Who are the Bad Guys?

Got a couple of things to cover this issue.

First…

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Second…

I was thinking the other day,

how do you tell the good guys from the bad guys?

It’s easy to say stay away from bad guys,

but how do you tell who is a bad guy,

and who is not?

When I was in high school

I was studying world history,

the teacher said that Hitler attacked every country.

He went to Poland, then continued attacking countries

in a circle, until he got to Russia.

He just attacked everybody.

And,

when he started losing,

he attacked his own people,

blaming the German people for being too weak.

So my criteria for identifying bad guys is

looking for the guys who attack people.

Obviously, you can have differences of opinion,

even big, old arguments,

but when an actual attack occurs,

there’s the fellow you should look at,

he might have just made a bad decision,

but he might also just be a Bad Guy.

And,

you can further identify a bad guy

by the magnitude of his attack…

does he bring a gun to a fist fight?

And,

you can further identify a bad guy

by how many people he attacks.

Does he pick fights with lots of other people?

And,

a very important element,

does he attack people who are smaller than him?

What gets interesting is something like

the weigh in at UFC.

There is trash talk,

good to generate audiences.

Then one of the guys slaps the other guy,

or some other action.

Oops. Bad guy.

There are also all sorts of key phrases that identify bad guys.

For instance:

‘That guy studies at a McDojo.’

‘If it doesn’t work in the ring it isn’t a real art.’

I know I’ve stepped on some toes here, 

and there is a lot of room for opposing opinions,

shadings of some of the things I’ve said,

and so on.

Just because a guy says one thing,

or does one thing,

doesn’t paint him forever.

Guy might have just had a brain fart.

But you can generally identify bad guy remarks because

they have one common factor:

opinion over facts.

Okay.

Think about it,

argue,

find fault,

think about your politicians…

andleave comments at MonsterMartialArts.com

and don’t forget to check out Matt’s book.

Have a great work out!

Al

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How to Fix Karate:

A Karate Training and Workout Book

 (Two Volumes)

Muscle Memory in Fighting!

Muscle Memory in the Martial Arts!

Good morning!

Every kata is a prayer.

It is a moment in time

in which I summon up energies

built by the repetition of moves

over over 55 years.

Let’s talk about muscle memory.

One trains to make the muscles move in a certain way.

This is a path, a circuit of nerve impulses.

A to B to C to…to Z.

As one gets better and better

he stops using this ‘muscle memory’ path

and goes from A to Z.

You see,

if you subscribe to the muscle memory theory

then you are saying that your body is doing the fighting.

But it is you that is doing the fighting.

The muscle moves

because the impulses travel through the nervous system

and who gives the nervous system the command to move?

I ask people this sometimes

and they give me some amazing answers.

‘My brain.’

That’s a common answer,

and it shows that people don’t understand the brain.

The brain is, at best, a switchboard.

And if the brain moves the nerves moves the muscles,

who commands the brain.

‘My mind!’

That’s a great one.

Except the mind is just a bunch of memories.

It doesn’t do anything except react.

And if one is going to get to the heart of the martial arts

one must do more than react.

They must act.

And,

to get to the heart of the matter,

who gives the mind the command

to make the switchboard brain

tell the nerves to work,

to make the muscles move?

Okay.

The answer.

‘You.’

And here is the secret of the martial arts.

If you do your ‘prayers’

(your martial arts moves)

long enough…you will go back through

these body and mind systems

and find…you.

You are the creator of your life.

You make the choices.

You are not meat muscle,

you are not nervous twitches,

you are not the switchboard brain,

or the memory mind.

You are you.

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Al

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That’s a lot of good ratings

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‘Empty and Be’ in the Martial Arts!

The Most Important Thing in the Martial Arts!

Yes,

breathing, grounding, relaxing,

they’re important.

body alignment and synchronization,

very important.

But the most important thing is

where you put your intention.

So here’s a nifty, little trick.

Having trouble touching your toes?

Especially that first bend or two?

Try these two things.

First, arch your back and touch the sky behind you.

Really stretch,

relax,

let the back bend backwards.

Now,

LOOK AT THE GROUND

as you touch the ground.

Suddenly you can reach the ground easily

and with no effort.

Good martial arts never takes effort,

it takes relaxed intention.

Look, the reason you can’t bend forward enough

is because the back is tight

energy is locked,

or at least unmoving.

So you have to move it.

But the back is like the string of a guitar,

it doesn’t just bend in one direction,

it’s got to bend in both directions,

and when you bend in both directions

all the energy that is locked up

can start to move.

Bend only forward and the back is only half bending,

and the other half is fighting you.

And when you look to the ground your intention is freed,

it is no longer distracted by your half moving back,

and your body can go where your intention directs it.

So,

how do you put intention into your strikes and blocks?

The other side of the guitar string, 

in this instance,

is emptiness.

Mentally empty your body,

just relax and breath,

even forget about what you are doing,

then direct your intention into your hand

imagine it being in the new position.

Pop!

What was empty is now full.

People talk about focus,

and they are right,

but it’s not just filling the muscle,

it is emptying the muscle before you fill it.

Want to punch faster?

Want to assume deeper posture?

Want to do away with reaction time

and be in the moment?

the secret is intention.

And the secret of intention

is to be empty before you be full.

What’s fascinating is to apply this,

 to do this long enough

that you start assuming a viewpoint outside your body,

empty and fill your body,

figure out when the energy is going through which leg,

and out through which arm.

Empty and Be.

And,

eventually,

your mind is empty,

virtually cleansed,

and you have freedom of motion in all directions,

and in all directions of your life.

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guys and gals,

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every form is a prayer, so…

have a great work out!

Al

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How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

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‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

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My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

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Depths of Karate Striking

Let’s take off the gloves.

Let me dispel a couple of illusions.

Let’s talk about how deep you strike somebody

in the martial arts.

There are three depths of striking.

First, you strike somebody skin deep.

Bare contact,

no harm,

point fighting.

Excellent stuff.

Trains people without harming them.

Sure, it lacks reality, 

but you can get more reality

by mixing in other training.

Makiwara, sand box, punching bag.

Mix those with your point fighting and

you will become formidable.

Second,

you strike somebody muscle deep.

This is to cause pain and bruises.

It is not to kill somebody.

It is to bruise them and dissuade them.

It is the slap to bring them to their senses

before you stick a knife in them.

We use this in a very controlled manner

when we are doing form applications.

We build ourselves and our partners up

by striking them harder and harder,

but still don’t damage them.

Third,

you strike somebody bone deep.

This is the punch or block designed

to break a bone or…

to end a life.

To punch skin deep is to touch,

to punch muscle deep is to bruise,

to punch bone deep is to render them

broken and unconscious.

Good karate,

or any good martial art

will enable the student to progress

through the depths of strikes

so he can use the right one at the right time.

I think that being able to

strike somebody bone deep

is a skill worth acquiring.

I wrote a book on how to develop a third level strike.

it is called:

The Hardest Punch in the World

Have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find that useful

find the book/course that is right for you,

and matrix your own martial arts.

Things to Know in ‘How to Fix Karate!’

Sales on ‘how to Fix Karate’ are picking up

and I thank you all.

With that in mind I should probably explain

a couple of things about the book(s).

If you haven’t got the books

this will still be interesting,

but…you need the books.

The book is big,

two volumes,

and it’s got a LOT of data in it.

But the basic principles are very simple.

First, 

the Pinans are taken apart,

every move is dissected for application,

and things that were missing are explained.

Things that were wrong are corrected.

But the Pinans are still random

and missing things.

Sure, there’s gold in them,

but when you look for workability

you look for two forms.

The first one is a Matrixing form

and it replaces Pinan one.

The second one is Sanchin.

I give you enough forms to make a system,

and to round you out as a martial artist,

but the essence is in those two forms.

Matrix One provides basics.

The Matrix of Blocks

makes those basics workable and intuitive.

The student gets a solid stance,

learns how the basics work,

and becomes strong.

He becomes like a tiger,

which is the animal symbol for karate.

Sanchin has been revised, too.

Yes, you get the power by sinking your stance,

but you don’t kill yourself

with blocks and getting beaten on.

You already learned the blocks in Matrix one,

instead,

you learn the real technique behind this form,

a slap and a grab function.

This is easier to learn than Matrix One

and the Matrix of Blocks,

but it won’t work without

the fundamental strength and blocks

of the matrixing form.

When you do the slap and the grab

you end up progressing naturally

into joint locks,

and secondary joint locks

and so on.

And it all works when you do

the freestyle method in the books!

So here’s the way to remember it,

Matrix One is like the Tiger

Sanchin,

when done the way I do it,

is like the Dragon.

The freestyle methods

work from a distance,

to a closer distance

to a closer distance.

The trick is to learn how to shift

from one distance to another.

Now,

that is the simplicity of the method.

Not endless years

trying to learn forms which are missing pieces

or are ill arranged.

Not two separate arts,

freestyle and the forms.

Not a glut of forms.

Just a couple of forms,

with abundant secondary forms

to teach you 

but not confuse you,

Not random techniques,

but a cold, hard logic

which can be learned in a couple of hours

and will change you into an intuitive monster

who can see what is coming

before it is even launched.

I hope this clears up

any misunderstanding

concerning

How to Fix Karate.

The book is massive,

and chock full of stuff,

but I wanted to give you this data

so you can better understand it,

and more easily learn from it.

Here’s the link to the first book,

How to Fix Karate (Vol One)

And the second book.

How to Fix Karate (Vol Two)

If the links don’t work

just use the Amazon search engine

(How to Fix Karate Al Case)

Make sure you email me

if you have trouble with the video links.

They all work,

but I believe there is some trouble with 

different computers or browsers.

Have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find that useful

find the book/course that is right for you,

and matrix your own martial arts.

Martial Arts I Study after 55+ Years!!

Happy Summer!

You should set a goal,

choose an art,

and learn it this summer.

Let me be specific in what I study,

the martial arts I practice.

I get this question every once in a while,

and if you’re not not interested,

pass on by and I’ll talk to you next month.

I do Sanchin.

I don’t do the rock hard version

where people beat on you,

where you learn to ‘take it.’

The reason for this is that 

there are two sides to the martial arts,

avoid…or get tough.

I prefer to mix the two,

seek a type of harmony between them.

So the Sanchin I practice I will…

…sink the weight

…turn the hips

…execute a slap and grab motion

…and punch.

And,

I use a matrix of blocks

in applying the slap grab,

and develop the slap grab

from strike to lock to takedown.

This makes the art totally workable.

Now,

I play with other forms.

I practice with weapons 

and I do other arts,

but…

Sanchin is my gold.

It gives me breathing,

dynamic tension,

grounding,

loose-tight,

a whole body,

energy,

and so many other things.

For the soft side of the art

I do the material from…

The Last Martial Arts Book:

Nine Square Diagram Boxing

It includes concepts from Tai Chi and Pa Kua Chang,

and follows the matrixing logic of Sanchin.

It is a complete ‘soft style’ art.

And,

to round out the art,

and to make sure I  can use everything I study,

I do…

Rhythmic Freestyle,

lop sau (aș originated by me and described in book/video)

sticky hands (from wing chun)

Push hands from Tai Chi chuan.

And,

of course…

freestyle.

This is the actual training routine I do.

Every day.

Every day.

This routine is totally defined in two books,

How to Fix Karate (comes in two volumes)

and

The Last Martial Arts Book: Nine Square Diagram Boxing

All the instructions are in there.

including instructions on what the forms really mean,

how to make the applications work,

complete instructions on matrixing,

and so much more.

I wrote those books so I would have a path

should I choose to come back to this planet

after I die.

It’s the best I could do.

And, I should mention a couple of things.

There are two versions of The Last Martial Arts Book.

One of them has five hours of video instruction.

And,

How to Fix Karate has hours of video instruction.

And,

you shouldn’t discount the other books and courses I’ve done.

I sincerely hope that somebody gets excited

and starts researching,

seeing how I came up with this stuff.

Research is how you go deep in your understanding.

Anyway,

I thought I would mention all this

and encourage you to

learn a totally different martial art this summer!

Have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find that useful

find the book/course that is right for you,

and matrix your own martial arts.

The Martial Arts Night Before XMAS!

HanaKwanMass!

And, I’ve got my yearly 

‘Night Before Xmas’ rendition for you.

But,

first,

HanaKwanMass means

Hanukah plus Kwanza plus Christmas!

You might offend two thirds of everybody you meet,

but you get three times the gifts!

Yahoo!

Now,

in the interests of offending everybody everywhere

is the Martial Arts Night Before Christmas!

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Twas the night before Christmas

I was in my shack

primed and ready

for the red fat attack.

my weapons were loaded

the windows were barred

all would be safe

while I was on guard

The chimney was decked

with concertina wire

I crouched by the couch

ready to fire.

I had an M60

with ammo to feed

I didn’t care

if the red fat did bleed.

A loaded shotgun

and grenades to spare

when red fat came down

I’d blow him out of there.

Throwing stars and knives

and a really long sword

and if that didn’t work

I knew a bad word.

Sitting there late

my eyes started to close

when suddenly I heard

a bunch of ho hos.

Off with the lights

safety off, too

I  watched the fire close

and heard a sound from the flu.

‘Ouch and gosh darn it

who put the wire here

those are my undies

starting to tear!’

Then a shower of soot

and a grunt and a groan

he landed in the fire

and gave out a moan.

He was rubbing the place

where the wire did tear

so I held down the trigger

and lead filled the air.

belt after belt

did I deal the red fat

he danced and he jumped

I knew he felt that!

then quicker than spit

I ran out of lead

but enough was enough

he had to be dead.

Boy was I shocked

to see him stand tall

stepping out of the fireplace

not bothered at all.

So I grabbed up the 16

to mow him down

he had to be hurting

cause I saw his big frown.

Then I was empty

and he came straight for me

I pulled out my knives

and sliced him with glee

He jumped to the side

moving real quick

disarmed my knives

with a well placed kick

then he dropped the big bag

he had on his shoulder

reached forth his arms

and his anger did smolder

He grabbed hard my neck

and held me up high

I tried kicks and punches

but I was like a fly

Not karate nor judo

no art did work

and he grinned a mean grin

and called me a jerk

‘Don’t you know

you stupid little man

Christmas is forever

in spite of your plan.’

Then he threw me aside

and proceeded to work

giving presents to all

and to me a great smirk

And when he left

the great big red fat

he left me a lump of coal

the big red fat rat!

HANAKWANMASS TO ALL

and to all a great work out.

Al

BTW…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

And don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

Beating Up a Crowd of People!

Have you ever wondered what you would do

if you were caught, or targeted, by a mob?

This is actually not an inconceivable situation

considering the antics of such as BLM or Antifa,

In 2020 these groups caused:

$2 billion in damages

rioted in 140 cities

caused the injury of 2000 cops

resulted in the deaths of 25 Americans.

There weren’t any congressional hearings on this

nor any real reporting from the media,

but these are the figures

as far as I have been able to figure.

And it is a distinct possibility

that such riots could happen again.

So,

the question…

what would you do if you were caught up in, 

and especially targeted by

a mob of crazy people?

I took Aikido in the early seventies,

and I was fascinated by the videos

of people doing multiman combat.

I also had many situations during karate classes

where we would fight multiple attackers.

Eventually, basing the material on Aikido

and on certain karate concepts,

I filmed the ‘Matrix Aikido’ course.

This is a great course, 

as it is based on concept

and not memorizing endless techniques.

One day I was visiting one of my student’s classes.

There were about 20 young men (age 18-25) in the class.

I was asked many questions,

and the subject of fighting large numbers of people 

was brought up,

and the students’ challenged some of my assertions.

‘Okay,’ I said.

‘let’s see if I can make my theories work.’

I always remember the surprise on their faces,

they asked me how many of the students

should attempt to lay hands on me

I said, ‘Everybody.’

Man, they were blinking,

then they looked at each other and grinned,

and the melee was on.

It was some ten minutes

before anybody laid a hand on me,

and I will tell you EXACTLY what I did.

Mind you,

I was theorizing and training in pure concepts at the time.

First,

there are three directions

that a punch will take

generally speaking,

and this tended to hold true

for my situation.

First,

 the punch might hit you.

Second,

if you move back,

it will pass in front of you.

Third,

if you move forward,

it will pass behind you.

There were a few kicks,

but I just used the same theory,

but adapted it for kicks.

I then attacked.

Yep,

you heard me right,

I went forward,

into the mass of twenty men.

They were trying to create enough room

so they could punch (kick) me.

This moved them away from each other

just enough so I could slip between.

I wouldn’t always recommend a charge,

but we were in a big park

and I had plenty of room to maneuver.

As they turned to chase me

they were now in each other’s way.

As I recall,

Aikido holds that three people

is the worst scenario for people attacking you

because they have enough room.

More than three and they get in each other’s way.

Now I had only two concepts in mind.

I moved in and grabbed their bodies and ‘danced’ with them

and flung them away.

Or,

I slowed down as the punch came in

pushed their punch across their body

then they were tangled and I pushed them away.

And I kept throwing them in front of each other 

At all times I went forward.

This gave me the initiative.

I never went backwards.

Everybody chased me

and was constantly having to step around bodies.

It was one of the easiest fights I had ever had.

Now,

the only other thing of interest in this

is that when I started I noticed one person looking at me.

I knew he was going to be the one to get me.

I made it my strategy to always avoid him.

But at the end,

he got close and tagged me in the back with a punch.

Now,

what I did was that simple.

It was not complex.

If I had tried complex maneuvers

they would have got me in the beginning.

Though, as I progressed

and figured things out,

I did mix in specific techniques,

appropriate to the ‘punch in front or punch in back’

that I was conceptualizing.

And,

I knew what I was doing 

would hold true for clubs and such.

It might even hold true for firearms,

but there would be considerable limits

on what I could do in that situation.

Which brings us to the Antifa/BLM riots.

Buildings burning,

people with guns

and

Kyle Rittenhouse

Kyle wasn’t trained in the martial arts,

he was only trying to get away,

and only the fact that he had a gun 

enabled him to do so.

If he tried to get away and hadn’t had a gun

he likely would have been killed,

at least severely maimed.

If he hadn’t had a gun,

of course,

he might not even have been attacked.

But that is a probability I wouldn’t bet on.

So,

imagine yourself in that situation.

Do you understand the concepts I outlined,

always attacking,

stepping in front of or behind the strike,

how to adapt it to kicks

or to weapons like clubs or even swords.

What is most interesting is seeing how many techniques

you can come up with from the 

‘punch in front, punch behind’ concept.

This will define an entire martial art.

It will be logical,

and you should avoid poser techniques.

And,

if you find fault with my method,

or think it won’t work,

what can you come up with?

Anyway,

have fun with this.

And thanks to Kumar for asking.

Here is the link to Matrix Aikido

where I give a seminar and show

the actual conceptualizing of Aikido.

http://monstermartialarts.com/martial-arts/matrix-aikido/

Have a great work out!

Al

And don’t forget to check out the interview

BTW

I’ve got nothing but five star reviews on 

The Science of Government.

It’s really nothing more than applying matrixing to politics.

Matrixing + Politics = Sanity

I told you matrixing works with anything.

Here’s the link…

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

Comparing Karate Over the Decades!

Hi guys and gals, 

I want to talk about the differences

between freestyle over the years.

But, first…

I am closing a few sites.

I’ll keep the monster up,

and a couple of others,

but I’ve got 7 or 8 websites that are going down.

Simply,

the webhoster is so incompetent,

and moving the sites and repairing them…

it’s just not worth it.

The KangDukWon.com website is gone.

If you are mid lesson, let me know.

And,

there is a bigger reason.

Advertising on Google is silly,

and I have found the best way to market my courses

is to change them into books on Amazon.

So I’ve got the How to Fix Karate books up there,

and The Shaolin Butterfly.

And I’ll have more,

but I’m making these changes

because the internet is changing.

And I will consider certificates for a couple of the courses.

The Matrix Karate course,

the Master Instructor course,

and a few others.

Okay,

Karate has degraded over the years.

Badly.

I do all arts,

but my base art is karate,

and this degrading of art is hurtful.

So this is what I want you to do.

Go to Youtube and find 1970 Karate.

That was when I learned,

and you can see hard techniques,

lots of good control,

and sportsmanship.

I knew a lot of the guys in this clip.

Then look for 1980s karate.

These guys are marginally better,

but they are dancing around more

(courtesy of Bruce)

and their control isn’t as good.

Then find

Old School Karate VS Modern Karate Tournaments

The music probably wasn’t needed,

it becomes a put down,

but the point is…

what happened?

Parents.

Children.

Politics.

Money.

protective gear.

Some other stuff, too.

Society has become drugged out,

education has become political indoctrination,

but I don’t really want to go into those things.

I want to discuss the big five.

Parents sign their children up to defend themselves,

but if there is an ‘owie,’

bang—those kids are gone.

I’ve taught classes to kids,

as soon as I get even the teensiest bit down and dirty,

the parents glare at me like I’m abusing their children.

Children.

If the kid goes home and complains that it’s too hard,

Bang—those kids are gone.

Parents have totally bought into the idea

that their little snowflake dumpling needs reassurance

and not hard work.

Politics.

People would rather talk than work out.

Whenever I had a talker I would focus on him till

he started working, or left.

I had no room in any of my schools for people 

who didn’t want to sweat.

Money.

To stay in business you need it.

But if you are lowering standards to keep people

you aren’t teaching karate.

Protective gear.

People think you need to hit harder,

or can hit harder,

so they give up learning control.

And control is CRUCIAL to the martial arts.

But people buy into protective gear because 

the school owners push it because

it makes them a profit

and they can stay in business

and lower their standards.

So,

what do you do?

Find a hard class that works hard.

Find the fellows that work the hardest and pair up with them.

Teach a hard class and take no prisoners.

I couldn’t believe it,

I was astounded,

I was actually shocked,

the first time a fellow stepped off the mat

so he could get a drink of water.

“But I was thirsty!” he explained.

And I said,

“In a real fight you’re going to stop everything

and get a drink of water because you’re thirsty?”

Want a real story of tough?

I was teaching a bunch of guys,

and my son was among them.

After some six months

Aaron complained of chest pain.

When I looked

he had an indentation on his sternum.

Somebody had actually punched a dent in his chest.

Doctor said to take a few weeks off,

it would heal.

I said, ‘Okay, you’re off for a few weeks.’

Aaron said, ‘No, I’m not.’

We argued and I put down the law.

I was a bit surprised when he showed up for class.

I said, 

“Get the F out.”

He said,

“You’re going to have to make me.”

Argh!

So I could have gotten physical

which would have caused damage,

or I could let him stay,

in which case he only ‘might’ get damaged.

So he stayed.

I was always proud of the fact

that he had the real spirit.

Willing to work

even to the point of injury,

and beyond.

Mind you,

I still don’t think he should have been in the class,

I believe in taking care of injuries,

but he was so tough

that I couldn’t stop him.

And that means he can’t be stopped in life.

Because the dojo is a microcosm.

It is a little life in which lessons are learned.

And when I watch these pattycake sessions

that people think are real Karate,

I feel so incredibly sad.

Okay,

obligatory ad…

Chiang Nan

here’s the page

Here’s a sample

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HAVE A GREAT WORK OUT!

Al

And don’t forget to check out the interview

BTW

I’ve got nothing but five star reviews on 

The Science of Government.

It’s really nothing more than applying matrixing to politics.

Matrixing + Politics = Sanity

I told you matrixing works with anything.

Here’s the link…

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

Fighting Without Fighting!

I want to talk about 

fighting without fighting,

but first…

Thanks to everybody for making How to Fix Karate a Success!

It’s on Amazon.

Now then…

Fighting without fighting.

First, you have to learn to fight.

Nothing stops a fellow from trying to mug you

like him knowing you’re going to come out on top.

Get your black belt,

get zen confidence,

nobody is going to bother you.

You learned to fight so you don’t have to fight.

This is the crux of the second amendment,

for those of you who wondered.

So, 

somebody STILL wants to fight.

This is the one that it took me years to figure out,

and that nobody knows.

I figured it out while figuring out Neutronics.

In this universe there are only objects that move around.

So you’re sitting there peacefully,

and some guy starts moving towards you

and he wants to conk you.

I simply say,

‘you’re coming towards me.’

And he goes away.

Isn’t that weird?

His body is part of the universe,

and his motion has been detected,

and let me tell give you a little bit of data.

The guy that wants to hit you

doesn’t want to be hit.

Except for the truly insane,

nobody wants to be hit,

and the insane don’t really want to either,

if you dig into them a bit.

So you can defeat anybody

simply by observing that they are coming towards you.

They know you see them,

and they don’t want to get hit,

so they leave.

Now,

here is the truly amazing thing about this,

it works against almost any sentient thing.

I’ve used it when a dog wanted to bite me.

A couple of times.

I’ve used it against salespeople.

Isn’t that a kick in the head?

But salespeople who seek you out,

or are a little too much in their sales pitch,

are trying to bully you into something you don’t want.

you just look at them and say,

“You’re coming towards me.”

I’ve used it against people who were bullies.

I’ve used it against people who simply bugged me.

I’ve even used it against those most dangerous of souls…Karens!

However, 

it might not work if you haven’t studied martial arts

and gained that peace of soul

that is the end result of the real martial arts.

And I would be careful in a combat zone.

People in riot are not sentient,

take a look at the Kyle Rittenhouse situation if you doubt.

You can use deviations.

‘I see you’ is good.

And there are others.

But the main thing is to see them,

and let them know they’ve been seen.

Okay,

hope you have fun with this one,

and here’s the obligatory ads,

this for the two two volumes I just published…

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

HAVE A GREAT WORK OUT!

Al

And don’t forget to check out the interview

BTW

I’ve got nothing but five star reviews on 

The Science of Government.

It’s really nothing more than applying matrixing to politics.

Matrixing + Politics = Sanity

I told you matrixing works with anything.

Here’s the link…