Grip Training for is for Everyone!

Grip is key in combat or sport

For combat athletes, the need for a good grip is obvious!

Rob at CombatTrainer.com is right about the grip: "Do not allow this small body part to lose a big fight. The hands are not to be taken for granted during training and should be strengthened like any other body part to avoid injury and weakness." If you have ever grappled at all, you know how critical the grip is in being able to defend or secure a hold. So, grip is essential for grappling arts and competitors, and for MMA, but why do I say it's for everyone?

Real warriors need to get a grip

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Simply put, a strong grip and can be the difference between life or death in a situation where you need to retain a weapon or disarm someone. An officer or soldier making an arrest is will constantly use his or her hands to get, and retain control of a compliant or resisting subject. A good grip of the clothing limbs, or wrists and hands of the subject can mean they stop resisting in the first place, or them getting free and running or, worse, attempting to take an officer's weapon

Additionally, all serious martial artists and warriors with training in blade and impact weapons knows that the grip is the key to a powerful slash, strike, or successful block and parry. A weak grip is a dropped weapon, guaranteed!

Black Belt Mama and new baby!

Congratulations to Black Belt Mama and family on the birth of their baby boy!

One of my best martial arts blogging friends and heroes, Black Belt Mama recently gave birth to a baby boy. Head over and congratulate!

Love this!

Heh! I did LOL. You might too.

Weekend happenings and interesting links

1. I’m actually going to be performing a memorial service this weekend. It’s at the request of my mother, and for my grandmother’s service. Am I a pastor? Not even close. It’s Sunday, right after lunch.
2. I can relate to this Stormbringer: RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER
3. Ohio Cop Saves Infant's Life - POLICE Magazine
4. I want this! Did you know I have a flashlight fetish?
   The last flashlight you'll ever buy
   Unless you’re planning on patrolling the streets with your great grandchildren at your side, the Light For Life PC3.300 from 5.11 Tactical may be the last flashlight you ever buy
5. Really nice post by Colin Wee: Allowing Rank to Simplify Our World
6. Cool little post about Anderson Silva
7. Another tragic off-duty death. Call it in an move to safety. 
8. Officials: Soldier kills deputy, then self in Ga.
9. Yoga and Stretching Help Relieve Back Pain

 

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This is Just Stupid

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Sometimes, you just have to say, ‘natural selection’ and let it go. Breathe!

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A nice post on victim selection and the way we walk

Check out My journey to black belt: Victim selection: it's all in the way we walk!

Personal Information May Put You at Risk - Serial Rapist Knew Details

An interesting story this morning, "Serial Rapist May Be Targeting Texas Sorority Alumnae, Police Say"

PLANO, Texas –  Police are looking for a serial rapist who may be targeting sorority alumnae in at least three North Texas cities, where at least four women have been attacked in their homes by a man who reportedly claimed he knew personal details about his victims. 

The victims, all members of the predominantly black Delta Sigma Theta sorority, were in their mid-50s to mid-60s and all were attacked late at night in their homes, according to police. It is unclear if the women knew each other.

Salient details:

• All victims were members of the same sorority
• All victims are in the same age range
• During the attacks, "the assailant revealed that he knew personal information about his victims"
  

Ok, maybe it's just me, but do any of you see a commonality here? To me, it looks like this piece of scum has access to the sorority's membership list. What do you think?

As we give some thought to this, is it possible that too many people have access to our home addresses, phone numbers, etc? The story does mention "avoid being alone or posting information about their day-to-day activities on social networking sites." But why? It could be a factor, for example, people who have wide open profiles on social media (Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Google+) sometimes use the "check-in" feature and let the world know that they are away from their homes, or even when they are home - not smart. However, in this case, the rapist knews where they all live, and, likely, that they are home alone.

Who was Masahiko Kimura?

Check out this post at The Ground Never Misses on Masahiko Kimura, called "the greatest Judoka to ever live."

A few nuggets about him:

• Kimura became the All Japan Open Weight Judo Champion at age 20. He maintained this title for 13 years without suffering a single defeat during this period. 
• Defeated Helio Gracie in one of the most famous challenge matches in martial arts history, and one which caused Gracie to name the "Kimura" technique after his opponent.
• He was a badass!
  

Check out the post for more details. 
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Any thought on this? Bizarre Self-Defense

Sensei John Vesia at Martial Views brings up some good questions here. Check it out: http://bit.ly/sP2tGE

Please comment here or there.

Ramping up for a lot more posting

Tell all your friends! Comments are welcome!

Also, I'm gonna be off Twitter, but interact a lot on Google+ and Facebook.

And post from my phone little links and thoughts. Like this.

Nathan

Great Pursuit Solution via the BlueSheepdog.com Newsletter

I just read my second (I think) issue of the BlueSheepDog.com newsletter, and saw something very cool. Wonder how you can improve the chances of catching the bad guys and reduce the chances of losing contact? All while reducing the chance of injury or death? Well, the newsletter highlights a great one:

StarChase Pursuit Management System

Who doesn’t like playing tag or cops and robbers?  When you combine the two games, you have a serious solution proposed by StarChase to a serious problem.

The StarChase Pursuit Management System “tags” a suspect vehicle fleeing from law enforcement and leads authorities to the vehicle by the use of real-time GPS tracking, thereby minimizing the risks of a high-speed pursuit.

A great idea, and if it reduces the chance of injuries to officer and innocent third parties, it may be a great solution!

If you’re in law enforcement, or a related industry or occupation, check out BlueSheepdog.com

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