Mark Tripp - Combatives 3 (Level of Force)

    Combatives 3 You are in the Judo Q&A Forum: Subject: Combatives 3 From: MTripp Date: 26-Apr-00 | 07:01 AM We not get to a very important point in understanding combatives. In another post someone brought up the level of force issue. I want to deal with that here... There are three types of combative training; Police/Security/Correction Officer Military Civilian The first two are specialised subjects we will get...

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Mark Tripp - Combatives 2 (Who was W.E. Fairbairn?)

Subject: Combatives 2 From: MTripp Date: 21-Apr-00 | 07:31 PM Who was W.E. Fairbairn? The Journal of Asian Martial Arts did an in depth story on Fairbairn a few years ago. I also spoke of him in one of the history lessons. This should give you more depth. Simply put Fairbairn was someone who was deeply fascinated by close quarter combat, and the realities of same. He spent his time learning and mastering anything that had to do with this...

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Mark Tripp - Combatives 1

    Combatives 1 You are in the Judo Q&A Forum: Subject: Combatives 1 From: MTripp Date: 21-Apr-00 | 06:38 AM For the last 41 years of my life, I have been studying various martial art forms. You name the style, and odds are I've spent at least six months getting the feel of it. Now I know many martial arts instructors would have you believe that six months is not enough time to learn the basics, let alone understand the "mysteries"...

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Scrapper - Card Workout Explained!

CARD WORKOUT EXPLAINED! Subject: SIMPLE, PAINFUL, EFFECTIVE From: SCRAPPER Date: 11-Mar-00 | 01:23 PM ok, there was another thread that mentioned the "card pt" that i do in my classes. its super simple to do and works the shit out of you. here we go: take an ordinary deck of cards. all face cards are a leg exercise. all non-face cards are some type of pushups. here are some guidelines: any card less than a 5, is automatically a 5. all leg exercises are done in a 4 count manner. if you were doing wide leg squats, you would count 1 as you...

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