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Poll: How did you first get here?
Posted by: | CommentsOn the right side of the blog, in the upper part of the sidebar, you’ll find a quick poll. The question is pretty straightforward:
How did you first get here on my blog?
I listed a couple answers and you can just click on the one that applies to you. If yours isn’t included in the list, please drop me a line on my Facebook Page.
The reason I ask:
I was looking at my web-analytics for last month and noticed some changes in where most of my traffic was coming from. Sometimes, those stats are hard to figure out so I wanted to ask you directly instead of relying on my interpretation of the data.
The more I understand how people find my blog, the easier it is to promote it for best results. The more results, the more time I can spend writing on my blog. Everybody wins. :-)
Thanks for your help.
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I’m Back
Posted by: | CommentsJust a quick update:
I haven’t posted anything in the last week or so because I’ve been traveling. I was in the USA teaching private classes to Barry Eisler for over a week (which was loads and loads of fun.) Unfortunately, I hadn’t prepared any posts beforehand so you were left with nothing. My apologies for that.
I’ll get back into the swing of things over the weekend as I’m jet-lagged as hell right now and have a LOT of email/work waiting for me. Give me a few days to catch up and then I’m back on track.
Also, I took a look at the poll results re. using a smartphone or tablet to view my blog. It was 50-50 and several people contacted me to say they have no problems reading the site on those devices. So for now, I’m not going to add a plugin for that stuff. It would only put my server under even more stress than it already is and not offer a huge benefit for most of you. Maybe at a later date but not right now.
Stay tuned for more…
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Poll: Tablet/Smartphone or not?
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Just a quick update to ask you a question:
Do you use a tablet or smartphone to visit this blog?
The other day, I was surfing on a smartphone and checked out my blog. Most of it came through well enough but not everything. So I looked into some options for making my blog more compatible with such devices. Turns out there are a few possibilities to do just that but I want to check if there’s an interest in it first.
So, on the right panel at the top, there’s a poll you can vote in to let me know how you visit my blog. If there are enough people who use these non-PC devices, I’ll see what I can do to make your life a bit easier.
I’ll leave the poll up there for a week or so.
Thanks!
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Secret Project for the Warrior Community
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As most of you know, I’ve been working on a secret project a long time now. The good news is this: it’s almost time to go live with it. The bad news is: you still have to wait a week or two. But at this stage, I can give you a little bit more information already, so here goes:
- What is it? An on-line project.
- Who’s it for? Primarily for anybody in the “Warrior Community” which we define as LEOs, the military, private security, bouncers, EMTs, etc. Basically, the people who’s job it is to go towards danger and handle it, clean it up, deal with the repercussions, etc.
- What it’s not: it’s not about martial arts or for martial artists.
- What’s the goal? To change the world… Yup, we’re ambitious.
- The project is huge. We’re working on a global scale.
- A large number of well known experts have joined forces with us. I’m not going to start name dropping but if you’ve followed me on Facebook, you’ll have seen some of the names there.
In about two weeks, the project goes live to a limited audience. At that point in time, it will be accessible on invitation only. So if you are a LEO, soldier, bouncer, work in private security, are an EMT or any of the other occupations that provide security and safety in modern society, here’s your chance to get access before anybody else:
- Go to this page right here.
- Subscribe by entering your email address.
- Wait for the confirmation mail and click on the link in it.
- That’s it, you’re on the list.
When we go live, I’ll contact everybody who’s subscribed with a personal invitation. To put it mildly, you’ll be blown away…
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Blog update: Where we’re heading
Posted by: | CommentsJust a quick update on where this blog is heading and some other stuff.
- The biggest decision I took was to put a podcast on hold for now. It would take up a lot of time to do it right. Time I don’t have right now. (More on this in a bit) I’m not ruling it out forever. Just saying that right now, I can’t make it work on a regular basis so it’s best not to start then.
- My secret project is picking up steam and is coming close to launch date. Let me put it this way: it will be incredible. I still have to keep it under wraps but if you’re in law enforcement, the military or private security, you’ll definitely want to stay tuned…
- My class resumes in a few weeks and I’m planning to use it to shoot more videos for my YouTube channel. If there’s something you’d like me to cover, write it here in the comments section. No promises, but I’ll consider it.
- I’ll get back to the reviews. I have a lot of books and videos that have been waiting for review and the list keeps getting bigger. I’ve scheduled some time each week to work on this so expect to see something on this front real soon.
- The E-book is still in limbo. Lots of red tape that I can’t control nor speed up. I’m hopeful, but can’t give a release date just yet. Fingers crossed…
- I have some plans for more self-published instructional videos. A lot will depend on finding the right location, equipment, etc. So if anybody here in Belgium has a dojo or gym with lots of light or something similar I can borrow for a shoot, let me know.
- I regularly do telephone consultations for clients who live abroad. During our call, one of them asked me yesterday why I don’t do conference calls or webinars with my blogging audience (aka you guys). My response was: “Errmm… Because I’m a dumbass and hadn’t thought of it?” So, would you be interested in something like that? If so, I’ll take a look at the technical aspects. Just to be clear, it wouldn’t be free (though I won’t charge an arm and a leg either) and places will be limited to a handful of people per call. If you’re interested, let me know here in the comments section or on my Facebook page. If there’s a lot of interest, this could become a regular feature or I could schedule multiple calls/webinars so everybody can get in. Let me know and we’ll take it from there.
I specifically want to thank all of you for supporting my blog here throughout the years. It’s great to see so many of you keep on following my stuff and seem to enjoy it to boot. Also, if you haven’t done so already, feel free to check out my Facebook Page and say hi. I’m on there almost every day. Read More→
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Video update: It’s a wrap!
Posted by: | CommentsA few hours ago, the Paladin Press video director spoke the magic words: “It’s a wrap!” Only a few minutes earlier, I was hitting my demo partner full power in the face with punches and palm strikes fter I rammed him into a dumpster. He was wearing Mr. Bill Kipp’s latest Gladiator suit, so he was just fine. But still, quite a contrast going from full-bore fighting to the next minute saying thanks to everybody for doing such an outstanding job over the last four days of shooting.
Pretty much everything went the way it should. Here are some highlights of my trip so far:
- Once again, my flight to Denver was delayed. Thunderstorms this time. As a result, I’d been up for 24h before arriving at the hotel. Not really a great way to start but at least I had the next day to recover.
- We got in all the information that I wanted to include for the Conditioning for Power video. There’s a chance we might have to cut some parts because we ran over the maximum length for one DVD. I tried to keep it under that limit but it didn’t turn out that way.
- I had less trouble with my back than I had feared. Just before leaving for the US, I was forced to do three sessions at the chiropractor just so I could walk without pain, let alone do any exercise. Considering that, it went well enough.
- For the Combat Sanshou: Tiger and Snake video, things worked out well too. My demo partner, Brian, went above and beyond the call of duty as he had to take some hard shots from me. So props to him for sticking with it for the whole four days.
- Meeting Mr. Kipp was awesome. He has a wealth of experience and offers a unique product with his Gladiator suit. He wore it for and I launched full power elbow shots at his head; he just shrugged them off. then I put on the suit and he launched a bunch of shots; same result. I could feel some sort of shock wave but other than that, I was fine. Awesome training tool!
- He was kind enough to lend it to me for the last day of the shoot. I had planned to do some scenarios for the Combat Sanshou video so the suit was perfect for that. Originally, we were going to use a chest guard and some headgear. It’s better than nothing but it isn’t great because you can still injure your partner if you crank up the intensity. With the Gladiator suit, I didn’t have to hold back. At one point, I was pounding my Brian’s head into the floor with punches, as hard as I could. Afterwards, he was just fine, told me he hadn’t felt a thing. I looked at the footage and it does indeed look pretty spectacular.
- After the shoot, I got to shoot some guns, which is always fun. I really like the .45 but the most impressive firearm was the elephant gun: a slug as big as my finger and quite a bit of kickback. It’s probably luck but I did hit center mass, which was exactly what I had aimed for.
I’m now off the clock and am enjoying three days of fun with a bunch of friends at the annual Animal List BBQ. It’s going to be a load of fun training with people like Peyton Quinn, Iain Abernathy, Kris Wilder and many, many more. Good times ahead…
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Video update: Combat Sanshou
Posted by: | CommentsNext month, I’ll shoot the next part of my Combat Sanshou series. It’ll focus on the two main strategies and tactics I teach for the system. One of the things I will add to this new video is a couple scenarios. I have several in mind but wanted to ask you guys first:
Which type of attack would you like to see me cover in the new video? What kind of scenario do you find most interesting for an instructional video?
Just leave a comment here on this post and I’ll consider it. Of course, “Fight 27 ninjas!” type scenarios will be ignored. :-)
Thanks.
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