LINKS: Don Rearic's blog

I checked Terry Trahan's blog, Weaselcraft, two days ago and noticed the following link. It has been sometime since Don Rearic updated his site, http://www.donrearic.com. Good to see that he is back in business.Check out Don Rearic's blog, The Reclusionnai...

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LINKS: Kelly McCann's site

Cool! I like Kelly McCann's material which is described as 'combatives'. I was checking his old site, Crucible Security, and it never seemed updated. Forgot all about that site. I checked Terry Trahan's blog, Weaselcraft, two days ago and noticed the link.No-nonsense material. McCann doesn't teach civilians, only Mil/LEO's. He used to write for the magazine Guns and Ammo under the pen name Jim Grover. Has a bunch of dvd's out sold by Paladin Press.Check out his site:http://www.kellymccanncombatives.c...

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UFC 94 Fight Card and Predictions

UFC 94 ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2Date Time: Jan-31-2009 7pm PT/10pm ETLocation: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada Description:Doors open at 4:15pm PTFirst bout 4:45pmBroadcast begins 7:00pmIn March 2006, top welterweights Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn fought for the division’s No. 1 contender’s spot. St-Pierre earned a razor-thin split decision and went on to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship® welterweight title. Penn dropped to the lightweight division...

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UFC 93 Franklin Vs Henderson - Results and comments

I've been a little busy and wasn't able to post my predictions. So what follows are the results with some brief comments.UFC 93 FRANKLIN vs HENDERSON Date Time: Jan-17-2009 8pm GMTLocation: Dublin Description:In the light heavyweight main event, former two-division world champion Dan Henderson will collide with former UFC middleweight king Rich Franklin in three-round war which will set the tone for the 205lbs division in 2009.Then, 2005 PRIDE®...

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BIO: Hélio Gracie (October 1, 1913 - January 28, 2009)

Hélio Gracie (born October 1, 1913) is the co-founder of "Gracie Jiu-Jitsu," also known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). Until his death, Gracie was the only living 10th degree master of the discipline and is widely considered as one of the first sports heroes in Brazilian history; he was named Black Belt Magazine's Man of the Year in 1997. Early life In the early 1900's, a Japanese jiu-jitsu instructor by the name of Esai Maeda went to the...

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IN MEMORY OF: Helio Gracie

It is with heavy heart and great sadness that I post that Helio Gracie passed away yesterday morning. My sincerest condolences to the Gracie family, friends and students. Reposting below the email that was sent by GracieInsider: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tuesday morning Grand Master Helio Gracie was tanning at his ranch in Brazil, and on Thursday morning at 9:15 he passed on due to natural...

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NEWS: 1,800-year-old marble head unearthed in Israel

I don't know who broke this news story first, I heard it on the radio on the drive home.Archaeologists uncovered an 1,800-year-old marble figurine of a bearded man's head, possibly a Roman boxer, in an excavation near Jerusalem National Park, it was announced today. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Aty.)--------------------------------------------------------------------------Cut and pasted from http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/26/israel.ancient.find/index.html#cnnSTCText:(CNN)...

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NEWS: Is It Curtains for Cursive Writing?

Cut and pasted from http://www.indystar.com/article/20090126/NEWS04/901260379:January 26, 2009Schools have less time for penmanshipTechnology, new standards crowd cursive lessonsBy Meranda Watlingmwatling@jconline.comThird-graders in Michelle Webb's Burnett Creek Elementary classroom were practicing how to form a lowercase f in cursive on Friday.Determined faces sprinkled the room as the children wrote again and again -- f, f, f -- perfecting the...

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About the Lunar New Year aka Chinese New Year

Cut and pasted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year:Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often called the Lunar New Year, especially by people in mainland China and Taiwan. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī. It literally means "Year-pass Eve".Celebrated in areas with large...

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Happy Lunar New Year 2009!

To any and all who celebrate the Lunar New Year:May the Year of the Ox bring you health, wealth, prosperity, success, luck and happiness to you and your loved ones!And as the Chinese say it: Gung hei fat choy/Gōngxǐ fācáSun nien fai lok/Xīnnián kuà...

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The Story of Mr. & Mrs. Stickgrappler (suckas) vs. the Slick Car Salesman on Superbowl Sunday

Couldn't leave well enough alone. Remember that phrase, it will come up later. As this year's football playoffs ended and the Superbowl approaches, I'm reminded of what happened last year on Superbowl Sunday. I shall entertain you with the story of my wife, Mrs. Stickgrappler, and me , Mr. Stickgrappler, going to shop for a car. They were having a 0% interest financing deal going on... you know the type, there will be no interest on the loan, but you must make the minimum monthly payments for 3 years. What that means is we have to pay...

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NEWS: The Inauguration of President Barack Obama

I normally don't venture into politics much publically, but I just had to post that today is history in the making. Reflecting back, I've witnessed many many historical events. Here's one for the books.Good luck President Oba...

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NEWS: Pit bull taps out from a nine-year-old's rear naked choke

I was struggling to come up with some great post for the first post of 2009. Well 6 days into the new year, I got nothing until I saw this. Cut and pasted from: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/Pit-bull-taps-out-from-a-nine-year-old-s-rear-na?urn=mma,132178Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:57 am ESTPit bull taps out from a nine-year-old's rear naked chokeBy Maggie HendricksA Bakersfield, Calif. boy saved a friend and her dog after a pitbull tried to attack them. Did he do it by calmly coaxing the dog with a sweet voice, and then singing to it?...

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