register or for more details contact Coach John Miller

coach@grapplingsports.com

540-354-9356

http://www.facebook.com/events/126726897501640/

 

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Of course, we'll also offer our Annual Tennessee Boot Camp in November-details to come.

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We hope to see you at one of these events--if you'd like to have us come to you, check out our Pitch An Adventure info in the side bar and if you've got some adrenaline in your neck of the woods that strikes my fancy we'll be there.  

 

 

RAW Subscription Update

 

For our current and considering RAW Subscribers, beginning with volume 123 (January 1st, 2013) we will begin unveiling The Combination Man Home Study Course in which we (finally) present in an ABC/1-2-3 manner the steps from, 0-120 MPH how to become the best Boxer-Pugilist, Shooter-Stuffer, Par Terre Wrester-Submission Technician you can be.

 

Each volume will tied-in to the inTENS PREMIUM CONDITIONING SERVICE (free to subscribers), will be accompanied by a printed syllabi of drills for gym use, and will then be keyed to a foundation text (The Combination Man) that will be released at a later date. In other words, some good methodical let's get better stuff coming your way. 

May Special

The Short-Offense Two-fer

 

This month's ESP RAW volume (126) has some killer work with Combat Cradles, but if you want up to speed with how we got to this position RAW 123 on Short Offense Snap Fundamentals and RAW 125 on Top Arm Isolation Submissions will turn this single volume into one mondo-aggressive study block.

 

Purchased separately they go for $42 each ($52 International).

 

For the month of April you can snag them both for $62 even (Same price for my International Compadres) S&H Included.

 

To snag yours, just hit the button.

 

The Short-Offense Two-fer Deal:Buy Now

 

Of course, you can get these 2 for free + 1 more RAW Volume of your choice. How? Simply subscribe to the RAW service--details in the side-bar.

 

 

  Video Clip of the Week:
Front Headlock Detail
Front Headlock Detail

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