January 2010
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Rick's Photography →
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RICK’S PICS
Selections from about 1975 to the present.
This will have to do as a portfolio. I have a mishmash of slides (all formats), negatives (all formats), prints, and electronic files all over the place. Since the image is the substance, I show these. Not gonna bother with artsy fartsy double mat mounting on museum rag board to place in a leather bound photo portfolio...
Salsa dancing on weekends in NoVa
I’m disappointed that Clubs and Dance venues out here in Loudoun County and Northern VA, relegate Salsa music to mid week. It is a great social dance music. Most people here who like to go Salsa dancing on weekends end up going into DC.
My point is that even if you don’t dedicate the whole night to salsa, because there is a significant Latino population in the area, you should at...
Kali and BJJ tonight! Thoughts on BJJ.
Stretching is the exercise most associated with karate. For Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I’d say the word is limbering,which I also associate with yoga.
With maturity, I don’t think it’s “stretched” that we want to be, but limber. I’ve got reasonably stretched hamstrings for kicking, but boy is my lower back finding it needs work. I thinks limber is something you can...
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Low Tech Combat →
69yr old Ex Wrestler Fights off Muggers
Simplicity in self defense and martial arts.
Conversation with martial artists and self defense experts these days can be pretty weird.
It used to be about how hard we trained in our particular practices. If you had a good punch that you could get me with 9 out of 10 times it was because you worked on it over and over from a lot of angles. You just plain worked it. Good teachers drilled you a lot to get the most out of you, and for you,...
Haiti Disaster Relief
The disaster in Haiti, any and every disaster, is a call to our spirituality through our humanity.
If you can and care, I encourage you to please contribute something. There are many avenues for this, I’ve chosen the Red Cross cause it’s the most familiar, and perhaps easiest. A link to them can be found here on Tumblr or on CNN: http://bit.ly/6VSMds.
If you cannot contribute...
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"Don't Talk to the Police" by Officer George Bruch →
Police side of things.
"Don't Talk to the Police" by Professor James... →
Self Defense doesn’t stop at the attacker. Anticipate legal defense.
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Rick's Martial arts and self defense for the rest... →
Inexpensive and down-loadable videos for learning things at home…
How much Martial ArtsTraining is enough?
At the outset, let me say that for this isn’t intended for those who want to know how long it will take to become a black belt, or a master of whatever art. And the “enough” point is when you can potentially use what you got effectively.
We’re not talking about how long it will take you to be good enough to walk on rice paper without leaving a trail. Or be able to bend...
“Pressure Points is good, but everything is pressure point when you hit with...”
– Vladimir Vasiliev, when asked what he thought about esoteric pressure points, approx 2006.