The Instinctive Edge™

I truly have been blessed in my Martial Science training. Through the years I have had so many teachers who have helped me along the way. My good friend, training partner and instructor Bart Uggucioni has always been by my side and his influence and teaching skills have helped me tremendously throughout the years! There is no better person that I know.  IRT has been influenced through the teachings of many but several prominent teachers come to mind. Professor Remy Presas the Grand Master of Modern Arnis. Massaki Hatsumi the Soke of Budo Taijutsu and leader of the Bujinkan. Helio Gracie the founder of Brazilian Jiujitsu. Eugene Hunesky 9th Dan Tae Kwon Do founder of the Universal Tae Kwon Do Brotherhood. Jerson “Nene” Tortal the Grand Tuhon of Dekiti Tirsia Siradas. Brian “Buzz” Smith of Maharlika Kuntaw. Bob Orlando the founder of Je Du-Too. Jeff Fields of Tae Kwon Do and Modern Arnis who was one of the first to show me the way. So many Martial Practitioners, Law Enforcement, Military instructors and Firearms Instructors have influenced me throughout the years. Your dedication everyday helps to keep people safe.  I have been fortunate, that there have been so many influencial people that this list goes on and on.  Each and everyone of you is special to me!

As a practitioner I hope that if I have trained with you, taught you or even just met you that I have had the opportunity to help you along your path! That is my wish or guiding principle to help people learn to protect themselves and their loved ones.

May you be blessed and train!

See You On The Mats!!!

So last night we were coming out of the John Wick Experience here in Las Vegas. We were hanging around talking and I saw a young man also hanging out in the same general area by himself.  So he was on my radar. As we made our way to the car, I was tracking him and other people in the area but I noticed that this same individual started making a bee line towards us. Very direct, straight line.  As he got close I yelled “Back Off” in that loud authoritve law enforcement voice that I use. The young man said I’m just trying to get to my car to which I said-yelled, “your too close and you need to wait.”  Mind you its a dark parking lot, his right hand is in his hoodie and I’m prepared to neutralize him if needed. He backed away a little, we got in our car and and left. He also got in a nearby car but sat there waiting for us to leave. Not 100% sure of his intentions but it was one of those scary situations and I had multiple people I was going to have to protect. My intuition was also engage and I feel that if I hadn’t confronted him something would have happened.  Really, I have no doubt about it! Trust your gut, intuition…  I feel that since I engaged verbally with him and made a loud authoratative verbal engagement it broke his spirit to attempt to rob us.  We went from easy prey to a hard target.  Predators don’t like that!  They want an easy mark, easy prey!!!

When in parking lots always watch out for people, keep your head on a swivel and be prepared to take action if needed!

See You On The Mats!!!

If your wearing Body Armor, Heavier Clothing, Leather Coats, etc. Does your training take this into consideration? Most of us go around day to day in our normal everyday clothes. Mostly they are not that encumbering to the point it would effect us in a Personal Protection situation. However, sometimes we were heavier clothing such as winter jackets, leather jackets, boots, etc. Some of us even regularly wear Body Armor due to work. Does your traning take this into consideration? Moving with a lot of gear on can restrict your movement or even off balance you if you are not used to it. A good practitioner of Martial Science will make sure that they can function regardless of what they are wearing or the amount of  equipment that they have on. Make sure your training reflects this!

Budo Taijutsu Accounts For Armor!

The Author With Extra Layers, Gloves, Boots, Beanie On An Island Off The Coast Of Michigan!

The Author Wearing Body Armor, Drop Holster While Shooting!

See You On The Mats!!!

Perseverance, it really is what seperates a decent or good practitioner from a great one. People really can become pretty good at the Martial Sciences relatively quick. However, because these skills have a physical component you can lose them just as quickly. Meaning, you need to keep practicing to have the skills you attained. If you stop or someone says, “I used to train” or I got a blackbelt and insert time here but I stopped because of xyz. Well, those skills are probably gone. Almost meaningless! Those that persevere are the ones who keep training no matter what. They keep going. When it counts, their skills will be there! Train and stop, well you were a martial practitioner. Now your just someone who used to do something. Never stop, persevere!!! Always train!!! Keep going!!!

See You On The Mats!!!

Okay, the UFC and MMA in general has got it all wrong with how they have been handling eye pokes. If someone gets poked in the eye and its verified by the referee through video just penalize them a point. All these high level fights with eye pokes like what just happened in the UFC Heavyweight Championship between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane will pretty much disappear. Sure you might have a few but nothing like what is happening right now. UFC fighter Jim Miller is correct when he says fighters eye poking other fighters are fouling and should be held accountable!  Personally, their little bit&h$%!  I had thousands of training sparring matches and tournament matches and was only poked once and it was an accident on a ridge hand. One time during years and years of training. Also it was debilitating at that moment.  Jon Jones and some other fighters have about an eye poke a fight. That tells me its intentional. Penalize the foul and this ends. Eliminate the dirty tactics by holding people accountable. I feel the exact same way regarding groin kicks or any foul. Just call it and penalize it. Simple and fighters will adjust or they will simply not be able to compete at the highest level.

The recent eye poke in question:

Aspinall shouldn’t have to defend himself for not continuing.  Gane fouled him.  It’s a foul that should be penalized…

UFC Vet Matt Brown’s opinion:

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/f-ck-matt-brown-blasts-130000440.html

UFC Vet Jim Miller:

https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/jim-miller-rages-at-ufcs-culture-of-unaccountability-with-eye-pokes-after-tom-aspinall-fiasco-011758679.html

Dana White, do the right thing and protect your athletes!  Get your shit together and clean up the sport!

See You On The Mats!!!

Okay, my cold is over! Time to get to work. Cardio and weight training is on the agenda, followed by Martial Science technical training!

Lets Get After It!!!