Martial Arts Magazine Budo International 298 October 2 fortnight 2015

"In order to continue I need to start all over again" Le贸n Gieco

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ith over 75 million inhabitants, Turkey has been a historical crossroads between Eastern and Western cultures and civilizations.

With a large diaspora of migrants worldwide (in Europe it must be highlighted the important Turkish community in Germany, with more than two and a half million people), the publishing of our magazine in this language, will probably have a remarkable transnational impact.

Internet, as a means of diffusion, permits now what it was impossible just a few years ago, a borderless dissemination of the free content of our magazine every month that now surpasses 360.00 readers. With 8 languages, ??and at least in 6 of them in which we've been editing the magazine for many years twice a month, our publications carry the message of the martial Masters (now and always) worldwide through networks.

I will not do on this magnificent occasion a eulogy of our magazine, or will I highlight as my own the achievement that represents editing the magazine in many languages, because I'm old enough to know that there are multiple factors involved in such occurrences, and which are not always attributable to the virtues of the person. We must admit however, because facts are stubborn, the reality that implies this novelty at the communications level: The Martial Arts world is changing because today, more than ever, students have the ability of coming into contact with information that in past centuries would be unthinkable.

Our web site www.budointernational.com houses more than 600 videos on five or six languages, of the

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best Masters in the world that can be downloaded with a single click at a bargain-priced. Our YouTube channel: videobudo, with more than 23,000 subscribers and 13,983,936 views, provides free video material to the martial community. On our website you can acquire equipment, books, etc., a dream for a young Alfredo Tucci, when in 1968 started training Martial Arts, without any information support beyond one or two books.

Nevertheless, we cannot ignore the downside associated with this facility. The information alone does not imply learning, because what Martial Arts provide to the formation of a person is not only a technical knowledge of self-defense, but the character building to individuals. And for all this, the presence and guidance of a good Master are absolutely essential.

Trying to summarize the huge martial heritage to knowledge of a technical nature is as stupid as ignoring that times have changed.

Masters today must update their position, because old formulas won't bring the same outcome as they did before. Some styles, as a result of all this, lie helpless as the paintings in a museum, tied to customs and anachronistic formulations, when the truth is that in their beginnings, they were innovative, adaptable and creative.

At the other extreme, those who see beyond the quantitative, give themselves to the "anything

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goes", perhaps ignoring the best and most distinctive quality of these practices that are as ancient as man, that is, man himself, his character, his honor and internal training of eternal values Whatever their position however, all of them have a place in our magazine. With the same respect and admiration, each month we will publish for you their teachings, opinions and messages, so that you can choose your own path, and that, be it whatever it is, learn to respect and appreciate that of your martial brothers around the globe.

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Reportage Nobody has ever exerted so much influence in the development of Martial Arts worldwide as Bruce Lee. I would even say that we can divide the development of Martial Arts in Asia in two major periods: before and after the era of Bruce Lee. Before he jumped to fame through the cinema in 1971, outside its country of origin, Martial Arts were only practiced by a small group of enthusiastic followers. The resounding success of Lee's films brought millions of people impressed and inspired by him to follow his footsteps and start practicing some kind of martial discipline, in a period that has been justly denominated the Golden Age of Martial Arts.

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Nearly 45 years after his death...

We have found the "murderer" of Bruce Lee

Reportage

Three years after the appearance of Bruce on the big screen "everybody was doing Kung-Fu", also influenced by the popular television series star ring David Carradine, and many dojos were opened worldwide.

One issue that has occupied the international martial community up to this day is finding the exact cause of the sudden and unexpected death of Bruce in 1973, a man only 32 years old and in superb physical condition.

So far all we know that he suffered a cerebral edema due to a concentration of fluid in the intracranial area, however conclusive explanation about the cause has never been given. This article will try to unravel the mystery and answer the eternal question of what killed Bruce Lee.

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n the eve of 45 years of his death, we found the "murderer" of Bruce Lee! At the beginning of 1971 Bruce rolled "Big Boss" in the jungles of Thailand under harsh conditions and in 1973 the famous "Enter the Dragon". In this period he was under a strong pressure that led him to the limit of his strength; he lost almost 18 pounds and physically was beginning to show real signs of exhaustion.

On May 10, 1973, he was dubbing the closing dialogues of Operation Dragon in the Golden Harves Studios of Hong Kong. It was a very hot and humid day and, further complicating matters, the air conditioning in the study had been turned off for easy dubbing. Suddenly, Bruce didn't feel well and left the studio. As he didn't return they went out to look for him and found him on the floor, in the midst of vomiting and seizures. He was immediately taken to hospital, where he worsened. He was diagnosed with an inflammation of the brain and he was given Mannitol to treat it.

After 1 hour and a half, Bruce regained consciousness, moved his eyes to the left and to the right and articulated some unintelligible words.

He finally overcame the episode, but only two weeks later he decided to go to America with his wife Linda to undergo some tests for 4 days in the

Reportage UCLA Hospital, after which, neurologist David Reisbrod concluded that Bruce had suffered a generalized seizure disorder for unknown reasons, and prescribed Dilantin. Although he scarcely weighed 137 pounds, he was found in perfect condition and he was discharged. Satisfied with the results, Bruce and Linda returned to Hong Kong, where he continued working on his film “The Game of Death�.

On July 20 of that same year, Bruce and Raymond Chow (his partner in the Concord producer and owner of Golden Harvest Studios) went to the Chinese actress Betty Tin Pei's house to

and decided to take him urgently to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he entered the ICU. There it was performed cardiac massage and he was administered a stimulating injection directly into the heart without success: Bruce Lee had died.

The autopsy revealed that the official cause of death had been a cerebral edema (excess accumulation of water in intra- or extra-cellular spaces of the brain) caused by an allergic reaction to the painkiller Equagesic.

On 24 September, after the trial, Mr. Egbert Tung established the final verdict: "accidental death".

sort out certain changes in the script of the movie.

Bruce was suffering a persistent headache and Lee Ting Pei gave him an analgesic (Equagesic). He lay down on bed to have a rest while his partner attended a meeting with actor George Lazenbay to discuss about his role in the film.

Throughout the after noon, Betty tried to no avail to awaken Bruce several times and contacted Chow who arrived around 9:30. Bruce didn't respond so they called a doctor who tried in vain to revive him

"Enter the Dragon" premiered a month later. With a budget of $ 600,000, the film proved to be a blockbuster that reached 200 million dollars revenue, becoming the highest grossing production in the history of cinema at that time.

The mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Bruce provoked all sorts of speculation and rumors about what had killed him: the Triads (Chinese mafia), a fight, a Dim Mak blow, overdose, poisoning ... were some of the theories that were revolving around.

Fatal allergic reaction to cannabis In Bruce's first episode, May 10 1973, neurologist Wu diagnosed him a brain edema and administered Mannitol, a rare medication to treat such illness. It's an osmotic diuretic, which is supplied mainly in cases of barbiturate overdose and to eliminate sodium concentration in the kidneys which is potentially lethal.

According to Dr. Wu's report, it was sodium concentration what had produced hypersensitivity to cannabis causing cerebral edema and seizures, a theory that was ratified by the Lee

family's doctor, Dr. Donald Langford, who also assured that in subsequent revisions to May 10 in which he had examined him, he had found him extremely tense. Dr. Langford also pointed out that Bruce was especially sensitive to alkaloids containing cannabis, so that the series of events that occurred the fateful day of his death would have occurred sooner or later.

In fact, Bruce consumed cannabis regularly (in chewing gum and leaves) and when he was hospitalized on May 10, they found lots of this substance in his stomach.

However, autopsy revealed

that at the time of death the amount of cannabis in the stomach was minimal. Those who support the theory of hypersensitivity to cannabis, claim that the immediacy of his transfer to the hospital on May 10 was the key to his recovery, while in the slow reaction on July 20, precious hours were lost and it favored the fatal outcome.

Severe dehydration Another theory suggests that the cause of death was a generalized infection due to a severe lack of water intake. It is known that, despite his hard

Reportage training program, Bruce didn't drink too much water; instead of that, he consumed a lot of Dou Jian beans juice (something similar to soy milk).

Human body requires a lot of water to survive, as it is the primary regulator of blood circulation, and intervenes actively in the filtration of potentially harmful substances to the body.

So when a sufficient amount of water is not consumed, consequences can be very serious. In fact, just our brain requires itself a 20% of our blood supplies to function properly.

Dr. Wu, provoked the poisoning of the "Immortal Dragon". On the other hand, his childhood friends from Hong Kong went further and accused his partner Robert Chow of poisoning him.

Others subscribe this view, pointing to the so-called Triads as the perpetrators of the poisoning.

Indeed, during the 70s it was common for movie stars pay their "tribute" to these Triads. Bruce refused from the start, so many believed it was a very "bad example" for the rest and, therefore, he had to be eliminated.

Poisoning

General weakening due to abuse of steroids

There are many people who support the theory of poisoning.

Robert Lee, his own brother, is one of them, and maintains that the supply of Mannitol during the episode of May 10, prescribed by

Other theories point to other causes. For example, Tom Blecjker, student of Lee and exhusband of Linda Lee, stated in his book, "Undeciphered Topics: life and death of Bruce Lee", that

from the sixties, Bruce took systematically hashish and anabolic steroids, which could harm him at a physical and emotional level, especially coupled with other factors such weariness to exhaustion and extreme levels of stress.

According Blecjker, the combination of all these factors precipitated his death.

Sudden death from epilepsy James Atkins launched this new theory, according to which Lee died of an acute epileptic seizure (called SUDEP) which was discovered in 1995 (22 years after his death). A devastating attack that involves generalized convulsions that cause sudden death by cardiorespiratory arrest.

Apparently, to suffer a SUDEP

attack the person must be epileptic, but it has been found that it can also happen to people under extreme stress conditions (prolonged sleep deprivation and severe levels of tension).

Conclusions Well, after listing all the arguments that have been put forward about the death of the legendary Bruce Lee, let's value each: 1. Starting with the official explanation, i.e., allergic reaction to Equagesic, its weakest part is the fact that on May 10, when Bruce suffered seizures, neither

had he taken nor was he prescribed this medication.

On the other hand, the analysis of May 10 and July 20 revealed the presence of cannabis in his stomach. So, was his hypersensitive to the substance what killed him? I personally support the argument of Dr. Ronald Teare, of London University, who said that the level of cannabis was so small that in any way could have caused an allergic reaction.

2. Let's talk about the theory of poisoning: At that time everyone knew that the relationship between Lee and

Chow had seriously deteriorated. Many people who witnessed the rolling of "Enter t h e D r a g o n " s a y t h e y w e re constantly arguing. In fact, in a letter that Bruce wrote to Run Run Shaw (the owner of Shaw Brothers, the largest film studio in Hong Kong), he openly d e c l a re d h i m s e l f e n e m y o f Chow, confirming the rumors of deep rifts between them. In addition, Bruce stated that he w o u l d b e a v a i l a b l e f ro m September 1973 to make a film with him and to this end he had a l re a d y made a promotional photo series for this studio.

Reportage Sources close to them say that days before Bruce's death, they held a heated discussion in which Bruce accused Chow of stealing him in the production company.

Throughout 1973, Bruce received many scripts for War ner Bros (the producers of the "Enter the Dragon"). It was also known that Bruce was planning to move with his family to live in the United States where, according to Jackie Chan, he was planning to start his own production company.

With all these data, could it be that Raymond Chow, fearing to lose "the goose that lays the golden eggs" and having to face a lawsuit for financial problems, decided to seal the mouth of Lee forever, poisoning him?

It could be but then, why in the court reports there's no mention of poisoning?

During the 70s, Hong Kong was well known for its corruption and the

supporters of this theory argue that medical reports could have been easily falsified through bribes.

My personal opinion is I do not think Chow murdered Bruce for the simple reason that no one would risk doing so after the May 10 episode.

3. Finally we will examine the latest theory: the SUDEP death. Let's return again to the May 10 episode in which Dr. Wu diagnosed that Bruce suffered a series of seizures in which alternated periods of contraction and relaxation of muscles, something quite similar to an epileptic seizure.

Moreover, the fact that the neurologist who treated him later in Los Angeles concluded that he suffered a convulsive disorder and prescribed Dilantin (a medication that is usually prescribed to treat epilepsy), seems to confirm the presence of some kind of hidden epilepsy.

Furthermore, we all know that muscle weighs more than fat. Well, the paradox is that the more muscle

Bruce built the more weight he lost. In addition, it is true that being in perfect physical shape doesn't necessarily mean being in good health. During his workouts he systematically burned more calories than he ingested, the result was the loss of all his body fat, his weight dropping to 62 kilos at the end of his life.

However, my personal opinion is that the "murderer" of Bruce was a SUDEP, with his personal assistance.

The combination of his grueling training program, an excessive intake of inappropriate liquid, missed rest and lack of sleep, the constant subjection to extreme levels of stress and the possible use of steroids helped SUDEP to do its job.

Still, perhaps it was best for him. Bruce hated the idea of getting old, so, dying in this way and at the summit of fame, the Little Dragon became immortal gaining eternal life in the hearts of his millions of fans around the world.

The work with this film is a primer in the difference between Kyusho and Dim Mak, as they are not based on the same targets. It is a continuation of the 6-Ji Hands and Iron Shirt study and films available through Budo International.

The 6 Ji Hands that are prevalent throughout an art called PangaiNoon or Uechi Ryu. It is one of the very few styles that contain and focus on these specific hand positions to get to the Deeper Tissue of the body.

This film shows the use of hands not as bludgeons, but rather daggers with the transitional torqueing type power utilized in the 6 Ji Hands* to properly use Kyusho‌ this is a missing facet in most Kyusho practitioners skill sets. 8 KO's (including compression and blood KO's).

In this DVD set, works the seemingly simple Sanchin Kata through 8 stages of fighting skill (a complete Martial System in one Kata with Iron Shirt methods as well).

DVD Vol.1: Basics, Arm Targets, Head Targets, Body Targets, DVD Vol.2: Leg Targets, Kyusho Grappling, Tuite, Kyusho Knife Defense

REF.: • KYUSHO 23

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Farang Combat

Farang Combat and the use of the dagger to push (Push Dagger) Within the martial style Modern Farang Mu Sul (founded by Grand Master Michael De Alba), using sharp weapons is paramount. Our great master, a highly recognized technician in using the knife, has developed a vast curriculum of techniques aimed at both the offensive and the defense of its practitioners. Within the Farang Combat we can observe, in a similar way to the aforementioned Farang Mu Sul, knife techniques that focus on using the dagger to push (Push Dagger).

Farang Combat

arang Combat has developed a number of techniques designed to be used at the attack and defense in a real and effective way. In its offensive area, Farang Combat has different attacking approaches, of which, the socalled "Hidden Knife", is one of the most important and impressive. In this offensive technique, the attack is surprising and fast, attacking at first the lower levels and using different areas of our body in combinations and then carry out the attack in an effective way.

According to historical information networks, the Push Dagger or, literally, "dagger to push" (aka: "Push Knife", "Gimlet Knife" or "Fist Knife") is a short-bladed dagger with a "T" shaped handle, designed to be wielded in the hand so that the blade protrudes from the front of the fist, usually between the 2nd and 3rd finger. Throughout centuries, the Push Dagger has fluctuated in popularity as a weapon of hand combat for civilians and the military elite.

It is believed that the Push Dagger originated in the Indian subcontinent, and it's associated in principle with the Indian Katar or piercing sword of the sixteenth century. In America, in the eighteenth century, the knife was adopted by men and women of all walks of life both as a defensive weapon and as an article of daily use.

Politicians carried them in the state and federal buildings, including the United States Capitol. As a weapon of easy concealment, the Push Dagger was the favorite choice of civilians requiring a discreet knife that could be used for personal protection. It was a common city weapon during the 1800s, and it was usually kept slipped into a boot, hid inside a jacket sleeve, or hung from a vest button with a strap bonded to the knife leather case.

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During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Push Dagger also enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the UK and Central Europe, especially in Germany, where it was called Stobdolch or Faustmesser, meaning "Push Dagger". It is thought that the weapon was introduced in Germany in the mid-1800s by foreign sailors who visited the northern German ports. German silverware manufacturers started making national versions of the design, often set in silvered nickel supports. The Stobdolch was sold mainly as a defensive weapon for travelers, vendors and other people who required a compact and discreet weapon. The Push Dagger continued to be sold in Britain and Europe until the late nineteenth century, when the combination of more efficient police troops and the availability of low-cost small fire weapons caused a substantial decrease in the sales and the use of the Push Dagger and other types of special knives to fight or defend oneself.

During the 1980s new versions of the Push Dagger concept were produced by a variety of specialized cutlery manufacturers, that continue being marketed as tactical or selfdefense weapons, especially in the US. The laws of many countries and several US states and cities prohibit or penalize to a certain extent the acquisition, possession, carrying or selling of Push Daggers or knifes with a hilt of brass knuckles.

KICKS IN MARTIAL ARTS - Part 1 In this space, especially dedicated to the study of kicks in Martial Arts and other contact sports, we will discuss the particularities for their application in different styles and the way individuals should begin preparing themselves, depending on their own morphology, physiology, sex, age, etc.

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arrying out kicks, maneuvers, combinations, mixed chains (fists and legs) and other specialties on the matter, is what really confers "attractiveness, beauty or show" to any martial artist worth his salt.

Fortunately, today we have very specific and deep studies about it. I remember in the past, and without going too far, when I started training Martial Arts, back in 1967, professionalism, training, research and statistical contrast were virtually nonexistent.

And what is worse, since it was just something so unknown and at the same time considered "vulgar" and for people with little education and low social status, there was no censorship, monitoring or legal control on the part of anybody or anything. So, in this way, anybody who was Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or simply had oriental features, opened a school or dojo, claiming he was a Black Belts or a Master of whatever art, and all he had to do was wait for people go through the box office. This has been happening in all the countries of the world and, regrettably, it still happens in some places even now, in 2015.

Without mentioning names, all those who know me and have followed my career will know immediately to whom I could be referring. My initial instructors forced us to perform wildly exercises and techniques and they didn't give a damn whether you got injured in the attempt, you broke a bone or you achieved it. Kicking, according to them, was: "Come on, stronger, higher, stronger, faster and higher!" without a previous scientific preparation or demonstration by those who had never sweated their "Gi" and limited to direct verbally our workouts, without moving too much not to wrinkle their suit. To think that there are still fools who defend

Kenpo

“Carrying out kicks, maneuvers, combinations, mixed chains (fists and legs) and other specialties on the matter, is what really confers "attractiveness, beauty or show" to any martial artist worth his salt.�

them and seek explanations for what doesn't have any! To me they were shameless opportunists of the years of our ignorance and hobbies, charlatans or manipulators who established "economic empires" at the expense of those of us who worked with enthusiasm and devoted ourselves body and soul to something in which we believed.

Fortunately, in those days I was young and I was personally accompanied by a tremendous guardian angel and by my own genetics. Today, both are next to me, thank God. I still get injured at every step, as a result of the above. The good thing was that both my genetics as my own youth helped me recover faster. But also, as you can imagine, there were many who abandoned temporarily or gave up forever.

I am one of those who are convinced that everything is possible, but with "order and method", with perseverance, patience and knowledge. Otherwise, something that could give us great satisfaction, can turn into a vehicle of frustration and create us a complex forever, believing that Martial Arts, or in this case the art of kicking, is not for us, we are not good for it or we don't have qualities or the right to do it, because it's something reserved for a few "chosen ones".

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, (1992) I met Grandmaster John Rhee, (Jhoon Goo Rhee), introducer of Tae-Kwon-Do in the United States (1950), as well as creator of the first Full-Contact protections and instructor of many Famous... He was born on January 7, 1932, in South Korea. I attended an intensive seminar that he directed, where he confessed that he hadn't been able to achieve a complete muscle or joint elongation until one day, at the age of 59, that he decided to attain it‌ and he did! And right there, in front of everybody, he made a big demonstration of his skill that shocked us all, which corroborates that actually there is no limitation of age, sex or race. It's all about setting the objective and following the right steps, with discipline, effort, patience and perseverance.

Historically, in my personal practice, in my teachings, seminars or even writings, I emphasize the importance of first achieving a great physical preparation. It is the basis of

Kenpo everything, regardless of the style or the objectives pursued. To be effective, what commands first is our physical body. We then prepare intensively all our arsenal, through discipline and order in our training.

It is not enough to "believe" that my movements are beautiful, aesthetic or fast in the mirror or in the air. What really counts is if at the time of striking an object, either a bag, a pao, a makiwara or even an opponent, my technique is effective or conversely I end up hurting myself.

In this process, warming up before we start training techniques is essential. Our goal is preparing our heart, muscles, ligaments, joints, so they can withstand the enormous effort they are to perform. With a good warm-up we activate our metabolism, which protects our health saving us from possible injury.

It also improves intramuscular coordination. So friends, I recommend that you pay much attention to the initial phase of warming up. Its content and duration is something you have to set by yourself, depending on the time available for each workout and the type of exercises you have thought about to perform.

It is also important to mention that both before and after training, is very healthy to carry out some stretching exercises. This provides a bigger flexibility and readiness for action to our muscles. Every time we stretch, we avoid discomfort in our joints and facilitate a faster oxygenation of our muscles. I'm sure you've heard from trainers that when, for example, you feel pain in the calves, thighs or back, you should perform stretching exercises in the affected areas. By doing stretching exercises you heat the area, then you relax and stretch again, and in just a few minutes you begin to feel relief. This is because you have unblocked the area of ??pain, perhaps affected by a natural contracture due to overtraining, or by a blow or something similar. When you warm up, stretch and then relax; in this way your energy begins to flow again, curing, healing and soothing in its wake.

For optimal stretching exercises, it is necessary to start stretching in a slow and fully controlled way. Don't do pulling or force the area, and don't do rebounds or

exceed your own pain threshold. Pain warns. It warns of possible fiber breakage, for example, which, despite being microscopic, produces great pain or discomfort, usually slow to heal depending on the extent of the damage.

I use a lot the Stretching methods that consist of tension (to heat the muscle), relaxation and extension and so on. In doing so, you'll notice that you are gaining greater stretch on each repetition. Tense, and when you feel it decreases, continue to push a little more. Breathing, like in everything, is very important. Breathe deeply. Breathing in and out correctly is very necessary. Ideally, tension should be applied when breathing out (exhaling). In this way you will be able to relax your muscles and therefore "stretching" will cost you less.

Be constant about stretching. You will see how gratifying is to feel your progress, and your constancy will take care of rewarding you. You can also perform only stretching sessions covering your whole body. This you can do a few times a week.

You will avoid injuries and results will come out before.

After training it is normal to have what is called "DOMS" (Delay Onset Muscle Soreness). If the pain they produce is mild, it is a good sign. It is said that the muscles only grow when micro ruptures of muscle fibers occur during our training sessions, thus our wise body then devotes to repair these damaged fibers, thickening them so as to resist the efforts to which they will be subsequently subjected.

To the question about whether you can train every day, the answer is: you can, but then you need to divide your training sessions. It is not advisable overtaxing your body or work the same muscle group two days in a row, because muscles don't grow during the workout, but in the regeneration phase, which can last up to about 48 hours.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION OF OUR STUDENT AND FRIEND NEL PÉREZ. Next month: "Elongation". The importance of joint mobility and stretching in the practice of physical activity.

The main emphasis of this DVD is edged weapon. Knowing and understanding all the dangers associated with any edge weapon.

The main theme in this DVD is establishing the priority.

The main emphasis of training with an edged weapon is knowing and understanding all the dangers associated with this type of weapon. All the “What if’s”, and “Yeah buts”, are all great for trial and error, and assuming predictability. The serious danger of edge weapons is real, and should be treated as such. This means where you should establish your training priority to be a survival tool, in the event this situation happens to you. Let’s face it, you are the one having to survive, not your trainer, helps you train your goals, not your objective. The training priorities I use in LatosaEscrima are as follows: reality, technique and drills. Reality: This is the understanding of exactly what could happen and the dangers when using or going against an edged weapon.

Techniques: These movements are trying to give you a generalization of possibilities, and probabilities of what may happen.

Drills: Most drills are used to develop and enhance body movement skills used in the technique application.

REF.: • LAT-3

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Jeet Kune do “In OLIVA Professional JKD Street Fighting, one learns: single stick, two sticks, Pananjakman (kicks below the waist), Dumog, Kina Mutai (gouging eyes, biting, pinching, etc.), and sparring in order to complete the training�

Self Defense

In the tempestuous world of JKD and its surroundings, it is more than difficult to navigate with guarantees.

It isn’t that there aren’t schools and grades that can serve us as references, what happens is that not all the men in charge of them act with the same objectivity and are as impeccable, so that the ephemeral fame, or the good name, are easily lost in an environment that is, on the other side, so competitive and restrained.

Few instructors have surprised us at this publishing company recently as pleasantly as has Salvatore Oliva. His commitment and seriousness amply contrast with many others. And what to say about his technique, speed, and knowledge… this man has those attributes necessary for us to feel we can study with him… and learn besides! A long period with Paul Vunack created some magnificent foundations and a conceptualization that has been advancing, enriched with the criteria that offer reliable, precise and consistent work.

Self Defense Intelligence, organization, efficacy‌ all so necessary and desirable in any learning process, appear united in this young but expert Master, who has much to speak about and whose new work we are honoured to present to you.

In his last video on stick fighting, he introduces us to the world that he easily dominates and which will allow us to open our minds to unprecedented aspects that only stick distances can offer us, aspects that are nonetheless perfectly applicable to empty-hand combat. The defenses against stick are an essential part of this work; a video that will not disappoint the lovers of this subject.

It is necessary to point out the coming appearance of a magnificent book by the same author, of which we her e at the publishing office have already had notice and a preliminary copy; it is a magnificent book on Jeet Kune Do, for the moment only in German, but surely we will soon be able to have copies in other languages. It is a very well edited book and extremely interesting reading.

“Simplicity and effectiveness are the concepts that we employ each day in our quest and in our training�

Self Defense “The Professional Fighting System also includes the capacity to withstand situations with a great deal of psychological pressure.”

Professional Fighting System J.K.D. Stick Fighting “Authentic Self Defense is offered by many people, but very few can truly teach it. 100% effective, simple, and real. It is a functional, effective and professional system based on efficiency and on simplicity.”

What is the Professional Fighting System (PFS)?

Professional Fighting System is an effective fighting system especially aimed at law enforcement but also adapted for civilian use.

Simple and logical techniques offer defensive strategy that is easy and gets results. Such a professional perspective of fighting marks the difference of the winner.

Professional Fighting System (PFS Academy) is an organization with headquarters in Switzerland, founded by Sifu Salvatore Oliva. It deals with a professional system focused on hard and true fighting, that is, that it prepares us to defeat an aggressor in a real situation in the street. The system has been developed—and is always being updated—in order to reach the maximum level in the least amount of time possible. The Professional Fighting System also includes the capacity to withstand situations with a great deal of psychological pressure. In this sense, PFS is not another system based on tradition, rather an ultra-modern system with which one learns, in a short time, fighting

Self Defense

Self Defense

efficiency. Its secret is that it is based on natural reflexes of the body and it covers the four distances of combat.

The basis of the method is rhythmic movement, the student is not the slave of a fixed technique, so he or she can move freely, spontaneously, and creatively, and in this way respond adequately to the attack. The fighting work with stick is very important for the student to improve his techniques through better body coordination, strength, movement, sensitivity, rhythm, reaction ability, explosiveness, and self-confidence. To learn the system, it is not necessary to have a lot of stamina or uncommon strength.

JKD Stick Fighting Philosophy OLIVA Professional Fighting System Philosophy and, in this case, especially JKD Stick Fighting, is a professional fighting system.

JKD Stick Fighting is effective in defense as much as in attack.

Techniques that do not offer absolute efficiency are not found in the learning program. This is one of the pillars of the teaching, emphasizing this aspect.

The Professional Fighting System consists of two parts: Self Perfection and Self Preservation.

The difference between those two terms is that Self Preservation is the practicing of street-fighting.

Different fist, elbow, knee and even head strikes are used, which is to say, techniques that can put the rival out of commission in the minimum time. On the other side, one learns Self Perfection, that is, breathing, movement, rhythm and philosophy (the heart of the Martial Art, the art in and of itself). Through exercises with partners, the student learns to develop Self Perfection and Self Preservation. It is very important that one does not merely develop one attribute, but all of them.

Self Defense

JKD In OLIVA Professional JKD Street Fighting, one learns: single stick, two sticks, Pananjakman (kicks below the waist), Dumog, Kina Mutai (gouging eyes, biting, pinching, etc.), and sparring in order to complete the training.

My objective and the philosophy of JKD Stick Fighting are to prepare all the students with the tools necessary to survive facing any kind of attack. I teach simple and real techniques for self-defense so that my students have the possibility of using them in dangerous situations. Every situation is distinct, but the defense procedure or the technique used are always the same.

Some examples: first situation in a pool hall. A man has had too much to drink, and, using his stick as a windmill, and he comes dangerously close to you. What should you do? How does one defend oneself? Second example: an underground parking lot at night. You notice two big men approaching you, one of them with a baseball bat. How do you react? How do you defend yourself? Very easy: you have to employ real, logical and efficient moves. In my video one can see some of the principle techniques that offer the appropriate method in order for the defense to develop advantageously.

The abovementioned situations can happen on any day to any person. This is the reason why I teach JKD Stick Fighting. Each person should learn how to defend himself facing said situations.

“Simplicity and effectiveness are the concepts that we employ each day in our quest and in our training.”

The JKD Stick Fighting Program In our JKD Stick Fighting Program, basic techniques and fundamental techniques are learned. The advanced student has the possibility of training through sparring. This sparring has nothing to do with the known full and half-contact exercises because we in JKD Stick Fighting employ knees, elbows, heads, fingers, shoulders, holds, throws and ground fighting. In the first months, the beginners do a lot of step work combined with single stick and two stick techniques, as well as empty-hand. In order to get speed, stamina, and coordination, with the aim of entering into the short distance as soon as possible, it is extremely important to dominate said attributes because only in this way can one dodge all attacks at once. All the tactics employed in the fight and the tracing of the steps are the same, independently of the weapon used. These techniques also influence empty-hand fights, whose figure is called Tatsulok (triangle, in English). In JKD Stick Fighting, there are three distances: - “Long Hand” for long distance.

- “”Sumbrada” for medium distance (employing fists, low kicks with the objective of striking the tibia, knees, ankles, and the genital area).

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“My objective and the philosophy of JKD Stick Fighting are to prepare all the students with the tools necessary to survive facing any kind of attack.�

“In a confrontation, the one who wins is not the one with the prettiest techniques, but the one with the best conditions.�

Self Defense - “Close Quarter Combat Range,” also called “Short” or “Punyo” for hand-to-hand combat. Here one employs elbows, head strikes, fingers, shoulders, throws, strangulations and bites. The ends of the weapon are used often because normally one can’t use its full length of the weapon.

In all the distances of the training program one employs the “Humbok” principle (“To flow like water”) to adapt oneself to changes. In order to use the distinct tactics, one learns the long distance with stick and knife at the beginning (“Long Hand Range”). The second step is training at medium distance (“Sumbrada Range” or “Medium Range”), and at the end, one learns hand-to-hand fighting (“Close Quarter Combat Range”).

JKD Stick Fighting is a system with offensive and defensive techniques, utilizing diagonal steps in the shape of a triangle, as is common in the majority of the Filipino styles. JKD Stick Fighting uses the outline of the triangle for the “Short Range”, passing the opponent or enveloping him to get an advantageous position.

Why is JKD Stick Fighting so effective?

JKD Stick Fighting is so effective because its movements are real, logical, and based on natural reflexes, offering the possibility of learning it in the least time possible.

Independently of the angle of attack, one principally uses three defense techniques (elbow strike, knee

strike, head strike) in the appropriate combination, reaching maximum effectiveness. The efficacy in fighting is based on these basic techniques, that is, on simplicity and continuous action.

JKD Stick Fighting is survival fighting against one or various armed aggressors at any distance, which is to say, real street-fighting. Effectiveness in JKD Stick Fighting means action that is fast, direct, hard, and definitive. The practicality of JKD Stick Fighting is based on the fact that the majority of street confrontations begin at medium distance (“Medium Range”) or short distance (“Close Quarter Combat Range”) and the respective techniques keep just these distances in mind. The best thing is that it is not necessary to be knowledgeable in other Martial Arts or contact sports. Age, sex, weight, and physical characteristics are secondary. The program that you can appreciate in the third video is based on real, short, precise, and most all, logical movements, with simple execution at maximum speed, fluidity, and full power.

Our objective is to offer a professional fighting system with the aim of using it only in defense situations to end the aggression safely and as quickly as possible. We want to train people with practical abilities so that they can defend themselves or their families. I recommend the OLIVA Professional Fighting System and JKD Stick Fighting in full confidence.

“In a confrontation, the one who wins is not the one with the prettiest techniques, but the one with the best conditions.”

The Five Hidden Key Points that will improve your technique Text: Takahashi Oshihiro Photos: © www.budointernational.com

Are there magic formulas that improve one’s learning in the Martial Arts?

From the beginning of time, man he has dedicated his efforts to looking for shortcuts that make his path toward his prey or his goals faster and more effective. If by magic formulas we understand those which automatically and effortlessly make one improve, the answer is, of course, no. As the refrain says, “There are no shortcuts without work,” and this is a universal truth. But if by magic we understand that which allows us to jump forward, to advance up the hillsides shortening the way to the summit, the answer is yes, of course.

However, each evolutionary step has had a price attached to it. When you choose something, there is always a lot that you leave behind and to the side. But this is the adventure in living, the aim of the human being.

Many Masters point out that the joy is along the path, not at the end of it. Yet, one can enjoy the pleasure of the alternative routes along the path, and of course, the summit is always the summit, though this holds very diverse meanings for those who reach it. Let me explain: for some, the summit can be to reach invincibility, for other people to be able to defeat others (which isn’t the same thing!), and for fewer people, to go beyond combat itself, go beyond duality.

In this context, technique is an indispensable tool for all students. It is in and of itself a shortcut in order to reach excellence, but it is in the way of using it where we will find the hidden key points that will give us more effectiveness in our training.

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The Five Hidden Key Points that will improve your technique “Feeling the movement is not only to visualize it, but to do it in the same way that we integrate the sensations that accompany it.”

1. Interiorize the movement When we begin to practice, all students go through a stage of being disconcerted. The body doesn’t seem to respond to the mind; we emulated the movements that they teach us, we move the arms and legs thinking that we are doing the same as everyone else… but the mirror insists on contradicting us. During the process of basic learning, we divide (or at least they explain it to us like this) the movements in order to move on by dominating them step by step, and little by little we learn them. We put the letters together to make words and later we end up with phrases, until we can at last write a book. One of the most effective tricks during these stages is that of learning to interiorize the movement. To do that, one must learn to train alone, repeating the techniques with the eyes closed. We human beings are very dependent on our sense of sight for everything. By repeatedly cancelling it out, we can identify sensations that would in any other way take a long time to integrate into the group of signals that controls the brain in order to control the movement.

When a fist attack comes, it generates a series of contacts, of angulations of the trunk and the hips that give greater or lesser efficiency at their application. In hand-to-hand combat, the sense of touch is essential since one might not visually perceive what the opponent is doing while the bodies are entwined. A slight change of weight can lead to the anticipation of the next entrance in Judo, as much as a telegraphic look can do the same in a Karate attack.

Feeling the movement is not only to visualize it, but to do it in the same way that we integrate the sensations that accompany it. That information creates channels within the routes of our nervous system, highways, shortcuts, which save energy that in the end remain available to be used in the form of power and speed, or what is even more important, in the form of attention to the thousand and one variables and situations that can provoke our opponent.

The continuous practice with the eyes closed will give wings to your technique, will make it more efficient, and especially, sober. Combat is always an entropic situation where the one who saves more winds up winning since the one who endures wins.

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“Mastery is always measured by the fluidity of execution, by the “complicated simplicity,” the natural efficiency of the practitioner.”

2. “No tension, no obstruction” The learning processes always suppose great wear and effort. This usually happens to the extent that at not knowing which muscle groups one must utilize, one ends up tensing all of them. Mastery is always measured by the fluidity of execution, by the “complicated simplicity,” the natural efficiency of the practitioner.

If from the beginning you eliminate tension, you will be saving a great deal of energy and probably injuries as well. Let’s take the example of an elemental technique like the front kick: in the first part of the technique, one must use the muscle groups in the front part of the legs, the quadriceps. In this moment, all tension in the antagonistic muscles, iliacus, will obstruct your action; only at the moment of complete extension should they be tense. When practicing, by using the minimum levels of tension necessary to move our extremity, we will slow down the movement; that will allow the brain to understand a complete series of implications from the rest of the body in the process. If, furthermore, we do it with the eyes closed, we will take multiple advantage, we will “feel” how our weight moves over the support leg, how the hip rises, how the trunk counter-poses our action (any other way we would fall to the floor), how the feet muscles stretch. So, concentrate on not tensing.

As in almost everything in life, our greatest enemy is ourselves. When we focus on not tensing, we stop interfering negatively, we save energy and we discover with little effort that which would take a lot longer any other way.

Contrary to the old proverb of muscle builders, “No pain, no gain,” the martial artist should say, “No tension, no obstruction.”

The Five Hidden Key Points that will improve your technique “When we train a technique in a position distinct from that which we are later going to use it, we give the central computer a chance to center its attention on only one part of the execution phases.”

3. Train the techniques in diverse positions Why learn how to strike with a fist standing if you can do it sitting?

During the learning process, the principle of “divide and conquer” is undoubtedly one of the essential strategies.

When we train a technique in a position distinct from that which we are later going to use it, we give the central computer a chance to center its attention on only one part of the execution phases. I understand that one might feel a little ridiculous kicking while lying on the floor, or squatting, or holding onto the wall, but in each one of these positions we are isolating the principle muscles that will intervene in the technique when we apply it while standing up.

By doing this, we can concentrate much more adequately on achieving a correct application of point number two of this article, becoming real misers with our energy. Generally speaking, one then discovers the uselessness of tensing muscles groups that in the end only act as accessories in the execution of the techniques, modulating its execution instead of intervening directly, groups that the neophyte tenses inadequately, reducing speed and, as a consequence, power.

The same thing is true when at putting ourselves in a different situation from the normal one, we question the balance in a distinct way, storing data that will allow us to evaluate and manage the compensatory movements that each technique implies in the areas that are not directly involved in the execution of each technique.

Breaking the routine in training always opens new perspectives, conscious and unconscious, which will allow us to accelerate the learning.

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The Five Hidden Key Points that will improve your technique “Seeing things from different angles offers the brain a chance to reconsider and confirm what has been learned, it gauges your abilities and generates firm support so you can be creative.”

4. The world in reverse!

Following this powerful key point already discussed of breaking with routine, I propose that you put the world in reverse. Make the attacks defense and the defense attacks. Do what you do on the upper parts of your opponent on the lower, change your right for the left, your left for your right. Turn the world upside down!

When one practices a defense technique as an attack or the contrary, one is exploring the “dark side” of the same thing, closing the circle in the mind and betting on versatility. Rapid techniques executed slowly, the slow ones executed quickly, make the circular straight and the straight circular and the range of options is almost infinite when making paradox your ally.

Seeing things from different angles offers the brain a chance to reconsider and confirm what has been learned, it gauges your abilities and generates firm support so you can be creative. If your favorite combinations begin with the arms and end with the legs, do it the opposite way; if first you try to throw forward to later take advantage of the defensive energy of the opponent going backwards, try the opposite combination; the least that will happen is that you will discover why these, and not others, are your favourites and perhaps you might even surprise yourself by surprising your partners with a creative vein that makes you disconcerting in combat.

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“Attacking with the power of a wave breaking on the beach, striking like a lightning bolt, moving like a cat, stretching like a crane, sliding like a cloud, wrapping the opponent up like a gust of wind, strangling him like a boa constrictor…”

5. Observe nature. Apply each thing in combat “The theory is seen in the practice” says the ancient proverb. A technique that isn’t contrasted with itself in combat, like the knife that isn’t used, will never sharpen.

The best techniques are those which arise from the result of pressure that the skill of a training partner exercises. When one grows tired because he always enters with the same combination, one must begin to visualize the collection of actions that will neutralize it, training it alone first, later with someone else, and finally applying it with our defiant partner to see whether it works or not.

In such a process, the purification technique reaches its greatest level of excellence; reality is always the hardest test with which we check ourselves and Mastery always arises from continuously rubbing up against it. Its arguments are always incontestable, for nature, the ultimate reality, is the only Master that never makes a mistake, for that it has always been a source of inspiration for budokas the world over.

Attacking with the power of a wave breaking on the beach, striking like a lightning bolt, moving like a cat, stretching like a crane, sliding like a cloud, wrapping the opponent up like a gust of wind, strangling him like a boa constrictor… the examples are well known but to penetrate their mystery there is only one path: to train and train and train… and later… to train more, so, good training!

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ain is the best teacher – this has been said to me many times - you have wisdom - I can only smile in pain as I know the price I had to pay for that knowledge and wisdom. As time went on I decided that I should write about some of my experiences in an attempt to share some of what I have learned.

Growing up in the holy land of Israel I have seen many people die, murdered daily by terrorists. As a kid I remember the "Fadayun", the names keep changing over the years as "Patah" - PLO - Hamas – Hizballah. Today we see the same actions under the names of Al Qaeda and ISIS - ISIL murders.

I have decided to carry the flag of love and peace worldwide in an attempt to teach my knowledge and my pain. I served with the number one unit to counter terrorism, fighting the evil of terrorism.

One day a family member called me a murderer during dinner as she was very left wing and I could only smile in pain. As if happens a few years later we met again after the loss of her best friend in a terrorist attack and she told me that we should kill them all. I smiled again in pain but this time I said no, as it’s not the way.

I explained to her you cannot light the darkness with more darkness, only with light. If we continuously go about exchanging an eye for and eye then we all will end up blind. I’m not a murderer and my friends are not murders.

As an example I will tell you a story about my unit, one of the paramedics had resuscitated a terrorist who had opened fire on civilians. During the incident in question we had to return fire and he was subsequently wounded so we gave him emergency first aid and saved his life. The terrorist was sent to trial and brought to justice but he was unaware of the story of the man who saved his life...

As it happens the paramedic’s father was a legend in the army. Unfortunately one day a group of terrorists, members of the PLO crossed the border and attacked his home, taking his mum and family hostage, unfortunately though they were all killed in the army assault. They died though by the orders of Yasser Arafat, the PLO leader.

The paramedics

“One day a family member called me a murderer during dinner as she was very left wing and I could only smile in pain. As if happens a few years later we met again after the loss of her best friend in a terrorist attack and she told me that we should kill them all.”

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“No, we are not murders.

We carry the flag of love and peace and only someone who has been in war knows the price for love and peace.�

father insisted that he would be first though the door during the attack on the terrorists. At the time the paramedic was a baby and only survived thanks to the quick thinking of his mum who hid him in a washing machine when she heard the terrorists breaking down the door. He later grew up to become a member of the top counter terrorist unit in the world.

No, we are not murders. We carry the flag of love and peace and only someone who has been in war knows the price for love and peace. We don't fight because we hate the one in front of us, we fight to keep the one whom we love behind us safe. Warriors don't fight because they hate who is in front of them but because they love who is behind them.

This bit of wisdom I share today is to teach people worldwide how to deal with conflicts and ultimately improve their quality of life.

On a final note I am reminded of a story I once heard about an old man. Late at night some children were

making lots of noise outside his bedroom while he was trying to go to sleep. He decided go outside and talk to them but he knew if he shouted at them the children would only make more noise.

So he asked the children if they would make as much noise as possible he would give them some money. But only on the condition they make as much noise as possible. Week after week the children came around and made as much noise as possible until one day the old man told them I have no more money. So the children proclaimed “No money no noise”...

Sometimes the solutions for noise is wisdom and this what my team leaders worldwide bring to the public.

Friendship, wisdom, love and peace is the best knowledge we can share. If my knowledge was printed in a book it would be written in an ink of blood, sweat and tears.

My strength didn't come from lifting weights, my strength comes from lifting myself up every time I was knocked down.

“Sometimes the solutions for noise is wisdom and this what my team leaders worldwide bring to the public.

Friendship, wisdom, love and peace is the best knowledge we can share.”

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INTERVIEW WITH MASTER MARTÍN GARCÍA MUÑOZ Normally, our reencounters with old acquaintances along the paths of life turn out to be very rewarding opportunities, as they bring us back emotional memories of past stages that we had let fall into oblivion.

"If you want to leave an indelible mark in your passage throughout this world and life, be always honest, sincere and humble. Make sure that everything you do, say, think and feel stems from your heart and try not to hurt anyone. It is best to always leave traces of love and understanding instead of wounds or scars. You will always be remembered, loved and respected for all that. In other words, you will die with honor and satisfaction."

Introduction of Master Raúl Gutiérrez López

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Interview Every day we meet new people, we live new emotions and we continue to strive to achieve our dreams. Often we also meet again with beings, friends or relatives from the past. If we have left that mark printed in them, and we haven't caused them anguish and pain, then those encounters are comforting.

One of those great and simple emotions is what I have often been experiencing over the last few years in my way throughout life. In other words, I feel a great satisfaction every time someone, from anywhere in the world, contacts me by phone, email or personally, to manifest his or her esteem, affection and gratitude for something I did well in the past for him or for her. This is something that we often ignore or we simply don't realize how important it really is for every

“Law enforcement agents need to be highly trained in all relevant areas for a better performance of their professional duties.�

human being. However, it's one of the measures that disclose us whether we have been good people or not. Being consistent with our principles, behavior and actions is much more important than many people believe.

In my personal experience, most of those constant flatterers, those who "seem to be most faithful", or at least that's what they try to make us believe, are always the first to "fail themselves". As we all know, love, respect, admiration and true friendship, are only seen over time, and not at the moment that someone tells us. Those who less or nothing had promised me, are those who, in the longer term, have showed me their real and sincere affection. And they have proved to be those who really deserved my friendship and did what I could ever have expected

of them. And simpletons who were constantly patting me and talking about how "others" complicated their lives and acted irrationally, were those who eventually ended up by rebelling themselves in their own egotism, infamy and disloyalty.

This time I want to present to you a person who was by my side at some point in my recent past, and to whom, as fate would have it, I recently "reencountered". He is an enthusiastic man of life, lover of martial arts and police training, among other things. A person whom, like everyone, you must know and try to discover his true essence. We know that we all give a "wrong or true" image of ourselves in our first meeting. It all depends on our mood at the moment, the clothes we are wearing, how we smell and the way we communicate. And that

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A few months ago we held a first Professional Police Self Defense Course in La Herradura, Granada. Specifically o n S a t u rd a y 9 M a y 2 0 1 5 .

Masters and Instructors such as D a r í o C a s t ro D í a z ( M a d r i d ) , Martín Luna Verón (Tenerife), Osvaldo Gasparetti Genre from Argentina, and Mónica Couto from Portugal were invited. The course, chaired and supervised

by Raúl Gutiérrez, president of IPSA, was attended by people of Andalusia (Granada, Málaga, Marbella), Madrid, Portugal, etc.

And as it was to be expected, there were many whom I knew, others that I had never seen

b e f o re , a n d t h e re w e re a l s o some people that I had "halfforgotten by the passage of the years." This was the case of my special reencounter with Master Martín García Muñoz, a person, a friend, a companion in our life and martial way. We shared the course, meals and subsequent talks. We recalled the old good times, situations of the time, mutual friends, etc.

After that we have reconvened several times, sharing in family and making plans for present and future. Thanks to these meetings, I realized in more detail about the values ??of friendship, enthusiasm and generosity.

Because of that and much more, I decided to interview him exclusively for Budo International.

I offered the project to Mr. Alfredo Tucci, who gladly accepted the idea and here it is.

INTERVIEW: Budo International: At what age did you begin your training in martial arts, where and what style?

Martín García Muñoz: I started at the school of Andorra la Vella when I was nine years old, with Judo, which was already taught along with gymnastics.

B.I.: What was the reason that led you to explore the Martial Arts world?

M.G.M.: I always liked action. I started playing cowboys and Indians and I loved Martial Arts ever since I discovered them. I have lived in Almería, and everybody knows that the place has been, and still is, the filming spot of many great movie productions, especially in the time of the so-called "Spaghetti Wester ns" and other American films. The first black and white documentary was filmed there, in 1940. One of the most popular

Interview worldwide films, for example: "For a Few Dollars More", directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria VolontĂŠ, Mara Krupp and Klaus Kinski, was also filmed in AlmerĂ­a in 1965.

B.I.: What styles have you practiced until the present day?

M.G.M.: Judo, Karate, Kung Fu, Wu-shu, Boxing, Taekwon-Do WTF and ITF, Thai Boxing and Kick Boxing. My passion for contact sports and Martial Arts has always led me to take an interest and care in all of them that are within my reach. Because, not looking for anything in particular, I am convinced that each and every one of them have a positive side in various aspects of assessment, whether at a technical or sports level, in self-defense and mainly in the benefits they provide us physically, mentally and spiritually, although the latter is a continuously repeated phrase, simply because it is so.

B.I.: Do you dedicate your spare time to other hobbies or profession?

M.G.M.: I have my own business, but I try to devote as much time as possible to training, teaching and to my personal development, also to share with my family, students and friends.

B.I.: Do you think that all styles are practical, good and effective?

M.G.M.: Well, as I said before, there are some Olympic sports such as Judo, Boxing and TaeKwon-Do which, obviously, have their own censorship and limits on a sporting level.

Nevertheless, they provide us with expertise in different fields, distances and technical applications, even though in principle, they are recognized as sports. Martial Arts, Karate, Kungfu, etc., submit us to a bigger perfection in technique, aesthetics, coordination, speed, strength, etc., searching to best express the art in question. So all depends on what each practitioner is trying to achieve, be it exercise, health, self-defense, competition, losing weight, meeting people...

B.I.: What Masters have impressed you or caused you a greater admiration among the ones you have met until today?

M.G:M.: This is also like the previous question.

Each Master is good at his sport or art. If they have achieved titles and grades, it's only because all of them have come to excel in their own field.

There are good instructors, good specialists and good masters.

B.I.: Among Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Tony Haa... which one you'd choose and why?

M.G.M.: Bruce Lee. Because he was a great martial artist and an actor. He had an impressive

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Interview charisma. A huge capacity of gestural and technical communication. And we all know that he was a man 20 or 25 years ahead of his time in his way of communication and evolution, both in martial arts and at a cinematic level.

B.I.: Is there a cutoff age to practice Taekwon-Do? M.G.M.: Taekwon-Do training has no limits. In the end, when we lack the strength, we can always practice it as Tai Chi, especially if we have been aware and serious in our training, avoiding injuries that are not only likely to happen in TaeKwon-Do, but in all the arts and sports existing in the world. We submit our body and mind at very high and sometimes complicated tests. Being a great athlete or martial artist requires a lot of suffering, hard training and being very conscious in the form.

B.I.: In your opinion, what is martial art where most injuries occur?

M.G.M.: Statistically I have understood is Judo, although it's no longer a Martial Art but a sport and, on top of that, of Olympic nature. But perhaps those statistics are also due to the large number of Judo practitioners worldwide. The more practitioners there are, the more injuries will occur. On the other hand, there are also all those barbaric full-contact disciplines that have emerged lately and that cannot be considered Martial Arts but modern contact sports, and they are really dangerous. What happens is that, being a minority, the high level of danger or injury in practice and combat is not statically perceived.

C.N: Have you ever been to Korea or any other Oriental country, Japan or China?

M.G.M.: I had projected visiting Korea with my Taekwon-Do WTF Master, but I changed to the

ITF and it couldn't be possible. In any case, that trip to an eastern country is still pending.

B.I.: What do you think about that long and constant rivalry existing between them?

M.G.M.: I don't agree with rivalries of any kind. We humans believe that the human race is perfect, and maybe it's potentially so, but in our daily lives we are the most clumsy living creatures.

So many wars, so much misery, so much suffering, when, basically, we all have the right to live and try to be happy... I we only tried to avoid the suffering of our fellow human beings it's more than certain that we all would achieve to live with dignity and honor.

B.I.: What do you prefer, traditional Martial Arts, sports or defense?

M.G.M.: Traditional Martial Arts, because they involve a whole system of physical, technical, mental, spiritual and comprehensive training to achieve a healthier, balanced and strong existence.

B.I.: In your opinion, who is carrying out a pure and healthy work of Martial Arts in Spain?

M.G.M.: First the different specialized media for their contribution on the communication and diffusion of Martial Arts. And then, through these same means, we can observe the regular Masters, Instructors and specialists with many years of experience in teaching, disseminating and developing our arts and sports. They have been

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B.I.: In Europe, our Continent, which country do you think is more advanced in the areas of Martial Arts or contact sports?

M.G.M.: Holland, France and Germany. These have always been open to knowledge and development of all types of Martial Arts and sports, offering opportunities, supporting and soundly performing all activities, without rivalries or cheap politicking.

B.I.: What are your current styles, titles, and who has granted them to you?

M.G.M.: - Master 7th Dan of the Allied International Tae kwon-Do Council, awarded

by Grand Master Park Jong Soo, a pioneer of Taekwon-Do. - International Instructor 6th Dan of the International Taekwon-Do Federation ITF. - International Master 7th Dan of Self-Defense of the Spanish Federation of Martial Arts (Federación Española de Artes Marciales FEAM).

- International Master 7th Dan of the Madrid Wrestling Federation (Federación Madrileña de Lucha).

- Self-Defense Master of the Judo Spanish Federation (Federación Española de Judo).

- Muay Thai 3rd Degree Black Belt of the Spanish Boxing Federation (Federación Española de Boxeo).

- Wu-Shu 3rd Dan Black Belt of the Spanish Judo Federation (Federación Española de Judo).

- International Police Instructor I.P.S.A.

C.N: Do you wish to add something in particular?

M.G.M.: Yes, I would like to thank all the masters I have had throughout my career and, in particular, GM Park Bok Kil of the Taekwondo WTF, GM Mario Pons of Taekwon-Do ITF, Thomas Mendez (may he rest in peace), Roger Paschy, GM Master Raúl Gutiérrez and Master Juan Ferrando. And finally, my martial brothers Master José Miguel Martínez Valenzuela, Master Juan Martínez Valenzuela and Master Rafael Castro, for those tough but fruitful training sessions that we have shared for many years.

POLICE SELF-DEFENSE B.I.: Have you ever been linked to any area of public or private security, company or Police sector?

M.G.M.: During my military service, I was self-defense instructor of the Military Police of Madrid, and as a military cop I cooperated with the escort of King Juan Carlos in military actions in the area of Madrid.

B.I.: How and where did you start teaching police selfdefense?

M.G.M.: I have been teaching self-defense courses to the Guardia Civil (Civil Guard), National Police and Municipal Police for many years, as well as shooting courses for private security companies.

B.I.: Do you think that Police Legislation acts in favor or against the work of the law enforcement troops?

M.G.M.: Well, to a great extent, and after many years of research, development and updating on these issues, it does work positively, although, like in every law, there are still gaps to be filled, which often leave Police agents unprotected. In my opinion, State Security Forces should be able to exert a greater use of force; otherwise they will never be properly protected in dangerous or high-risk situations.

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B.I.: Are you devoted to teaching on a regular basis or just do it sporadically?

M.G.M.: Half regularly, I'd say, because of my lack of time for it. I collaborate, study, investigate, support and I remain in touch as much as I can.

B.I.: Do you have any project or intention of contributing somehow in favor of public and/or private Security Corps in our country?

M.G.M.: Yes. With the support and cooperation of my people and some sectors such as IPSA and Professional Instructors, we are trying to organize training and / or development courses that we can offer, at least in Granada and other Andalusian cities.

We will hold a first Professional Course of Police Defense in October 3, 2015, in Granada, conducted by Masters Raúl Gutiérrez and Dario Diaz Castro.

B.I.: What is Police Personal Defense to you?

M.G.M.: Something very necessary and highly worth supporting and protecting. Formerly, any martial art or sport was offered and served as a Police Self Defense method, until some veteran cops, who were experts in these materials, got together and began to carry out a profuse exchange and research

in order to design the most appropriate programs for each police sector, security or escorts. Raúl Gutiérrez, for example, was the precursor of these Police Training Courses in Spain, which began in 1982 with his first seminars at national and international level.

And he knows better than anyone else about this evolution and constant updating. His father was a "carabinero" (policeman, what we know in here as "Guardia Civ il") in Chile, his ho meland. T hat closeness and his personal contacts in the US, led him to study and graduate to bring us what today is increasingly useful and necessary.

B.I.: Do you think cops should have a bigger freedom of action in the use of what is called "Police Force"?

M.G.M.: Oh, yes. Cops are to be better protected and keep a short leash on offenders, who sometimes seem to have more rights than those who are there to protect us.

B.I.: What is your specialty within the range of subjects that are taught in police training?

M.G.M.: The application of various techniques of reduction and control. Handcuffing and transportation.

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“Cops are to be better protected and keep a short leash on offenders, who sometimes seem to have more rights than those who are there to protect us.�

Interview B.I.: What police agencies do you belong to in terms of promotion and development of the issues concerning the Police Defense?

M.G.M.: To the International Police and Security Association, IPSA, chaired and founded by Soke Raúl Gutiérrez, International Police Instructor.

B.I.: In what Community do you normally operate?

M.G.M.: In the Autonomic Community of Andalusia.

B.I.: Are there facilities and official aids for Police teaching?

M.G.M.: Well, they are very few - if any -, and they do not cover the real needs existing on the field.

B.I.: With regard to the various sections

of the Police instruction, in your opinion, what issues should be more available and in the domain of a cop, Legislation, Criminal Law, Defense Management, Handcuffing, Shooting...?

M.G.M.: Just everything.

Law enforcement agents need to be highly trained in all relevant areas for a better performance of their professional duties.

B.I.: Anything you want to mention, propose or highlight?

M.G.M.: The great work of the Master Raúl Gutiérrez in the world of Martial Arts and particularly in dissemination, research and development of Police Self-Defense.

B.I.: Thank you.

M.G.M.: Thanks to you for this opportunity. Thank you…

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Combat Hapkido

Size does matter‌ in pressure point fighting

By Master Mark S. Gridley

In previous articles I have shared practical advice on the application and integration of tactical pressure points as it applies to self-protection and combative applications. In this latest article my goal is to aid the reader in the art of target location while working with a diverse population. In my travels across the globe, I have been fortunate to train with a great variety of cultures and distinctive ethnicities, which has allowed me to make some general anatomical observations. I should reinforce that the goal in writing this is not to focus on stereotypes or structure tactics based on ethnicity. In fact, I would affirm through scientific research, that biologically humans are 99.9% genetically identical and that most anatomical differences are due to adaptation to environmental factors. You should instead understand that there are distinctive anatomical differences amongst our population and begin to utilize this knowledge throughout your training.

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he world is becoming more and more a population of diverse and mixed cultures. This allows us to experience an almost unlimited variety of gourmet cuisines, music, art, philosophies and beliefs. As martial artists, it has also opened us up to a plethora of culturally specific fighting styles and unique approaches to conflict resolution. While many systems or styles of selfdefense have a vast amount of similarities there are also some very specific differences. For example, a stick is very common in many martial arts, however the use of karambit (specialized reverse grip knife) is not so common

and is more cultural in nature. Many of the older classical systems were based on combative encounters with a similar sized race of inhabitants of a similar geography and the weapons of that era. A quick study of hoplology (arms, armor, and fighting tactics) and anthropology can validate this statement, however, in the modern area the popularity of eclectic systems are demonstrating their effectiveness as they can quickly adapt to differences in body types if learned and shared openly. For instance, the art of Combat Hapkido has been practiced across the globe and as a result of realistic training and actual application, it has and continues to evolve to meet the

Combat Hapkido needs of our ever-developing society. The use of tactical pressure points also evolves based on environment, culture, situation and the size and shape of the subject.

One of the key elements of utilizing pressure points is the correct location of these targets. In previous articles I have listed a number of other important elements and will focus on location in this feature. The effectiveness of a pressure point in a technique will be greatly impaired if the location is inaccurate. We select pressure points (acupoints) because they tend to lie between muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, or vulnerable pathways of nerves (or major nerve junctures/plexuses). Using these points as specific targets allows us to disrupt the energy and functioning of the body most effectively. These areas are very small when used by acupuncturists; they are only about the size of the tip of a ball point pen.

Luckily for us, they can be activated by stimulating about a “Euro� (25 mm) coin sized area near them. If you think about large muscles and anatomical structures as armor, it may help you visualize the targets as the small chinks in the armor. These are the areas of the body most vulnerable to attack and often are the least protected.

It is vital for your success in target activation that you fully recognize that each of us is different in some anatomical way or another, most often this is in size and build. The target location will vary slightly among individuals. Frequent training sessions with different training partners will help you develop and refine your sense of target locations.

A key conceptual difference is that in Westernminded sciences, a unit of measurement is standard and it is uniform without exception (for example an inch is an inch regardless how it is applied). This differs slightly in Chinese medicine, where a unit of measure is a proportional measurement that is intended to be based on the

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individual. Understanding this concept will help you to quickly locate targets by sight and feel versus the tendency to apply an exact standard, however, you must have a flexible mind to allow for this variation.

You will see the term “anatomical unit” (AU) referred to frequently throughout tactical pressure points training. We use this terminology to assist in accurately locating our targets.

This is what that language means: • An “AU” may also be referred to in Chinese medicine as a “cun” • The AU measurement will vary from person to person.

It is specific and proportional to each individual.

• One AU can be measured by the width across the distal knuckle of the thumb on that person or more specifically the width of the inter-phalangeal joint of the thumb is 1 cun.

A good acupuncture text such as Acupuncture a Comprehensive Text from the Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine or electronic media like QPuncture software can give you a definitive graphic resource or explanation. The Tactical Pressure Points manual was designed to simplify this study for you and includes full descriptions and illustrations of the targets as used in Combat Hapkido.

While the aforementioned information is accurate, it still does not accommodate for certain anatomical variances.

This is also why we advocate for the use of redundancy

and multiple targets in combination. The larger area an AU or cun is used to measure, the greater the degree or margin of error. When we research further into the development of this proportional measurement system we find that it is not so proportional after all. In fact in early Asian medicine is was quite standardized and specific measurement devices usually in jade were used by acupuncturists, of course they were designed based on the royal family or aristocrats of that period. When dealing with a similar sized population there is less variation so this works reasonably well, however, not so much when dealing with different shapes and sizes. This is why using the subject's AU works better than using your own AU or a different AU on someone else. In fact, there have been several articles submitted to professional acupuncture and traditional medicine societies questioning the suitability of using the “Cun Measurement System”.

It may work well as a reference for the beginning practitioner to begin learning, however it should not supersede hands on experience. For example, the target Lung 8 is located one AU proximal to the crease of the wrist.

In the event you are not getting a good response, simply adjust your position to slightly greater than an AU from the wrist. If you get a good anatomical and energetic response, than that is the location for that subject. You should use it regardless of the textbook description.

Experiential learning should modify the learning from texts if the desired outcome is achieved; think of this as complementing rather than conflicting. If you had not

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learned the general location from the manual it would have been difficult to make a slight adjustment for success.

I have experienced having to modify my target location based on where I am teaching or training. For example, in Finland I found the location of Lung 8 slightly higher than when I am in Panama. Of course the country wasn't the differentiator so much as the body type and specific adaptations to that climate. This was an experiential observation and far from an absolute truth. When training in most of Central Europe, I find it no different in point location than in the USA, however, I do find much more variation in the size and shapes of individuals. I was influenced to write this article for you based on observing others becoming frustrated with finding the proper location of a target. It is easy to get fixated on a map and when we are lost, we often just try harder. I would encourage you to stop getting angry at the map and instead ask if you should be using a different map to get to your location.

Perhaps another way to look at this would be envisioning combat against a Shaolin Monk, a

Viking Warrior, or a modern Special Operations Combatant, all are human and subject to the laws of mortality, yet they have different vulnerabilities. When it comes to pressure point locations there are few shortcuts, you must study, train, and apply your knowledge on as many different body types you are able. I believe your proficiency will excel through your adaptability.

Of course this article cannot capture this subject in its entirety and you are encouraged to delve deeper to more fully understand this important area of self-defense. In a future article we share more on the fascinating study of Tactical Pressure Points. Of course, you don't have to wait; all of this information is available through the Tactical Pressure Point DVD instructional series, which you can order directly from Defensive Services Inter national at www.dsihq.com and Budo International at www.budointernational.net. Please train safe, live with honor, and be well.

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Always with the Ochikara, "The Great Strength" (called e-bunto in the Shizen vernacular tongue) or secret wisdom of the ancient Miryoku Japanese shamans, as a backdrop, the author takes us into a world of genuine reflections that are capable to move at once both the reader's heart and head, thus placing him continuously in front of the abyss of the invisible, as the true final frontier of personal and collective consciousness.

The spiritual taken not as religion, but as the study of the invisible, was the way of the ancient Miryoku sages to approach the mystery in the framework of a culture as rich as unknown, to which the author has wholeheartedly devoted.

Alfredo Tucci, Manager Director to Budo International Publishing Co. and author in the past 30 years of a large number of titles about the Warrior's Way, offers us a set of extraordinary and profound reflections, which can be read individually in no particular order. Each one of them opens up a window to us through which we can take a look at the most varied subjects from an unexpected angle, now dotted with humor now with forcefulness and grandiosity, placing us in front of eternal matters with the view of the one who has just arrived and doesn't agree with the common places in which everyone coincides.

We can affirm with conviction that no reader will be indifferent to this book; such is the strength and intensity of its contents. Saying this is saying a lot in a world crowded with collective mangers, interested and behavioral ideologies, manipulators and, in short, spurious interests and mediocrity. It is therefore a text for big souls and intelligent people who are ready to look at life and mystery with the freedom of the most restless and scrutinizing minds, without dogmas, without transient morals, without subterfuges...

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The Master and the pupil...

The consciential in the ancient arts Alvin Toffler says something that I really like: "The illiterate of the next century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who refuse to learn, relearn and relearn again."

Despite it might seem something inexorable, the same struggle for internal morality and inversion of values so often seen today within the many forms of Martial Arts, also existed in the samurai class, since such questions and the choice of evolving internally or not is characteristic of the man and his belief in something for which to live or die - as it was seen in the old ways. As I explained to some historians within academia, talking about the stories I had learned from various teachers I interviewed and to whom I had access through discussions and exchange of e-mails, the bankruptcy of Japanese morality can be explained from the moment we find evidence that throughout time, the morale of the warriors had changed radically: they started acting according to their own interests and they even killed their lords to take up their position.

Where did this new way of thinking and acting come from?

According to Confucianism, cult that warriors adopted, vassals should serve their lord to the point of risking life and die for him, as long as he ensured their lives; i.e. they were following a hard rule that emphasized a "trade-off", a norm that had remained unchanged. In the early life of the cavalry, loyalty, which should be reciprocal, was highlighted. Minamoto no Yoshiie remunerated his warriors with his own assets and Yoritomo treated them with great kindness.

As the monetary system evolved, thought became more utilitarian. Moreover, while warriors were confident they would enjoy a more attentive treatment by their lords, most of the Shogun and protectors didn't have the expected consideration toward them. So the idea that justified the fall of the lords became popular.

On the other hand, the way that heritage was distributed, also affected the warriors. In ancient times, sons had equal rights to the land left by the father, but by reducing the size of land to be distributed, a new custom was established: only one son (usually the eldest) inherited all the land and the other brothers became his vassals; this fact kept them away from the heir and fostered jealousy and antipathy. Previously, the successor had the sincere help from his brothers, but now he had to be cautious not to be betrayed. In fact, many protectors were defeated by their brothers or other relatives.

Unfortunately, many of these stories can wipe out the romantic idea of a virtuous Japan which, throughout history, has demonstrated the existence of

several reasons that led to break with the existing norms at the time and for which so many new measures and strategies for daily living were developed. This allows us to reveal appearances and penetrate the reality of substance.

Everything becomes more real, simpler, more understandable...

"He, who does not know limitations, will have reasons for grieving."

(Japanese proverb) Far beyond human interpretation established by envy, slander, etc., as exhaust valves of a possible oppression of the so many versions of the inner complexes, it's nevertheless possible to verify that the mind itself is all that wakes up in favor of awareness - or vice versa. From this point of view - and here I see in fact a consciential observation - we can say that we take out from us important lessons or moments of singular depth, every time that we become part of the game of someone.

Since the life of Japanese arts was plunged into internal wars, the human feeling of hostility was invaded by the need to help others. Television series and great films like "Ran" by Akira Kurosawa, and Shogun - the epic novel by James Clavel - reveal a frightening scenario regarding human consciousness.

In its essence, life pushes us forward and shows us the path of personal evolution which, in turn, fosters in us the eternal debate between the being, the oneself and the other. Each one, in its relative "self-impression" within the aspect of observation in itself (and given the ephemeral nature of each moment) impels through the everyday mechanism the most important premise that goes beyond the line of ignorance: lucidity!

However, we are part of a whole, which in its effervescent boiling favors the means by which our mind is awaken. It's simple: the mechanics of the outer "universes" is always part of a wheel projected by the human being himself.

However, in the inner level, reasons are set by the way we see these same universes. The mind, in its natural consistency, succumbs under the petulant orders of the measures adopted by the social body, which, in depth, takes us back to more "onerous" and dangerous conditions for lucidity. Yes! Suffice it to observe the way in which everyone reacts to losses!

Anyone who conducts a life stuck on personal and material realities, and outlined by the most mundane circumstances, knows that the answers given by consciousness set patterns much deeper than a simple reflection on a certain loss. This means that our prospects must achieve points of a greater elucidation, in front of what we understand as "consciential dysfunction". And by judging that everything resurges from a point as a preparation for the "future", it is assumed that from the reality provided by the mind that sees, the whole that man observes is precisely what makes him get out of his mental stagnation; it's from the relationship that he establishes with himself, that his consciential maturity emerges in lines of exaltation... which doesn't mean evolution!

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Here, evolution appears as a personal, intimate improvement... an absolute factor that is not ashamed to correct one's faults; that goes beyond the simple imperfection translated as vice. The ancient wisdom, primarily in the Tibetan line, teaches us that in the truths we experience, the most important points - although important - manifest themselves by the power of the mind's tendencies, which are essentially empty Understanding this phenomenon and therefore being aware that the mind is associated in order to exist, is making sure that every phenomenon that it produces, emerges and reemerges by means of illusory reasons, supported by external mechanisms. This factor given, life returns relative and at the same time transparent, every time its essence loses its unique meaning, as it approaches the reality that transforms us. In each of us, this happens differently. For some it comes through family, money, religion ... For others, through science ... Picasso said: "I always do what I don't manage to do, in order to learn what I don't know!"

For some time now, in my reflections I am increasingly certain that ignorance (here I refer to what we ignore) undoubtedly influences the fate of all of us - whether in the first, second, third person ...

The great Isaac Asimov said, "If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them."

This statement is more than certain. Its content takes us back to the fact that we all, sooner or later, are or will be victims of ignorance that stealthily invades our lives and makes us hostage to a cushioning process of the brain part which indicates us the use of reason. Well, given that we establish collaborations and through them, we outline an entire way of thinking, acting, feeling... certainly, in the midst of all this, there is a parallel in that the reasons (I say in plural) have an influence on curious overviews related to unique scenarios that "reinvent" us. It's the same for love, hate, discovering a new path, a new art.

Real and immediate truths cannot be ever imposed. Beyond a limit that evidences the need of an affirmation, truer realities - at least in my view - are subtle and of an individual perception. Derek Bok says something I really appreciate: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

Throughout my journey until now, there have been many things that have made me feel sensitive to a given moment; among them, something very interesting made me "rethink" and therefore "reassess" my guidelines: Free Will! How can anyone decide for others what they should or shouldn't feel, think, worship? However much our life is perceived collectively, it emerges and reemerges through a chain of causes and effects that alter our realities, according to a higher plane. Even though the arguments are rooted in beliefs, rudiments, foundations ... the being is in itself a single reality which must be worked from the inside out. Otherwise, we will see that the overlapping of truths, especially those trying to convince us, is a process of inversion of values, of imposition of images and impressions.

Still, there are certain points of reflection which also show that everything - and I mean all things in life -, mainly at the level of personal progress, becomes necessary by our personal positioning. The wise men of old stated that such overviews of analysis and observation should be classified as "healthy ignorance". Parallels seeking deteriorate life amid real subtraction of social tribes’ idiosyncrasies.

"In reality, we know nothing, because the truth is in the intimate" (Democritus)

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Attracted by the vortex of the moment, many of us believe that in a situation of doubt or choice, the consequences will be negotiable - if the future does not represent part of the deposited expectation. All this shows us that in our personal universe there is a reality that is unique and that, through individual and transferable perspective, we all chose: we chose it and in it has to be made clear that "There is nothing more dangerous than an ignorant friend. Better to have a wise enemy! "(Jean de La Fontaine) It is not difficult to realize that we usurp our consciousness when we choose a mental alliance, associative, impressionable... endowed with scenarios sprayed with endless forms or expressions of one single central principle. How curious! Don't you think?

In equal proportion, our inner reality is always groping and, at the same time, obscuring the different and uniform overviews that determine what belongs to each. This means that even though the universe impacts on its dissonant fragmentations, variants of events that turn into major facts, everything is an integral and consistent part of an identical model of each personal story, repeated to infinity, where the end is not other than death. We will all die one day.

I have seen in countless demonstrations, veiled revolutions in determined martial sectors, etc., that reactions, as bad as they might be, are natural when pain stimulates the boiling points in our thinking. It's normal that we fail in our choices, our beliefs, when we opt for a particular aspect of the question. It is always said (often high-pitched) that we are entitled to this and that... True, but we also have the right to assume that our attitudes of the past are projecting a present that generates unpredictable assumptions about the future.

"To desire something with violence is to become blind to everything else."

Said Democritus.

To the wise, it represents the awakening of illusion, for a rediscovering based on the reality that everyone sets for oneself, since individual needs exemplify different paths and personal progress.

On the other hand, we must think that we all have a clear expression that through our intimate existence, the being remains in its consciential landscape. It is easy if we think that everything in the universe is the result of a reverberation of the need that conforms to the proportion we create, in front of this same universe. We transfer our impressions of the relative, through the form our senses take, that in turn, permit be reordered according to our support structures.

"The purpose of life is not that of achieving happiness, but perfection" (Madame de Stael)

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The "Kyusho Tactical Control Program" (KTCP), was designed for Subject control escalation with Legal, Medical and Tactical Deployment research, field-testing and coordination. The scope of this program is for use by but not limited to, Law Enforcement, Security, Emergency Medical or Response, Coast Guard, Military, Governmental Agencies, Body Guards and Personal Security. This Basic Module is comprised of one set of 12 primary targets and integrated into 4 modules of escalating force restraint continuums. There are several weak structures in the human body that can be utilized by an Agent to simply gain control of a perpetrator more efficiently than conventional use of force methods. This would be in the protocol should a situation escalate past the verbal command stage. These Kyusho (Vital) points are where the Agent can make use of internal systems of physical control such as, Nerves, Tendon Structure and natural Nerve Reflexes of the body. Not requiring heavy force Fine or complex motor control or even sight… all of which is subject to failure and loss in high adrenaline states. This information is dedicated to the Brave and Resilient Members of these Agencies around the world… Thank you for what you do!

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