Strength Rules by Danny Kavadlo
Danny Kavadlo needs little introduction. He and his brother, Al are traveling the world teaching bodyweight methodology and also publishing the material with a high quality standard that is missing in many other venues. His current, work, "Strength Rules" focuses less...
Armor of War: Frequently Asked Questions for FREE
This Ebook is absolutely free to you. It is basically answers to questions from clients all over the world about Armor of War. It provides alternative applications and clarification of methodology. Of course OWNING Armor of War first would help. It's only $10 dollars...
Drew Baye Wants Your Body
I just finished reading and absorbing Project: Kratos Bodyweight High Intensity Training by Drew Baye. I thoroughly enjoyed it. For those of you that don't know Drew, he's kind of like the Wolverine of HIT. He's the best at what he does. I became aware of his early...
Rage Against The Machines: The Baby and the Bathwater
Ever since man started using external resistance to improve strength, he has tried to improve the methods. More direct, more comfortable, simpler and effective. The use of "machines", to improve effectiveness is actually pretty old. However even though cables,...
Strong Medicine by Dr. Chris Hardy and Marty Gallagher
Let me say this book is pretty amazing. Within the compliment I have reservations. First off, it is over 600 pages. Not crappy, black and white photos of boys and girls in ill fitting active wear demonstrating sit ups,.. but charts, graphs, illustration on almost...
Rings of Power by Mike Gillette
Rings of Power is a book on using gymnastics or "still" rings to enhance strength fitness. It is written by Mike Gillette. I remember Mike from 'back in the day'. He was a regular contributor to mma.tv's "The Underground". He was also featured early in Threat Response...
EXPLOSIVE Calisthenics by Paul “Coach” Wade
Let me blunt at the start. I will probably not be doing much of the "Mastery" level of this book. However it is by far the best thing Dragondoor has put out in terms of content, thoroughness, art design, writing and entertainment. Explosive Calisthenics follows up the...
Ultimate Athleticism by Max Shank
First off, let's realize that Max Shank is a genetic stud. A lot of the time, those who win the genetic lottery need to not work hard or they are lousy coaches. I'll be blunt. Max is a HARD worker and he's a very good, articulate, coach. The Ultimate Athleticism...
What I Learned As A Stagehand That Applies To Life
The photo above is a view of the stage of Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach from the spotlight booth. I'm estimating I spent several hundreds of hours looking through that glass. From roughly 1980, starting as a bodyguard on the Miami based movie, "Absence of...
Abdominals: “Has anybody seen Richie?”
Richie Barathy, in the photo above was a practitioner of American Combat Karate. He had a background in Taekwondo and later found himself in the rough and tumble dojo of Nisei Karate founder, Frank Ruiz. This school was populated with the likes of Louis Delgado,...
The Movement/Lunge Pattern: Fitness and Combat
"Move, bitch!" -- Ludacris The above pattern or asterix is also a diagram for movement. In Indonesian martial arts, this footwork or stepping is called Langka. There is NO reason to debate this. If this pattern were shown to certain groups of martial artist.. they...
“I’m Easy To Find”
Several times, as with many people, I was threatened by someone online. Usually this is a silly disagreement, but the person just happened to irritate me and lived locally. I told them, "I'm easy to find". Truth is I am. Yet clients, friends, peers and associates...
“I Pity The Fool”
"Black and White Thinking", as defined by Wikipedia -- , "In psychology, a phenomenon related to the false dilemma is black-and-white thinking. Many people routinely engage in black-and-white thinking, an example of which is someone who categorizes other people as all...
When Did Bodybuilding Become a Negative Thing?
"Many trainers and coaches often claim they don't use bodybuilding concepts because they don't want their athletes to become like bodybuilders. We feel this view lacks common sense because anyone in their right mind knows damn well that doing some biceps curls and leg...
Arguing on Facebook and The Internets
"Who's the bigger idiot, the idiot or the idiot who gets fooled by the idiot?" -- Orson Welles In our current time, discussing subjects and ideas on Facebook or internet forums has replaced, to a large degree, the interactions that occurred in person. There is still...
How To Be Better Than You Are Now
Very clearly, years ago, I was reading the MMA.TV forums, called the "Underground". There was an area for Defensive Tactics specialist, Tony Blauer, of Canada to post to those interested. He repeated a methodology that he did not invent, but for some reason. when he...
It Ain’t The Weight
After the holidays there is a rush to, "lose weight". Almost everyone worries if they picked up extra poundage over Thanksgiving and Christmas. As if dieting in January, after those same old resolutions are made, has a different effect than dieting in July. The truth...
Please Fold!
While there are an infinite number of motions that the human body can attempt, the gross, common or main movements can be summed up in just a few. Dan John likes to summarize them this way. Upper Body Pull Upper Body Push Squat Hinge Weighted Carry My preference is...
