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Thank You Sifu Dan

by Kevin Seaman Sifu Dan, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for everything you’ve done to help me throughout the years. With next year marking the 30th year of training under your tutelage, I feel both fortunate and grateful to be an instructor in your organization and a student under your guidance. … Read more

My Time and Experience in Martial Arts

My Time and Experience in Martial Arts
By Lynda Niemczak Hatch

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself… I was born with a profound hearing loss but it was not discovered till age 6 months when my parents took me to a pediatrician. I’m the only one in my family that has this invisible physical disability. But my loving parents had trained me well, and they also made sure I received my education starting from two and a half years old in special education for hearing-impaired, and onto elementary through high school, and then through four years of college with a Bachelor’s Science degree in Computer Sciences.

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How Is Your Safety Barometer?

by Diana Rathborne

While we can’t plan for everything or avoid all possibly hazardous situations, a good ‘Safety Barometer’ can keep you (and those in your charge) safe with a little practise and not too much work. Detailed below are the elements to developing your own self defense barometer and skill set.

First, pay attention to your surroundings. If something seems ‘off’, take a moment to identify what it is. Is it a person? Is something in the environment out of place? Is it something that is usually there, not? Is a door that should be closed, ajar? Are all the lights working, etc? This process is called the OODA loop. The OODA loop has been used by civilians and military alike for decades to observe, evaluate and change a situation to effect the safest outcome in a potentially violent encounter. The acronym stands for Observe – Orient – Decide – Act. The moment you observe something wrong, orient on what it is, decide what to do and do it. The process is fluid and requires constant reassment until you feel you are safe.

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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY – NOVEMBER 10, 1775 – REMEMBER IT!

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY – NOVEMBER 10, 1775 – REMEMBER IT!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!!!!!!!!
AMERICA COULDN’T HAVE STOOD FOR 233 YEARS WITHOUT YOU!!!!

Marine Corps, United States, one of the four armed services of the U.S. military.
Originally, its function was to supply guards to warships. Over the twentieth century,
however, the corps transformed into a multi-function organization that combines
ground and air combat units into a maritime force, trained to come from the sea to
fight on land (littoral warfare – of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.).

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What I Did On My Summer Vacation

By John Spezzano, RKC Along with fighting in the ring, successfully completing a 10-day silent meditation and summiting Mt. Whitney in one 13-hour round trip push, the Russian Kettlebell Challenge ranks right up there with my most challenging accomplishments.  Three August days of hard iron, blazing sun and bleeding hands was a truly outstanding experience.  … Read more

Michael In Lapu Lapu Land

Long time Inosanto Academy student and instructor Michael Mercado is now living in the Philipines and will be a contributing writer here at Inosanto.com.  Your journey begins now with “Michael in Lapu Lapu Land” Just outside of Cebu City is an island, Mactan Island and on that island is the site of the confrontation between … Read more

MMA

written by Bryan K. Mossey “A thinking mans guide to training, and fight preparation” First off, I wrote this article for a couple of my friends, who are pro MMA fighters. They asked me to share some of my thoughts on MMA fight preparation. This article is just that, my thoughts! I do not propose … Read more

Daguhoy Filipino Museum

written by Tony Somera During the transition of the Bahala Na Filipino Martial Arts Association relocating their training club from North Stockton to South Stockton, Tony Somera, Grandmaster of the Bahala Na Martial Arts Association, looked to his brothers and sisters at the Daguhoy Lodge.  You see, Tony Somera has been an active member of … Read more

Travel & Training In Japan

Reprinted with permission from “Diversified Combat Systems” Monthly Newsletter April 2007 Photos Courtesy of John Maidment Despite years in the martial arts, I never visited Asia during my active years. My motivation for finally going was a girl, of course – my friend, Saki Inoue – and my new found passion, photography. Saki was attending … Read more