11 Days of Remembrance
11 days of remembrance Day 1, 11 Days of Remembrance It’s been over 100 years since the start of world war 1 ‘The Great War’ And it is appropriate to reflect on the millions of casualties. This was suppose to be the war to end all wars and when you see the sheer numbers of […]
Hit the bloody pads
HIT THE BLOODY PADS!– HARD – Not too long ago, at one of my seminars, a question was put to me by a boxing coach, or maybe he was making more of a statement rather than a question. The question went something like this, “why do you want everyone to hit the focus pads so hard, […]
the Martial Arts Habit
the martial arts habit DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD MAGAZINES? YES.. the old Black Belt Magazines, Inside Kung Fu and their articles or the ones in Combat Sports Martial Art Magazines and the European Budo magazines, where we read about the world of oriental Self-defense and martial arts. You might recall those publications being on […]
It’s only a Mistake if
it’s only a mistake.. if you don’t lean from it! It was a long time ago I ventured into the world of wanting to be a warrior. From reading about the Spartans to knights, and the martial arts of the ninja to Samurai as a kid that got me into physically training and later WWI and […]
Getting Started again
GETTING STARTED– AGAIN – Since we’ve spent a year now facing the challenges of training through this Pandemic what a lot of you are telling me is, you’re becoming frustrated and losing focus with training on your own. You’re telling me you are not making any progress and the strides you had gained in overall […]
Wolfes Combatives is Dark?
GETTING STARTED– AGAIN – Since we’ve spent a year now facing the challenges of training through this Pandemic what a lot of you are telling me is, you’re becoming frustrated and losing focus with training on your own. You’re telling me you are not making any progress and the strides you had gained in overall […]
Use Of Force a Conversation
USE OF FORCE Here is a conversation I get involved in a lot with police officers and their trainers regarding police training standards and in particular on the subject of police arrest and control tactics/use of force. Most of these inquiries stem from the USA but also Canadian, UK and German police members have been […]
the Pause
the pause [II] I was having a conversation with Geoff the other day. Geoff has done a lot of Thai boxing and MMA. He will freely admit to you he was a bit of a street fighter in his younger days and still does not take shit from anyone. Now in his mid 50’s he […]
CORE question 2
FEAR!?! After participants compete my 4-day CORE Course The second most common question they ask: “FEAR … why do we continue to address FEAR?” Why the subject of FEAR you ask? Because we spend a lot of time on CORE -addressing it – dealing with it – & hopefully giving mindful answers To – understanding it […]
CORE question 1
Why don’t more instructors teach this stuff? After participants compete my 4-day CORE Course The most common question they ask is, “Why don’t more instructors teach this stuff?”. And of course as you reflect on that question yourself it will be difficult to explain ‘this stuff’ to you if you’ve never taken CORE! I […]