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Volume 1 WWW.DARKGIFTCOMBAT.COM

Issue 22 March 03, 2010

3/03/10

Dark Gift Combat Fighting System Houston's Foremost Authority and premier RealityBased Martial Arts, Street defense Facility.

Houston Premier Rea l i ty Based Mar t ia l A r ts & Combatives, Fitness & Nutrition Fac i l i t y .

When do we Lose our way

I have been in Martial Arts for well over 35+ years, I have seen things come andgo. I have now seen Instructors Lie about who they are and what they do, Seenthem copy and paste others info on to their website, Ride on the fact that they trainwith someone when all they did is attend a seminar, get certified as an Instructor

just for being in the seminar basically BUYING their certifications. That is not tosay that all do this, There are those out there that make you EARN yourCertifications but those are few and FAR apart. Why cant Instructors just beHONEST about what they know and DONT know, HUMBLE yourself, are we toafraid that we will be seen as LESS THAN GOD LIKE? I am sorry to say I havecome across so many that are not qualified to be Instructors BUT they like to say IAM an INSTRUCTOR.

Mr.& Mrs. Traylor Owner &Founders of D.G.C.F. System.

Inside D.G.C.F.S.When do we lose are way? 1Ronalds Fitness Corner 2Coming events 5Airsoft Products 6U.S. Army no more ground fighting 7When do we lose are way cont. 8Pre-Indicators 9most effective fighting arts 12Whattchu Looking At 13

Welcome 14Exposing fake instructors 15

Self Defense and the Law 20

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When they could not TEACH their way out of a WET PAPPER bag. Their inabilityto teach and instruct is so evident But folks do not see it. They show material thatcould get you KILLED. I myself make statement like WE are the only ones inHouston and I see everyone say we do that when They do not or they add it afterthe fact. But I am GUILT of BOASTING and I to must STOP just say what we doand how we are different, Keep it simple and Honest.

I have started to do this My wife and I also have started to reach out to otherschools in friendship some have reached out and took my hand in friendship othershave SLAPED and MOCKED my attempt at friendship saying YOU ARE ASINKING SHIP & THE RATS ARE ABANDONING SHIP Yes I was told that..DO you really want to know WHAT MAKES A SCHOOL THE BEST? Thestudents.. thats what makes a GREAT SCHOOL, Yes the Instructors are VERYIMPORTANT as they set the standard and the tone of the training. The Material isalso Very important. We Mrs. Traylor & I have been teaching Reality BasedMartial Arts & Combatives here in Houston,Tx for 5 years. No one claimedR.B.M.A. or anything along those lines until the last 2 years. Thats the NEXT BETHING in the Martial Arts Community I think. Some of these Schools are qualifiedto teach R.B.M.A. combatives ect.. Others well they are just renaming it to make itsound like R.B.M.A. & combatives.

Mrs.Traylor & I have received phones calls and e-mails about how good are we?Why is my system better? I have never claimed that D.G.C.F.S is better or for thatmatter THAT I WAS ONE BAD ASS FIGHTER. I am only as GOOD as my worststudent. I am not perfect but I am very honest with myself and my students. TRUST& HONESTY is no longer a word that is connected in my opinion with Martial Arts,MARKETING LIES & BAD MOUTHING other Instructors or systems is the NORM.I am Humbled when I see OLD instructors BOW to me.. IT IS I that should BOW forthey have FORGED the way to what we have NOW.. They have PASS us theTORCH. We have NOT done a GOOD JOB of representing the Martial ArtsCommunity.. I am just as much at FAULT as everyone else. We should not bebickering about system or style but learn from each other.

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WHY YOU SHOULD LOVE YOUR LIVER

I read this article by Dr Sandra Cabot I think you will like it

Many people struggle with excessive weight and sluggish metabolism all their livesfinding that, as they age, they gradually gain more weight and become resigned to alarge protruding abdomen and stubborn fat deposits. After years of dieting theybelieve that nothing can possibly lead to lasting relief. Something is obviouslywrong, something is missing.It took me more than 20 years of medical practicebefore the solution dawned on me! The liver, the supreme organ of metabolism, hadto be the missing key. It seemed so simple yet so incredible; why hadnt someone inmedicine thought of this before? Modern medicine has become side-tracked intotreating the symptoms of disease and not the causes. Excessive weight is asymptom of liver dysfunction and not solely due to the number of calories you eat.Medicine has failed to treat the underlying cause of liver dysfunction and indeed hasvirtually ignored the hardest working organ in the body, with dire consequences. Mytheory that the liver holds the key to weight control has been vindicated in all the

1540 patients I have treated since 1994 with my program to improve liver function.The success rate, as measured by the parameters of weight loss and generalwellbeing, has been 100% in all the patients I have been able to monitor. As amedical student I spent many hours with leading naturopathic doctors. I believedthat they had much to teach me, and their patient waiting lists were always very longwith cases that other doctors had not been able to help. I first learned of thetremendous importance of the liver. In all their patients, naturopathic doctorsexamined the state of the liver through iridology, acupuncture, pulse techniques andfrom the patients history. In the vast majority of cases a liver problem would befound, and correction of this was always a vital step in their healing program. Theywould treat the liver with dietary changes and specific liver herbs and, in more toxiccases, with fasting programs. I came to understand that to restore good health onemust always consider the state of the liver. However, my career led me into other

areas of medicine, and the importance of considering the liver gradually slipped intomy subconscious mind. Thankfully, one day I would remember to take a leaf out ofthe book of this old naturopathic wisdom.I see many difficult cases where peoplehave been chronically ill or obese for years, and they are all fascinated to learn howthe liver holds the key to weight loss and balanced metabolism. The liver is the

major fat-burning organ in the body. If you follow the Liver-Cleaning Diet your metabolism will improve in leaps andbounds and you will start to burn fat. Conversely, if you eat the wrong foods, your liver will make more fat so that you keepon storing fat. To a large degree, its not how much you eat, its what you eat that is far more important. On the Liver-Cleansing Diet your liver will give a big sigh of relief and merrily get on with its job of regulating metabolism and burningfat. Then the process of weight loss begins naturally and without excessive effort on your part. You do not have to countcalories or pedantically weigh every morsel of food, and even better, you never have to go hungry.

Mr. Honore isNASM CPT, CES ,PES,Certified Personal Trainer &Apprentice Instructor in Hand toHand Combat at D.G.C.F.S.

Inside D.G.C.F.S.When do we lose are way? 1Ronalds Fitness Corner 2Coming events 5Airsoft Products 6U.S. Army no more ground fighting 7When do we lose are way cont. 8Pre-Indicators 9most effective fighting arts 12Whattchu Looking At 13Welcome 14Exposing fake instructors 15Self Defense and the Law 20Hock Seminar 32

The Symptoms of an Unhappy Liver

Symptoms of mild liver dysfunction may occur even though all blood tests of liver function are `normal. The tests thatdoctors use routinely to check the liver are not very sensitive they check for liver damage rather than function.

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Common symptoms due to poor liver function are:

Poor digestion, abdominal bloating, nausea especially after fatty foods, weight gain around the abdomen andconstipation. Irritable bowel syndrome, associated with abdominal swelling and flatulence, is often due to asluggish liver. If you wake up in the morning with bad breath and/or a coated tongue, your liver definitely needshelp.

Unpleasant mood changes, depression, `foggy brain and impaired concentration and memory. If the liver issluggish, excessive amounts of toxic metabolites find their way into the blood stream and can affect the functionof the brain.

Allergic conditions such as hay fever, hives, skin rashes and asthma.

Headaches. Unfortunately, pain killers can cause further stress on the liver as the liver is the organ that breaksdown all drugs.

High blood pressure and/or fluid retention. These may be difficult to control with drug therapy. I have seen theLiver- Cleansing Diet bring down very high blood pressure to completely normal levels without any drugs beingrequired.

Hypoglycaemia or unstable blood sugar levels. An unhappy liver can cause wild fluctuations of blood sugar levelwith very low glucose levels causing fatigue, dizziness, light-headedness and cravings for sugar.

Inability to tolerate fatty foods, gallbladder disease and gallstones. If you feed your liver too much saturated ordamaged (rancid) fat, it will try to pump it out of your body through the bile which flows into the gallbladder andthen the small intestine. This will raise the cholesterol content of your bile and can result in gallstones (made ofhard cholesterol) and gallbladder inflammation. If your liver is not working efficiently, it will not manufactureenough bile salts to keep biliary cholesterol in solution and so gallbladder stones may result.

Fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome. When tired people cannot find a cause for their ill-health, in 99% of such

cases I find that they are eating too much saturated and damaged fats and not enough raw vegetables and fruits. Excessive body heat, which may be associated with sweating or body odour. Lowered tolerance to alcohol and various drugs such as antibiotics.

The Twelve Vital Principles to Improve Your Liver Function

ONE Listen to Your Body. Dont eat if youre not hungry. Have a raw juice, a piece of fruit, a small raw vegetable salador a glass of water instead. Conversely, dont put up with hunger pains. Far too many people place their mealtimes aroundthe clock and will eat at, say, 8.00am, 1.00pm and 7.00pm, come hail or shine, appetite or not. Its much healthier to placeyour mealtimes around your hunger and pay little heed to the clock. If you are in the habit of eating regular meals whenyou are not hungry, your liver will be working far too hard and will basically suffer with excessive wear and tear.TWO Drink 8-12 glasses of filtered water daily as this helps to cleanse the liver and kidneys and aids with weightloss. Your body requires small and frequent sips of water otherwise your cells shrink with dehydration and their

membranes dry out. There is a higher risk of Alzheimers Disease in people who do not drink water.Avoid large amountsof fluid with meals.THREE Avoid Eating Large Amounts of Sugar, especially refined sugar, as the liver will convert this into fat andcholesterol. The fat can cause fatty degeneration of organs or will be transported to fatty areas such as the thighs,buttocks and abdomen for storage. Eventually the blood triglycerides become too high and this is associated with anincreased risk of cardiovascular disease. Avoid all artificial sweeteners as these are toxic to the liver and causehypoglycaemia and fatigue. If you must have something sweet, have fresh raw fruits, sun-dried fruits, honey or blackstrapmolasses.FOUR Dont Become Obsessed with Measuring Calories. If you stick to the foods and meal plans in the LCD, yourliver will gradually improve and weight loss will follow accordingly.Far more people die from overeating than fromundereating, so err on the side of eating less once hunger is satisfied. Ignore the bathroom scales as the aim is tocleanse your body and rejuvenate your entire metabolism, not merely to lose weight. Weight loss will occur hand-in-handwith the improvement in liver functioning. Why stress yourself by noticing how quickly or slowly weight loss occurs?

FIVE Avoid Foods That You May be Allergic To or that you know from past experience upset you.Always chew yourfood slowly and thoroughly, as digestion begins with saliva being mixed with food in the mouth.As people age, theproduction of hydrochloric acid in the stomach often becomes inadequate for efficient digestion of proteins. This can beovercome by sipping a small glass of water containing one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar during every meal (containingprotein foods).SIX Be Aware of Good Intestinal Hygiene as the liver must filter out and destroy any bacteria and viruses present inour food. Too many unfriendly organisms, such as salmonella or shigella bacteria, may make us seriously ill and alsopermanently damage the liver. To reduce this risk, only eat foods that are fresh, and avoid the regular reheating of food asbacteria breed in stored cooked foods, especially meats. Never reheat food more than once. And always wash your handsbefore eating.Many packaged and processed foods are laden with preservatives, yet they are still full of unfriendlyorganisms in a dormant state. As soon as this food hits your intestines, the preservatives wear off and the bugs begin togrow inside you. Especially avoid preserved meats.

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SEVEN Do Not Eat if You Feel Stressed or Anxious because during these states your blood flow is diverted awayfrom the intestines and liver to other areas of the body.EIGHT Check if Organically-Grown Fresh Produce, Free of Pesticides, is Available in Your Area. If using eggsand chickens, always buy free-range.Buy products containing natural ingredients and avoid processed foods containingartificial chemicals such as preservatives, colourings, flavourings and artificial sweeteners.NINE Obtain Your Protein from Diverse Sources, Including Legumes. The Liver Cleansing Diet does contain somechicken (preferably free-range), fish and eggs. [This is to cater for newcomers to Natural Health by providing a transitionstage Editor.] However, there are many meals in which protein is obtained from legumes, grains, cereals, nuts and

seeds. First-class protein from combinations of these sources is just as complete as protein from animal sources andcontains all of the eight essential amino acids.Legumes or `pulses are beans (such as soya beans, kidney beans, etc.),peas, chickpeas and lentils and they provide valuable protein, essential fatty acids, fibre, plant hormones, minerals and Bvitamins. If you are too busy to cook beans, it is acceptable to use canned legumes and there are many to choose from. Ifthe canned beans contain lots of salt and sugar, rinse with water before using them. Seeds linseed, sunflower, sesameand pumpkin seeds are excellent sources of essential fatty acids, protein, plant hormones and fibre. Nuts are very richin unsaturated oils and should only be eaten fresh and raw. If they have been shelled for a long time and exposed to air,their oils will have become rancid. Buy nuts in sealed bags showing a use-by date, or buy nuts still in their shells.TEN Choose Your Breads and Spreads Wisely. It is Important to eat only good quality breads on the Liver-CleansingDiet. Go to a health food store and buy breads free of artificial chemicals. If you have irritable bowel syndrome, use stone-ground breads which have a fine texture and are free of little grainy bits. Vary the types of breads you eat to reduceallergies try rye, wheat, corn, oats, rice, barley and others available in health food stores. For something lighter, try ricecrackers, Ry-Vita crackers or yeast-free pita bread. If you are allergic to yeast, try yeast-free breads or a sour dough loaf.While on the LCD, it is essential that you avoid margarine and/or butter. If you must have a spread, try fresh avocado,hommos or tahini.ELEVEN Avoid Constipation by eating plenty of raw fruits and vegetables and drinking water throughout the day. Byavoiding constipation you will avoid the growth of unfriendly organisms in the large bowel. To increase the amount of thefriendly acidophilus and other lactobacilli bacteria, you may take powdered forms of these or eat soya-bean yoghurt.TWELVE Avoid Excessive Saturated or Damaged Fats. These unhealthy fats can cause liver damage with changestypical of a `fatty liver similar to that seen in alcohol consumption. Many weight watchers try to follow a completely fat-freediet However, if this is done for more than four weeks, symptoms of essential fatty acid deficiency will start to occur.Furthermore, your liver function and metabolism will slow down leading to easy weight gain! Symptoms of essential fattyacid deficiency are: dry and itchy skin, eczema, hair loss, joint pains, reduced fertility, increased rate of miscarriage,depression and poor memory, slow metabolic rate with weight gain, reduced immune function, hormonal imbalances, liverdegeneration, fatigue, circulatory problems, degenerative diseases, increased rate of aging and high triglycerides. I seethousands of overweight people and many do not eat excessive calories; their problems are due solely to theconsumption of the wrong type of fats. The liver is the supreme fat-burning organ of the body and if you choke it with

damaged fats it will be unable to perform its metabolic functions and your entire metabolism will slow down. As a result,you will gain weight easily, particularly around the abdominal area. In a simplistic way we could say that a healthy liverpumps fat out of your body and keeps you slim. Eating the wrong foods for your liver will cause an imbalance in the liversproduction of lipoproteins so that you will have too much low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and not enough high-densitylipoproteins (HDL). This will increase your risk of atherosclerosis, heart disease and high blood pressure. The type of fatyou eat on a daily basis is so very important to your health and longevity and will have the greatest influence of all uponyour liver function and weight.Take Care of Your Oils. Dietary oils will only take care of us if we take care of them by reducing their exposure to heat,air and light. Natural food oils such as those contained in fish, seeds, nuts, avocados, olives and legumes are protectedfrom light, air and heat by virtue of the skins, coverings and shells around them and are fresher and healthier than thebottled versions. However, for salad dressings, light stir-frying, etc., ideally buy unrefined oils that have been cold-pressedand kept in dark-coloured glass bottles to block out the light. Keep your oil in the fridge. Virgin olive oil is generallyavailable and is a good choice because it is cold-pressed and has not been heated, refined or bleached.

Mr. Honore isNASM CPT, CES ,PES,Certified Personal TrainerApprentice Instructor in Hand to Hand Combat at D.G.C.F.S.

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Coming Events

April 17 2010 Defender & Peacemaker Seminar location D.G.C. Mr.Traylor Ranking

May15,16 2010 Tactical Airsoft Training. Gun Vs. Gun. Knife Vs. Gun location D.G.C. Mr.Traylor Ranking

July 2010 Paul Green Stone wall Tactical Location D.G.C. sponsored by N.F.O.C.A.

September 18, 19 2010 - Knife Fighting Seminar Location D.G.C. Mr.Traylor

November 14,15 2010 R.A.T Seminar Location D.G.C. Mr.Traylor Ranking

Mr.& Mrs. Traylor are gearing up for the 2010 seminar tour, IF you wish Mr. & Mrs.Traylor to come to yourschool for a seminar please contact them. The seminar can cover what ever you want Just pick the module, Allmodules have Instructor certification available.

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Mr.TraylorOwner & Founders of D.G.C.F.

System.

Inside D.G.C.F.S.When do we lose are way? 1

Ronalds Fitness Corner 2Coming events 5Airsoft Products 6U.S. Army no more ground fighting 7When do we lose are way cont. 8Pre-Indicators 9most effective fighting arts 12Whattchu Looking At 13Welcome 14Exposing fake instructors 15Self Defense and the Law 20Hock Seminar 32

U.S. Army Moves Away From Ground Fighting Curriculum

I saw this article post and it echoes my feelings it was written by a gentlemencalled the Sensei. Here it is.It seems the U.S. Army, after interviewing 900 soldiers involved in hand to handcombat in Iraq and Afghanistan, has decided to change its close quarters combatprogram to de-emphasize ground fighting.Starting next month, soldiers will focusmore on stand up grappling and weapons control more useful in the urban combat

scenarios they find themselves in. I, and many others, have always felt thatsoldiers carrying packs, rifles, and wearing body armor do not belong wrestling onthe ground. Unfortunately, I believe that some military commanders had been soldby the UFC has proven that Brazilian Jui-Jitsu is the ultimate martial art on theplanet hype. I have spoken to many people who have fought in hand to handcombat, going back to World War II veterans, and it seems that I am mirroring theiropinions, and now the opinions of the current military forces.

This is not to take anything away from Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, its as good an art as any for its given strengths. But the current way its taught is for half-dressed or gi-cladguys in matching weight classes to fight inside a ring. IT does not take into accounthow to fight in armor, while holding a rifle, inside cramped hallways.I have writtenabout mission centric training before. The current missions of the U.S. military in

the Middle East involve a lot of urban close-quarters warfare. The training needs toreflect that as accurately as possible. According to the Army, training will include,knee strikes, clinch drills, fighting with weapons and combat equipment, andpushing terror suspects against the wall. This is a better reflection of what is goingon that a sport-oriented grappling program.

I hope that fighting with weapons includes knife and bayonet training. In todaysmodern world of smart-bombs and cruise-missiles, edged weapon fighting mightseem quaint. However, every war and police action the U.S. military has beeninvolved with has had troops fighting in close quarters with blades.

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Student & Clients look to us Martial Arts Community to help them protect not only themselves but their families.Lets not betray their trust with lies about our back grounds or for that matter what we know. Just be who we are.This world we are living in is getting worse guys we have to be above all that. Crime rate is going through the ROOF!People are looking for answers to help them protect property, their family, Life and others HELL maybe your wife or son.Do not give them SMOKE & MIRRORS.Lets be proud of what we do know and what we do teach, Do not be prideful about anther Instructor being better or worseor not as good. There is ALLWAYS SOME ONE BETTER.. just around the corner. I know some folks will take what I havewritten personally but I promise this is NOT directed at anyone or system or style. This just what I have personally seen

and have gone through and I am just as much to blame for all this. We will make things better starting with my school mystudents my friends my family. IT BEGINGS WITH ME.We will have a successful school NOT because WE are better or because we have a nice facility but because we will careabout how we do things, about our students, about other schools, making sure that IF someone is looking for somethingwe do not teach that we direct them to those that teach what they want. Making sure that we will be seen in a positive lightand not a negative one. It only takes ONE BAD APPLE to make the whole bunch look bad.As I look back on what my wife and I have done with D.G.C.F.S. we are VERY proud BUT we did not do this alone!!! Buthad HELP from BEN WRIGHT, WOODY CLAYTON, JASON HUSK, SAMI SHBEEB, AARON SHBEEB, CLINTBODUNGENand a few others that have helped us with BLOOD SWEAT and tears and financially. We would not bewhere we are today with them and our students.. WE *BOW* With all the humility & humbleness we have. Thank you.We want, what we do, TO MATTER.. We want to make a DIFFERENCE in this world, We want to leave this world aBETTER place for not for just my son & daughter but yours as well.

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Pre-Incident Indicators

Paul GreenSTONEWAL TACTICAL

Inside D.G.C.F.S.When do we lose are way? 1Ronalds Fitness Corner 2Coming events 5Airsoft Products 6U.S. Army no more ground fighting 7When do we lose are way cont. 8Pre-Indicators 9most effective fighting arts 12Whattchu Looking At 13Welcome 14Exposing fake instructors 15Self Defense and the Law 20

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What de Becker calls pre-incident indicators (PINS). When properlyidentified these PINS can help violence be avoided; when violence is unavoidable, deBecker claims it can usually be predicted and better understood. PINS (Pre-IncidentIndicators)* Forced Teaming. This is when a person tries to pretend that he has something incommon with a person and that they are in the same predicament when that isntreally true.* Charm and Niceness. This is being polite and friendly to a person in order tomanipulate him or her.* Too many details. If a person is lying they will add excessive details to make

themselves sound more credible.* Typecasting. An insult to get a person who would otherwise ignore one to talk toone.* Loan Sharking. Giving unsolicited help and expecting favors in return.* The Unsolicited Promise. A promise to leave someone alone when none was askedfor, this usually means they wont leave the person alone.* Discounting the Word No. Refusing to accept rejection. Child molesters andabductors have many methods to lure a child. The most common 16 child lures are:Affection Lure: Most child abuse happens at the hand of someone the child knowsand trusts. Pedophiles exploit that trust to take advantage of tensions in the child orteens family, like divorce, alcoholism or neglect. Pet Lure: Children love animals.Many child predators will ask children to help look for their lost puppy or kitty. Parentsmust warn their children of this lure and let the kids no there is no lost animal.

Assistance Lure: Using an assistance lure predators will ask children for help withdirections or help carrying something. Teach your children that adults usually askadults for help, not children. The best defense against the assistance lure is for kids topretend they do not hear the person and quickly leave the area.Authority Lure: Pedophiles in a power position, coach, clergy, scout leader, relative,etc. take advantage of their positions. Make sure your children know it is illegal foradults to touch them in their bathing suit zone. Nor are adults use their position tocreate a Bribery Lure: Pedophiles will use gifts, like candy, toys, electronics, drugs,money, to get a child to willingly go with them, or they will use the gifts as a reward tokeep the abuse secret or to keep the child tolerating the abuse.Emergency Lure: Predators will fake a crisis to trick kids and teens intowillingly going with them. For example, they will tell the child, Your father has beenhurt and is in the hospital. Ive been sent to take you to him. Fun and Games Lure:

Pedophiles will, at times, create games using restraints, such as handcuffs, ropes,duct tape, which can keep a child from protecting themselves or escaping their captor.Hero Lure: Molesters will exploit a child by making them believe something bad will happen to someone they see as ahero, a parent, a teacher, coach, relative or celebrity. Children may endure repeated abuse to keep a hero out of trouble,or maintain a friendship.Name Recognition Lure: Marking a childs clothing, backpacks and other belongings can be dangerous. Pedophiles canread the nametag and call out the childs name, creating a false sense of familiarly. Companion/Playmate Lure: Childmolesters often use their home as a lure, decorating it with party supplies, toys, sporting goods, etc. Many times, theywill create an environment of anything goes, which can be appealing to children.Fame and Ego Lure: Sex offenders will offer a child or teen an audition or private tryout to get them to keep the abusesecret.Online and Computer Lure: Online predators lure children through chat rooms, emails and social websites. Through theseavenues, a pedophile can learn a childs personal information and arrange a private meeting. Make sure you kidsknow to never post their personal nformation online. Like where they live, go to school or work.Threats and Weapons Lure: Pedophiles may use violence and intimidation to force children and teens to cooperate withthe abuse, or stay silent about the abuse. Theyll use an its my word against yours approach.Job Lure: The job lure is a danger to older teens, even college students. The young adults are lured by an offer of a high-paying, interesting job. The sex offender will typically set up fake interview in secluded places to abuseor abduct their subject. These fake jobs are typically advertised with only a P.O. Box.Pornography Lure: Child predators often use pornography to set the stage for abuse. Adolescents are often curious aboutsex and it is not difficult to hold their attention with pornographic material.Drug Lure: Sex offenders will at times use drugs and alcohol to lure and incapacitate a child into abuse. Predators usethem all, and often combine lures to get a child to comply and keep secrets. Paul GreenIs a Professor of Combative Arts with the American Budo Society as well as the International Technical Director, Alabama State HeavyweightChampion in Sport Jiu-Jitsu in 1999 I hold a 5th dan in Jujutsua 5th dan in Ninjutsua 4th dan in Karate and a 3rd dan in Judo/Yudo respectively

also a certified instructor in The Defender Personal Defense Weapon System A certified instructor in the SABER(Strategic Anit-Blade EngagementResponse) Method An Advanced Instructor in Knife/Counter Knife Combatives under W Hock Hocheim


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Paul Vunak teaches the Most Effective Tactic of thePhilippine Fighting Arts...

For many martial artists, weapons are the reason they train. The appeal of learninghow to wield a weapon, whether traditional or modern is undeniable. Unfortunately, thelions share of attention gets lavished on the Japanese and Chinese arts. Itsunfortunate because, as any student of self-defense will tell you, the lowly stick holds

so much potential. Perhaps the best source for instruction on stick fighting is thePhilippine art of kali, and one of the best teachers of kali is Paul Vunak. A longtimestudent of Dan Inosanto, Vunak has focused on the stick for more than 30 years.Presented here is his interpretation of the most effective tactic in the sticks arts:Defanging the snake.

Why should Martial artists in the 21st

century incorporate stick fighting into theirtraining?To answer this properly, I have to go back to Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto in the 1960sBruce was obviously an amazing person, an amazing martial artist and an amazingathlete. For many years, he was the only person at that level that Dan had ever seen.After meeting Bruce, Dan was introduced to some Filipino masters by Ed Parker. Henoticed that those masters had the same attributes as Bruce: similar speed, similar

sensitivity, and similar body mechanics. Dan had been in probably 20 martial artsbefore, but hed never seen anyone move like Bruce and these guys were in their60s. Those masters were able to move that way because of the weapons. When youmove with weapons in your hand, it expedites the development of your naturalattributes. Whether youre talking about speed, power, coordination, timing, spatialrelationships or footwork, you can quadruple it by working with weapons.

How does the weapon training increase your speed?When you swing a stick, the tip of it moves about 150 miles per hour. No punch movesthat fast. So when youre used to seeing a stick swing that fast, punches seem liketheyre coming at you in slow motion. There are so many different angles and so manydifferent weapons that when you make the transition to empty hand, its really easy.

What are the practical applications of weapons training?As I said, you can train with weapons to improve your empty hand, but you can alsotrain with weapons to prepare for a weapons fight. Seventy percent of encounters

involve weapons. You might be the best empty-hand fighter in the world, but if you dont know how to fight with a weapon,you could be in trouble. If you and your opponent have broken bottles in your hands and you dont know anything aboutweapons, youll probably make very poor choices. You wont have distancing, youll be overbearing and you wontunderstand what that weapon can do. Youll probably die. We call that following the way of the dodo. So knowledge ofweapons can keep you alive no matter how good your empty hand is. Do you like the stick because its readily available inother forms-like an umbrella or a broom? Actually in the Philippine hierarchy, the most complicated and lethal cocktail is along blade and a short blade. But in terms of what weapons will translate to empty hand, you have the first weapon thatFilipinos used: the staff. A staff can be a broomstick or a pool cue; anything long and skinny can work with the sametechniques. The second category is dos manos, which means the weapon is so heavy takes two hands to hold. Thiswould be similar to the samurai sword, which takes two hands. How could this translate to the street? In an alley, you

could pick up a two-by-four.The next category is the siniwali, which refers to two equal lengths two sticks or two knives.In a real fight that could be a pool cue again. If you break a pool cue in half, you have two equal lengths. The nextcategory is double knife. That could be two broken bottles. Theres also single stick or single knife. A single knife can beanything edged, such as a broken bottle. A single stick can represent a tire iron, crowbar, or a flashlight. So any one of theweapons in the Philippine system can correspond to something you can pick up on the street. The most important thing isto have a skill set that works regardless of the weapon and the only one that does that is defanging the snake.

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Is that the one technique youd recommend for the average martial artist?No matter what weapon you have, it would be defanging the snake. The name means this: The snake is the opponent,and the fang of the snake is his weapon. When you defang the snake, you take away its weapon. Instead of having apillow fight trading head shots or trying to block you smash your opponents hands. When he drops the weapon,youve defanged the snake. Now you can walk away or kill the snake.

Do you hit the fingers, the back of the hand, the wrist, the forearm or just anywhere?You wont know. There are certain drills the Filipinos use to train your brain so that when you see a weapon coming in,

you dont see it as a weapon to viscerally block. You see it as a target to hit. And when you do hit, anywhere on theweapon hand is good all the way up to the elbow.

In training, do you just touch the hand as how it comes out? You have any planned responses like, if hedoes this, you do that?No just hit the hand. Its important to note that you dont see a lot of this hand smashing nowadays because many schoolsthat teach the Philippine martial arts have sport-ized it. Anytime you turn a beautiful art into a sport, you dilute it.

Specifically, what do you mean by turning it into a sport?There are now stick tournaments all over the planet. First of all, the competitors wear helmets, so they come in withimpunity and nobody worries about their head. They also wear hand gear, so nobody attacks the hands because you canhurt them. And they have rattan sticks. In the Philippines, a rattan stick is equal to a rubber stick. Its a play stick so whenyou have rattan sticks with gloves and helmets, you end up just clashing and trading bonks on the head. Then the referee

steps in and somehow ascertains a winner. If this were reality, the very first shot to the head whether its with a pipe, aflashlight or a crowbar the person would be down in a pool of blood and the fight would be over. So its turned into asport. The old Filipino masters dont fight that way. The ones Ive trained under all do the same technique: when anybodycomes at them, they defang the snake. You dont see kids doing this in the sport nowadays. They would rather headhunt.

How do you realistically train for real world street usage?Interestingly enough, in a karate tournament, the competitors are what I call under-daring, which means they dont reallyhit each other in the head, and when they do, the very first point is the one that counts. Theres no follow-up. So whoevertouches the other person in the head first, wins. Thats not realistic because in a real fight, you can take punches to theface. Its more important to learn how to trade blows and get in and hit in combinations. In a stick tournament, its theopposite. The competitors are over-daring. They get in and trade blows with a stick over and over. Stick tournamentsshould be judged more like karate tournaments. After the first shot to the hand, they should break. If the guy leads with hishead, thats the target you see first, so you hit the head. Then comes the break. That would be more realistic.

In defanging the snake, do you have your weapon hand in the lead position, with your lead foot out? Does it evenmake a difference?It makes a big difference because you dont need any power when you defang the snake. Its just a little flick of the wrist.With a real weapon a steel pipe, a crowbar, or a blade one shot on the hand and the game is over. If you dont needany power, you might as well put your weapon in your front hand, where the speed is. Its the same in Bruce Lees JeetKune Do.

Is defanging the snake more off a snappy movement or is there a follow-through?Its a snapping movement, a quick jab. Again if youre stick fighting with rattan, you could have no protection on yourhands and hit each other full contact, and it hurts the day after, but you can still fight. If you replace that rattan stick with apiece of oak and inch and a half in diameter, one shot in the hand and youre screaming. Every bone in your hand isbroken.

If defanging the snake is your primary tactic, should you always try to use it?No. Lets say you are in a close-quarters situation, maybe in a bar. Youre two feet from the guy and he grabs a bottle,breaks it and comes at you. You have a bottle and you break it, and as he comes forward, the first thing you see is hisface. You dont even see his hand- its low and youre close- so you shove the bottle in his face. The moral of the story is,you hit the closest target. Normally, with trained people, the closes target is the hand, but untrained people sometimeslead with their head. So you hit them in the head first.

How should an unarmed person fight a guy who has a stick?The strategy is to get close. If hes swinging the stick at you and you cover your head and charge him, hell hit you acouple of times on the way in, but youll be able to take it. Probably seven out of 10 times, if you charge properly and timeit, once youre in close, you can use trapping techniques, straight blasts, head butts, knees and elbows. The only way todefeat a stick is to get inside it. On the other hand, with a knife, that whole strategy is irrelevant. Theres no way to fight a

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So unarmed against a knife is a ludicrous question?Unarmed against a knife is ludicrous. Its the same as asking how to fight a man with a gun. You dont fight a man with agun physically; you fight him verbally. You use psychology - how you deal with him, how you answer his questions, howyou do what he says.

Facing a knife is similar to facing a gun, then?

Yes. Say youre an unarmed person in a restaurant. Somebody pulls a knife. The first thing you do is run. Lets take it tolevel two. Youre in that same restaurant with your mother, so you cant run. I didnt say your mother-in-law with her youleave. (laughs) Now you have to protect your mom, so you cant run. You have to grab an equalizer; your own knife, abottle, a chair, a table, hot soup. Now the third layer: You cant run, and theres nothing to grab as the guy attacks youwith a knife. I cant imagine this scenario well, I guess I could- maybe youre in a handball court. Theres nowhere to runbecause theres only one door and the guy guarding it with a butcher knife. So how do you fight him? nMany would say toprotect your vital areas and go for his eyes, his groin or his kneecap. Weve tried this for 27 years. Weve tried it with inkpens. Weve tried it with training knives from Soft-STX. Theres no way to do it, not when a man is attacking you wild andcrazy. Its all in how the attacker attacks you. If he attacks you with a thrust, like some karate fake pseudo thing, you cando anything. But if he attacks you like a wild, crazy prison escapee, you cant go for his eyes or groin because youregoing to get cut and bleed out. The only thing you can do is dive six inches off the ground and tackle him. Then yousmother the knife and start biting. Hell have multiple opportunities to give you tiny pokes and cuts, but theyre not deathshots. When you dive at his ankles and start biting, there will probably be only one chance of receiving a death shot, and

its on your way in. I would give myself as a martial artist whos trained for 30 years, a 10 percent chance. If anybody tellsyou differently, theyre lying. Ten percent is better than 0 percent.

Biting as a defense is there any particular way to it?Theres a whole Philippine are called kino mutai. It teaches 144 uninterrupted bites. By uninterrupted, I mean that youregrabbing the opponent while youre biting. If you just bite, hell pull away. While youre biting you tear. There are 18different ways to tear. Its a very complicated art. I augment my kino mutai with Brazilian Jujitsu. People ask me Are youworried about getting blood in your mouth? Of course Im worried about getting blood in my mouth, so the only situationthat I would ever use kino mutai is in the life or death one that we are referring to.

What are some other realistic ways to train with a stick?All real world training has to be base on defanging the snake. It has to be based on the honor system because the personwho gets hit first has to drop the weapon. You and your partner have to have that agreement. Once you do, you can

defang the snake with a stick or a knife using the same drill. Or you can grab a baseball bat and do it. Just use a rubberbat and protect your hands. Defanging isnt like learning a technique. Martial artists can learn a technique and say theyvegot it. Learning how to defang the snake is like flying a plane. A pilot talks about how much flight time he has. If I have astudent whos been with me for a year, he might have 10 or 15 hours of flight time with defanging the snake. Then I mighthave a student whos been with me for 25 years - like Tom Cruse, whos probably logged thousands of hours doing thatone move. When he spars with any of my other students, he always goes 10 to 1, not because he has a better move butbecause he has more flight time with that one move.

The drills you talked about required a partner. How can a person train solo?Carrenza, which means shadowboxing. You get your stick out and work your follow-up. A good drill is to use your stickto make giant letters in the air and go through the alphabet: A, B, C Doing the whole alphabet hits every angle.

Should a martial artist practice a specific follow-up after defanging the snake?

When you do your follow-ups, there are stroking drills that you do with the weapon. Stroking drills use various weaponsand angles to promote body mechanics. Somebody who wants to learn boxing starts throwing punches but doesnt put hisbody into his punches; he just punches with his arms. As the person improves, he learns how to put torque into hispunches. When he turns pro, he becomes very lethal with those same punches. The difference between a pro and abeginner isnt the punches; its how much torque he puts into them. The stick is the same. All the drills we have arestroking drills that enhance body mechanics so that when you hit something, you can really hurt it. There are names forthe follow-ups. One means fan, one means thrust and one is named after a fish in the Philippines that swims goofy.The moves all have the same theme of getting the whole body involved. Theyre like a hook, an uppercut or an overhand;theyre all good for knocking out the guy after you jab him a few times. Which one do you want? Man, I dont know. Theyall work. Its the same thing with the stick.

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Whattchu Looking At?

Losing Your Way in the Martial Arts , or "How I learned to love the Scenario!"

There is an old Zen parable about a man pointing at the moon. The lesson of thetale is that all too many people look at the finger rather than where it is pointing- themoon. You've seen it in movies, paintings; I even have a statue in my office of an oldChinaman with his finger and face upward. The pointing finger has been aroundforever because this ancient riddle is a timeless critique for politics, religion and evenmartial training. But is it about the finger, the moon...or both? The public is not toosure. Why are hand, stick, knife and gun tapes, manuals, books and magazines

often so boring and so incomplete? Why do the courses virtually miss their mark,leaving students so unprepared and untrained? Because they leave us stuck lookingat the finger-or more succinctly-a finger shaped into the fist, or what the fingers areholding as in knives, sticks and guns. Magazines today are little more than catalogsfor products. Courses and product salesmen rarely linger on what happens after youslash that $280 knife across the belly of a man. Or what happens to the lungs orskull of a man after the bullet pays a rapid, chaotic visit. And we wonder why peoplesuffer post traumatic syndrome after violence! In fact, we have been tricked, misleadmarketed or brainwashed into obsessing about the finger. We perfect punches,obtain foreign sticks, collect macho knives and droll over mechanical guns. Gunpeople salivate on the firearm. Knife people covet the latest edged weapon. Stickpeople worship the stick. Martial artists obey the grandmasters, train for refereesport fights and film themselves doing perfect katas. We have learned to revere

them all, haven't we? We pay hundreds, even thousands for them and to them.Yes - fists, sticks, knives and guns. We hang them on our walls, we put them on ourt-shirts, our logos, our business cards, cups, hats and even tattoos. We worship thefinger. And yet the full moon looms above. Lets talk here and now. Let's get to it!Here's the dirty little secret, the ugly, straight-shooting truth. Hands, sticks, knivesand guns hurt, main and kill people. They bash them down. They blow them up.They break them apart. They cleave them open. The moon in our parable istheenemy. How you hurt them, is the finger. The complete relationship in training isbetween two (or more) combatants. What-you-do and what-he-does, together asone. Interactive. The realistic combat scenario is king of all practice, the mother of allodes. All roads lead to this Rome. There, I said the bloody, politically incorrect thing.And until somebody does, our bearings will never be straight, our training systemsaskew and our very survival is in jeopardy. Worship the scenario! Good, solid military

and police training at its best is a great example. I went through the Vietnam-era,Army basic training and vets would report to us on expectations from the enemy.

They told us how the NVA and Viet Cong think. How they attack. How they trick and ambush you, and what you needed todo. The same is true of the best police training. I was taught early on to interweave with the enemy soldier and thecriminal. Symbiotic. Not just true veterans, but even hunters know this from actual experience. Hunters purchase gear andplan in a thoughtful and direct relationship to the habits of their prey. Think for a moment about how intense that man-animal hunting relationship is, and how a shooting or karate instructor pays zero attention to the ways, looks and localesof a criminal, than a simple hunter does to a deer! Instead they fuss and worry about the position of your big toe in astationary stance you won't be in during a fight anyway. I want to keep this veteran approach alive. Via this webpage andmy books, DVDs and courses, I want to spread that message of truth so clear that your jaw drops with enlightenmentbecause you know deep in your heart, my God! This will keep me alive. Many chuckle when they hear me frequentlydeclare that I really don't care about differing brands of knives, sticks, and guns. They ask me, "Hock, what do you think ofthe new "Throat-Slitter Six, SEAL death knife? It is only $350 you know?" I could care less! I'll kill ya' with a kitchen knife. Idon't care much about the products past a point of simple practicality. I cannot and refuse to fixate on them. I will lose myway. A case I worked. One successful belly slash among many unsuccessful ones. Remember what your expensive,pretty knife is really for! So you see, when I gaze at the new tactical knife enlarged on the cover of a pretty magazine, sopolished with a green velvet backdrop, like one would sell diamonds upon? I instantly see in my mind's eye the slit open,dead body in a stinking, red mass on the street. That's just what I see! Like a time warp, like a fortune-teller. This-equals-that. When I see some obese guy that fancies himself a gun combateer, shooting the latest pistol on a range in a gunmagazine, in an instant, in my minds-eye I see him dead, simply because he is too out-of-shape to run for cover. Then Isee the exploded man he shot at. In one second, I picture two dead guys. Real pretty gun laying there on the ground! Niceboots. Two dead guys. Finger/Moon equals interactive combat. Not just the finger. Not just the moon. Both. When youlook, do you just see a pretty new Glock pistol? A perfect JKD jab? A shiny new overpriced knife? A Kamagong stick? Anegotistical grandmaster? Are you just stuck on the finger? Whatchu' looking at?

By: Hock Hochheim

A pioneer in Reality Based combativesfield and Military and L.E.O. trainer

also my Instructor.

Inside D.G.C.F.S.When do we lose are way? 1Ronalds Fitness Corner 2Coming events 5Airsoft Products 6U.S. Army no more ground fighting 7When do we lose are way cont. 8Pre-Indicators 9most effective fighting arts 12Whattchu Looking At 13Welcome 14Exposing fake instructors 15

Self Defense and the Law 20Hock Seminar 32

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WELCOME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS.

Mr. & Mrs. Traylor would like to welcomeChristopher, Tyrone, Dj , Geramo

Mr. & Mrs. Traylor would like to wish a HAPPY BIRTH DAY

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Exposing fake Israeli self-defense instructors..

February 10, 2010- I respect what the leaders of Commando Krav Maga (CKM) aredoing.. Quitting because they have learned that they have been deceived, lied toand defrauded. I know of several who have already quit. This letter andexplaination is from a former Regional Director Ryan Spink. He is a great guy, veryethical and he stands for the right things. I have trained with Ryan and I know thathe is a great example of a martial artist, both physically and mentally. The first partis an email that he sent to all of the instructors in his region together with studentsthat he knew, the very detailed resignation follows..Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 4:01 PMHello everyone, I just wanted to notify all of you that I have resigned as yourRegional Director and as a member of the CKM Elite Instructor Team. My reasonsare straight forward and are based upon what I have seen and heard first hand.Since, writing this resignation letter even more evidence has come to light exposingMoni as a fraud, you wish I will send it to those of you who want it, or better yet I willput you in contact with the source so you can see/hear it yourself. I know there willbe those of you who will think that I am just trying to attack Moni personally, howeverthis is not true. I believe that Moni lied to me and you about his past and his claimsthat CKM is used by the IDF. I know this makes me look bad but I am rememberedof something I was once told, "All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for goodmen to do nothing." I think $2000.00 is a lot to pay for a self defense system. I canhonestly say that if I new the truth about Moni and his past I would have never

signed up for CKM. There are other members of the Elite Team that feel the sameway I do and have already started putting in their resignations.This has all come about as a result of a conference call that Moni had with all of uson the Elite Instructor Team. On this conference call Moni admitted he only met Imionce and that CKM is not being used by the IDF.Now I want to be clear, If you like the system and like the techniques then please byall means stay with Moni. He is a very nice guy, good teacher, and fun to be around.As always my school is open to all of you and I hope we can stay in touch. I havehad the honor of you calling me your teacher and I feel that it would be wrong of meto step down from this position without giving you an explanation so here it is.

Dear Moni

It is with a heavy heart that I feel it necessary to resign my position as RegionalDirector of the Southwestern United States and as a member of the CKM EliteInstructor Team. I can no longer continue to promote CKM because of recent facts that have come to light regarding yourintegrity and the system as a whole. As a result I will not be available to teach the Houston TX Instructor Course or anyother course for you ever again. Although such short notice will present some inconvenience for you, for which I doapologize, I must sever my relationship with you and CKM immediately, and for this I do not apologize. I am a person ofintegrity and have tried to live my life according to the higher principles of the martial arts; my conscience will not allow meto be associated with you any longer.

/ Robb Hamic

is an IAFEFI member since 2003,former Sheriffs Deputy, Detectiveand Desert Storm U.S. Army Veteran.He is a Certified Law EnforcementTrainer (CLET) and is a state andnationally accredited firearmsinstructor for handgun, shotgun, rifle,patrol rifle and tactics.Also my InstructorInside D.G.C.F.S.When do we lose are way? 1Ronalds Fitness Corner 2

Coming events 5Airsoft Products 6U.S. Army no more ground fighting 7When do we lose are way cont. 8Pre-Indicators 9most effective fighting arts 12Whattchu Looking At 13Welcome 14Exposing fake instructors 15Self Defense and the Law 20Hock Seminar 32

My reasons are as follows:

1. During the last 2 years I have watched you lie to others and me about your history, the origins of CKM and itsrelation to the IDF.

When I first met you in October of 2007 you made it very clear (crystal clear) in your lecture on the History &Philosophy of CKM that:1.) You were asked by the IDF to improve/develop a system of hand-to-hand combat specifically for SpecialForces of the IDF2.) That CKM was the system used by elite commando units in the IDF, thus the name Commando Krav Maga.3.) And, that you traveled routinely to Israel to train the IDF..I have also heard you repeat these claims at a number of other CKM instructor courses; however, during theconference call (Sunday 7, 2010) with the elite instructor team you made it clear that:1.) It was just the guys in your unit and you that started experimenting with the traditional Krav Maga techniques,and that you were not officially asked to overhaul the Krav Maga system, but that this was something you guysdid on your own.2.) That this system you and your comrades developed was something just your unit did and not a standard forthe IDF or other Special Forces units in the IDF

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3.) And finally that you have not traveled to Israel in an official capacity to train the IDF for the last 12 years.In interviews both on television and in magazines you have made the following claims:Commando Krav Maga was created especially for commandosyou were chosen to continue the developmentof Krav Maga to the elite unitsthe IDF wanted a review of Krav Maga after the shakeup of the Yum Kippur Warand you were the perfect candidate you teamed up with the godfather of Krav Maga Imi Lichtenfeldyou said,we experimented with techniques of Krav Maga and other techniques that I knew because I came from a richbackground of jiu-jitsu and judo(Taken from Discoverys Military Channels series Weaponology which is thefirst video on the homepage of www.commandokravmaga.com)Note, you made it clear on the conference call that you only met Imi once and that he disapproved of yourimprovements. You said, We agreed to disagree.

You are a Top Special Forces Trainer(History Channels series Human Weapon)You train Israeli Elite Combat Unitsyou took your knowledge of Judo & Jiu-jitsu and combined it with yourknowledge of Krav Maga(Inside Martial Arts Podcast)Note, present tense usage of TRAIN and that you ARE a Top Special Forces Trainer.On the program Celebrity Fit Club you are introduced as the Real Deal after which you say, CKM is what istaught to the Elite units of Israel.Note, on our conference call you made it clear that CKM was not practiced by any unit of the IDF.In the article Street Survival: Commando Krav Maga found in Budo International #35 Jan/Feb 2007, you againmade the assertion that you were asked by the Israeli military to improve upon the already existing system ofclose quarter combatthat you were reassigned to teach hand-to-hand combat to elite military units in the IDF.Note, again you admitted this was not the case on the conference call and as of yet there is no one fromthe IDF who has come forward to support these claims.In the interview with Real Fighter (July 2004) you made the following claims:

1. The next assignment the army gave you was to develop Krav Maga a little more.2. You collaborated for about a year with Imi Lichtenfeld.3. Imi was open-minded to new approaches implying that he liked your improvements.4. You claim that your collaboration with Imi became the standard for the best Special Forces units in the IDF andthat it was currently being taught at Wingate on the military side.Note, when asked about this interview by David Clark during our conference call you explicitly stated thatthis article was not posted on your website, that you did not approve of it or its claims, and that theauthor had fabricated elements of the interview. However, I have a resent email from the author since ourconference call where he states emphatically that he did not fabricate any part of the interview and isshocked that you would make such a claim. Oh, and just for the record I read the article for myself justyesterday (Monday, February 8, 2010); I found it in the Press Room on www.commandokravmaga.com. guess this is another situation like the Regional Directors Contract, yes?The last article I read was Krav Maga is Not Alone Anymore written by Jim Wagner and posted on your website,

which indicates your approval. This was the winner by far and the one I couldnt believe even you would allow tobe posted on your website. In it the following claims are made:1. Imi and you were placed together to come up with a basic hand-to-hand combat program."2. Imi and you experimented with hundreds of techniques at Wingate.3. The article then makes the assertion that you let Imi take the all the credit for creating Krav Maga because youare a humble person.Note, Moni, I mean this with the utmost respect, but What the F**K! How could you allow on yourwebsite an article like this. I am sorry if you once again you do not like my tone but read it for yourself. Itsays, Imi Lichtenfeld is ultimately credited for the creation of modern Krav Maga because of his seniorstatus at the time, and because he was the first official chief instructor of Krav Maga for Bahad 8. MoniIsaac was more than happy to stay out of the limelight, for as one of his students, Joel Gerson put it,"Moni is intensly private." (a direct cut and paste)These facts stand in stark contradiction to what you said on our conference call. If you really want peopleto know the facts, if you really wanted to set the record straight, and if CKM is truly the best reality basedsystem in the world; then why do you continue to promote these lies on your own website?

2. Standard business practices of Combat Survival and CKM..In the last two years as I have made the claim up through the ranks of CKM I have become more and more awareof the true nature of the organization and its business practices. Here are just a few of the more troubling onesthat come to mind:1. The dislike for any written documents or official manuals.. You made it clear to us in Miami FL during our EliteInstructor Conference that the reason there was not an official Elite Instructor Manual/handbook was, Its a goodidea not to have anything in writing. You also have made it clear that in matters of concern you prefer us to talkto you directly and not to send an email because, when you are upset with your father you do not send him anemail(your words exactly). I cannot help but think the reason is so that there is not a paper trail should things getlegal.

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2. When a person becomes an Instructor they are given an exclusive area that is protected in which they canteach CKM. However I know for a fact that Combat Survival has failed on a number of occasions to keep thispromise. I myself learned for the first time when attending the Los Angeles course in December of 2008 that therewere two people from Victorville, CA attending the course and that they would be teaching in my area. When Ibrought this to your attention you said, Dont worry about it, you are going to be a member of the elite team. Thepoint is Victorville was my exclusive area and I was never notified as to my opinion on the matter.3. Over pricing Combat Survivals Programs. The ECF and TOP courses both run just short of $2000.00; howeverECF is not officially recognized by any athletic or sports organization whereas Crossfit and ISSA course are andthey only cost $1000.00 and $550.00. TOP is also not P.O.S.T. certified and not officially recognized by any law

agency. How do you justify the discrepancy in price, and are the students aware of the lack of accreditation? Nothey are not. I had one instructor go through the TOP course only to find out that the police departments in hiscity would not pay for a program that was not P.O.S.T. certified. He felt cheated because no one had explained tohim this could be a problem.4. The deliberate attempt to take advantage of Instructors hospitality and exploitation of their gyms. Case in point,for reasons of convenience you asked David McCloskey if I could stay at his home while I taught the Houston, TXInstructor Course. It was a great time during which David and I grew very close. On the way to the Airport Icasually asked David how much Combat Survival was paying him for the use of his gym. He replied that CombatSurvival was paying him nothing and when he had asked you how much you normally pay to use a school for aseminar you replied that you normally pay nothing and those instructors let you use their facility for free. I knewthis to be false as I have helped negotiate the cost of several venues for seminars in CA and am aware of dealsyou have made other instructors regarding the use of their facility in exchange for free training. The fact that youfully intended to have David put me up in his home, use his facility/business, and not even offer to compensate

him was unconscionable and just plain wrong. I told David he should ask Henry about it and see if he could becompensated. Later, I learned that he received a $600.00 discount on his Level 4 course as compensation. I askyou Moni in all honesty, when you owned your gym would you have shut it down for four days and rented it out fora seminar for just $600.00? We used his business, his only source of income, and his home as a hotel and youcan honestly say that $600..00 is fair compensation? This makes me sick, to think that you would take advantageof David McCloskey in this way. This is really a new all time low.5. Truth in advertising. On the website you state that the benefits of being a CKM Instructor are:

a.) World Recognized Certification -- but do you let them know that every Krav Maga organizationbelieves you to be a fraud and that they believe the techniques of CKM violate the basic principles ofKRAV MAGA? Do they know that the IKMF and IKMA do not even recognize CKM as Krav Maga. Notethe IKMA disagrees with Darren Levine and his curriculum, however, even after a law suit I have an emailwhere David Kahn says Darren Levine is certified to teach Krav Maga. Wow, they will say that about himbut not us.

b.) Prestigious CKM Instructor Diploma -- but do they know this diploma comes with expiration date? Thisis the first diploma I have ever received in 27 years of studying martial arts that has come with anexpiration date. Just something I wish I would have known before I took the course.c.) Comprehensive & Modern Training Curriculum -- I am sorry but four pages with names of techniques(the techniques are not even illustrated or explained) does not constitute a comprehensive and moderntraining curriculum.d.) Make money immediately -- but do you explain that they are only learning 1/5 of the system and willnot be able to teach Children CKM, Women CKM, TOP, or ECF? Do you let them know that if they wishto teach the full system of CKM at their school it will cost them as instructors $9,000.00 each year in orderto be current on all their certificates? Do they also know that the current business model of CKM hasnever been fully tested at a school? That is you have never run a school teaching the current curriculumfor CKM, Children's CKM, Womens CKM, TOP, and ECF for one year in a single location to even know ifsuch a school could make sufficient income as to justify paying $10,000.00 dollars a year in licensing feesafter paying rent, electric, trash, business license.etc? Remember, you have not even done thisbecause the current TOP, Womens CKM, and Childrens CKM curriculum were created in just the lastyear. So I say again you are selling a business model that has never been tested by yourself, I am justthinking this is something buyers should know.e.) No Franchise Fees, Licensing Fees, or Hidden Fees -- Are you for real? Having to pay each year inorder to be allowed to teach CKM is a licensing fee by definition and it also sounds like a yearlyfranchising fee as well.f.) and my favorite benefit you left off, the limiting of instructors from earning potential, yet normal,benefits. Yes, as a CKM instructor you limit your ability to make money because you can never producebooks, instructional DVDs, print shirts, make CKM key chains, or cup holders to sell at your schoolbecause thats a money making machine you want to keep for yourself. CKM is the first martial art systemI have ever known where you do not own your knowledge. CKM is a business model that traps instructorsand limits their ability to increase school revenue through their pro-shops and logo merchandise.

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3. Your unashamed disregard to honor your contractual agreements concerning the recent dispute of theRegional Director pay.

I want to go on record regarding the Regional Director Contract dispute. Here is what the contract says.Section (J) paragraph (i) Compensation will be $100 per existing CKM Instructor Located in the Region In goodstanding as of December 31 in any given year commencing in the year 2009. Payment will be made no later thanJanuary 31 of the following calendar year. In order to qualify for the $100 payout per certified instructor, existingCKM instructors in the Region must be in good standing with their teaching license. Any expired CKM instructorswho have not paid their course fees to progress to the next level will not qualify. This includes CKM instructorsasking for extensions for recertification.

Note the $100 payout is for each instructor in good standing. I understand that you said that this was a mistake onthe part of Henry Kou and that what you wanted was the contract to read Regional Directors would only receive$100 for instructors that progressed on to the next level. However, I would like to point out that the contract alsorequires Regional Directors to do the following:1. Maintenance, growth and success of Commando Krav Maga in the Region2. Assist CSI in recruiting new CKM Instructors as well as maintain existing CKM Instructors for their region.3. Secure training venues for CKM Instructor Certification Courses.4. Assist with emails and phone calls to existing CKM5. Arrange a minimum of 8 CKM instructor Enhancement Training Sessions per year in the Region. Each of theseseminars is to run 5 hours per training session. The Regional Director is also to find and secure a training facilityfor the CKM instructor Enhancement Training Sessions and provide a full written report of the said seminar.Now I ask you does it sound fair to ask Regional Directors to do all these things and then only pay them forinstructors that advance?

The contract also reads, Compensation for the CKM Instructor Enhancement Training Sessions will be $20 perCKM Instructor that attends the training over and above any expenses which may be incurred. Compensation forCKM Instructor Enhancement Training Sessions is payable in full 30 days after the completion of each CKMEnhancement Training Session that the Regional Director conducts.I never was paid nor did we ever discuss payment throughout the whole year. Why?The dispute over the contract was initiated when Henry sent me an email stating that I would only be paid $700for my year as Regional Director. I knew my region to have more than just 7 instructors so I was upset to say theleast. I called Henry and we discussed the issue. After counting the active instructors in my area, 26, we agreedthat $700 dollars was much too low and that the correct amount should be $2600.00. I was shocked when youcalled me to say that, the contract made no business sense, and that you did not intend to pay the correctamount. You stated emphatically that Henry had written the contract wrong, you had never read the contract, andthat it would not be right to pay it. We talked on the phone for close to 15 minutes until it became obviously clearthat you were not going to change your position and so I offered a 50/50 split. You were offering $700 and I was

asking for $2600 and so I suggested we meet in the middle at $1650. I thought we had settled on $1650 but whenI sent you an email saying it was nice to be done with it you replied that you wanted to still think about it and thatyou would get back with me on February 2 which would be in clear violation of the contract as payment had to bemade before January 31.. Again when I contacted you by email your replay indicated that you did not care aboutthe terms of the contract.Although you did finally agree to pay the $1650 and I did receive payment, the whole experience has now placedyour integrity in question. If you truly did not read the contract before authorizing Henry to send it to the RegionalDirectors then that is a mistake on your part. Why should I have to pay for your mistake when I upheld my part ofthe contract? Because of this experience I will never be able to enter into any contractual agreement with youever again. In short this matter alone has made it impossible for me to work with or for you.

4. Based upon the recent conference call with the Elite Instructor Team I believe you are guilty of the crime ofFraud.

According to the legal definition, Fraud must be proved by showing that the defendant's actions involved fiveseparate elements: (1) a false statement of a material fact,(2) knowledge on the part of the defendant that thestatement is untrue, (3) intent on the part of the defendant to deceive the alleged victim, (4) justifiable reliance bythe alleged victim on the statement, and (5) injury to the alleged victim as a result.1. It is clear in a number of articles and television interviews that you have made false claims about your past andthe relationship between CKM and the IDF. The fact that you currently (Tuesday, February 09, 2010) post thesefalse claims on your website means that you support the use of these claims to promote CKM.2. Per the conference call you made it clear that you had only met Imi once, CKM is not currently being used byany unit of the IDF, and that you never supported these false claims with your actions (specifically when youdenied having the Real Fighting article on your website, that you worked with Imi to create CKM, and that youwere chosen to revamp the old Krav Maga system.)3. You have used these claims to unjustly promote yourself and CKM. The worst part is you have used theseclaims to justify the cost of your seminars and to trick people into paying for your seminars. I know for a fact that ifI knew then (October 2007) what I know now, I would have never traveled to New York and paid $2000.00 for asystem that had zero connection to Israel and the IDF.

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4. After reading your claims and seeing you on the Human Weapon it was only reasonable that I assumed youwere the Real Deal. I, like so many others, have believed your claims and have invested in CKM only to find outthat we have been taken advantage of.5. Now I have a system with no real connection to Israeli Krav Maga (not what I intended to buy), I have sufferedfinancially (just under $18,000), and my reputation has seriously been damaged.I feel that I am the victim of false advertising and have been defrauded. Should there ever be enough CKMinstructors in the future to merit a class action lawsuit, I will most likely be one of the first to sign up.In closing I want to state that everything I have said has been based on my own observations and experienceswithin the system. While there are a lot of crazy claims out there about you Moni, I can only speak about thethings I have directly seen. If you truly wanted to set the record straight you would:1. Release a copy of your discharge papers and the full name of the unit you served with during the war..

2. You would openly and publicly in your seminars be a straightforward about CKMs relationship to the IDF andits Special Forces units.3. You would come clean about your relationship to Imi and apologize for any misleading comments you made ormight have made about you and him working together to create CKM.4. You would let people, before they sign up, know that CKM is not currently used by the IDF in any capacity andthat it is your own version of self defense based off of Judo and Jiu-Jitsu and not based off of traditional KravMaga.5. You would remove all incorrect advertising from your website and release a more accurate statement of thefacts. Yes, I know you were in an elite unit, you fought in the war, and you trained some people in the IDF. Thepoint is your advertising makes it sound like you are under contract to teach them on a regular basis and the CKMis the system of choice by the IDF (per our telephone call, we both know that not to be true.)This is a very simple thing to fix so just fix it.

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Self Defense and the LawIgnorance is no excuse misinformed decisions can be worse.

I cant tell you how many times Ive overheard conversations on self defense laws,use of force laws, the legality of weapons, etc. Ive heard so many versions of howlong a knife can be, to the famous This is Texas so I can shoot and kill a homeinvader comments. So many people seem to think they know the law based onwhat they have heard, and have never really taken the time to actually read theselaws for themselves. And, I cant tell you how many times they have been wrong.Its a bit scary to me to see how many instructors, weapons carriers, and studentsbelieve and spread misinformed hearsay on such important topics in this industryEveryone in this industry, both students and instructors alike, need to know criticapoints such as, what constitutes a legal assault and what the related use of forcelaws are. They need to know that, in the State of Texas, verbal provocation alone isnot enough to prompt action without a perceived eminent threat and whatconstitutes an eminent threat. Knife carriers and instructors in TX should knowbeyond the shadow of a doubt that the legal blade length is 5 inches regardless owhether it is a fixed blade or a folder. They need to know that a standard folderlegally becomes an illegal switchblade once it has been modified to open usingcentrifugal force. And this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to suchcommon misinformed topics on self defense. In a life and death situation, of course iis more important to save yourself or others over having to worry about legaconsiderations. However, being misinformed about the laws, and making ill-advised

decisions as a result, can land you in serious legal trouble in less than lifethreatening situations and even in some life threatening situations. However, theproblem of being misinformed isnt limited to just reactionary responses. Beingmisinformed of the law can actually cause someone to train for situations differentlythan they would have if they had known the actual laws. As a result, they may reactto a situation in a way that can land them in even more trouble. Whereas, had theybeen properly informed of the law when training, they could have been trained toreact differently, in a way that not only keeps them safe, but also keeps them out oflegal trouble. Teaching students to worry about self defense first and that the law isan afterthought is irresponsible. Instructors, it is your obligation to know the lawsrelating to your trade, relay them properly to your students, and teach them a selfdefense curriculum that also informs them of the laws up front. Students, it is yourresponsibility to know the laws relating self defense, especially involving lega

weapons that you might carry. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, but outrightmisinformed decisions can end up much worse. I understand that many people may not know where to look for the lawsrelated to this industry, and others might be intimidated by the enormity of the various penal codes to parse through inorder to find the ones that apply. Therefore, in an effort to help instructors and students get the correct word out, Ive donethe leg work for you. Below, Ive compiled a collection of the Texas Penal Code Subsections that apply specifically totopics relating to self defense, assaults, weapons, use of force, etc. Ive only compiled the Texas Penal Code here sinceIm in Texas, and it would take quite some time to do the same for all other states (although I do plan on doing iteventually). Researching the same laws for other countries will be quite another task that will take some time but I plan ongetting to it eventually. For now, you can find the penal codes relating to other states here: http://law.onecle.com/

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Please remember that even if you are from one state, if you travel the laws may be different from state to state, andcertainly from country to country. So, it would behoove you to know the related self defense and weapons carry laws inyour travel destinations. If anyone would like to help me with this task in compiling a self defense related law library forall states and other countries, please contact me at [email protected]. Any help would be greatly

appreciated.

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TEXAS PENAL CODE SUBSECTIONS RELATING TO SELF DEFENSE

USE OF FORCE LAWS...............................................................................................................................22 9.01. DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................................................22 9.04. THREATS AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE ........................................................................................22 9.61. PARENT-CHILD .........................................................................................................................22 9.62. EDUCATOR-STUDENT .............................................................................................................22 9.63. GUARDIAN-INCOMPETENT .....................................................................................................23 9.31. SELF-DEFENSE.........................................................................................................................23 9.32. DEADLY FORCE IN DEFENSE OF PERSON...........................................................................23 9.33. DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON.................................................................................................23 9.34. PROTECTION OF LIFE OR HEALTH........................................................................................23

9.41. PROTECTION OF ONE'S OWN PROPERTY ...........................................................................23 9.42. DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY...........................................................................23 9.43. PROTECTION OF THIRD PERSON'S PROPERTY..................................................................24 9.44. USE OF DEVICE TO PROTECT PROPERTY...........................................................................24

ASSAULT AND THREAT RELATED LAWS...............................................................................................24 22.01. ASSAULT..................................................................................................................................24 22.011. SEXUAL ASSAULT ................................................................................................................24 22.02. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT .......................................................................................................25 22.021. AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT ......................................................................................26 22.05. DEADLY CONDUCT ................................................................................................................26 22.06. CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT........................................................26 22.07. TERRORISTIC THREAT..........................................................................................................26

DISTURBANCE RELATED LAWS..............................................................................................................26

42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT .......................................................................................................26 42.02. RIOT .........................................................................................................................................27 42.072. STALKING ..............................................................................................................................27

WEAPONS LAWS.......................................................................................................................................27 46.01. DEFINITIONS ...........................................................................................................................27 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS ......................................................................................28 46.03. PLACES WEAPONS PROHIBITED .........................................................................................28 46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER. .......................................29 46.04. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARM..............................................................................29 46.05. PROHIBITED WEAPONS ........................................................................................................29 46.13. MAKING A FIREARM ACCESSIBLE TO A CHILD ..................................................................30

USE OF FORCE LAWS

9.01. DEFINITIONS.In this chapter:(1) "Custody" has the meaning assigned by Section 38.01.(2) "Escape" has the meaning assigned by Section 38.01.(3) "Deadly force" means force that is intended or known by the actor to cause, or in the manner of its use or intended use is capableof causing, death or serious bodily injury.Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994;Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 293, 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.9.04. THREATS AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE.The threat of force is justified when the use of force is justified by this chapter. For purposes of this section, a threat to cause death orserious bodily injury by the production of a weapon or otherwise, as long as the actor's purpose is limited to creating an apprehensionthat he will use deadly force if necessary, does not constitute theuse of deadly force.Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. 9.61. PARENT-CHILD.

(a) The use of force, but not deadly force, against a child

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