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From here: Missouri: Governor Nixon Signs Self-Defense Legislation into Law

“Last Friday (07/05/2013), Governor Jay Nixon (D) signed into law House Bill 533, critical self-defense legislation. Sponsored by state Representative Jeanie Riddle (R-49) and state Senator Brian Munzlinger (R-18), this new law will protect the right of a state employee to store a firearm in his or her private vehicle on state property as long as the vehicle is locked and the firearm is not visible. Additionally, it will prohibit any government entity from using tax dollars to participate in a gun “buyback” program unless the firearms are resold or transferred to a federally licensed firearms dealer. This law will take effect on August 28, 2013.

House Bill 533 passed by overwhelming majorities in both legislative chambers, and many thanks go to those elected officials who voted in support of state employees having the right to keep a firearm locked in their vehicle while at work so that they may provide for their self-defense when commuting to and from work. Please contact state Representative Jeannie Riddle, state Senator Brian Munzlinger and Governor Nixon to express your appreciation for their work and support to strengthen your inherent right to self-defense”

USTJF Gathering of Warriors — August 16th & 17th, 2013

Mark T. Skinner Elementary School 1260 W Adams Chicago IL 60607 (map)

The Gathering of Warriors is an exploratory hands on seminar examining Taiho Jutsu and the applicable relations to its root components. {Karate, Judo, Ju Jutsu Jo Jutsu & Aikido}

Fundamentals of Taiho Jutsu seminar, led by Grand Master Alvin Linzy (10th Dan) Taiho Jutsu, (7th Dan) Shorei Goju-Ryu Karate-do, (5th Dan) Shotokan Karate-do & (3rd Dan) Kodokan Judo (3rd Dan) Sanuces Ryu Ju Jutsu (3rd Dan) Hosinsol “Tai Chi Chuan”, President, United States Taiho Jutsu Federation

Grand Master Bernard “Gil” Gilbert (10th Dan) Taiho Jutsu, (5th Dan) Kodokan Judo, (8th Dan) Ju Jutsu, (5th Dan) Budo, (1st Dan) Savate

Grand Master Ken Miarecki (10th Dan) Taiho Jutsu, (5th Dan) Kodokan Judo, (7th Dan) Ju Jutsu, President, International Taiho Jutsu Federation

Grand Master Urban Muhhamad (8th Dan) Sanuces Ryu Ju Jutsu, (3rd Dan) Taiho Jutsu

Featuring: Professor Terrance Hale (6th Dan) Sanuces Ryu Ju Jutsu, (2nd  Dan) Taiho Jutsu, Sensei JP Nettles (4th Dan) Shorei Goju Ryu Karate-do, (2nd Dan) Taiho Jutsu, Sensei Lazeric “Lee” Hudson (2nd Dan) Kodokan Judo

For more details on the event & pricing, click here

Brother Steve emailed this back in January.

January 13, 2013 12:15 am

The fraud investigator is trying to stay one step ahead of the bad guys so he can defend himself against them — and teach others to do the same.

Mayberry, 43, and his wife, Jennifer Mayberry, 33, own and operate the St. Louis Combat Institute, based in a former storage garage in a small business park on the Hill. They teach kickboxing, Israeli martial art Krav Maga, and Systema, a Russian martial art.  While kickboxing and Krav Maga are taught at several other area schools, the Mayberrys say they are the only Systema instructors in the area.”

Complete story here

You can contact Joe and find out more at St. Louis Systema

If you cannot tell who the bad guys are -and you try to teach viable personal protection skills as a martial arts or self defense instructor- then you should just stop teaching and training.  This was from a while back but I still cannot believe how asinine it is.  If you cannot recognize ‘suspicious behavior’ as a martial artist then you need to either stay home or train somewhere else.

Several posters from the Joint Regional *Intelligence* Center (JRIC): FBI “Communities Against Terrorism” Suspicious Activity Reporting Flyers

Actual ‘martial arts’ poster is here:  http://info.publicintelligence.net/FBI-SuspiciousActivity/Martial_Arts_and_Paintball.pdf

Some tips to make sure you are not training bad guys, thanks to the flyer – and some observations from me…

* Interest in learning offensive moves in a confined space
– If you MUST use offensive moves then you will always have plenty of room to maneuver.  You may have room and time to escape as well, so run away.  Your foes will not follow you and the danger will pass.

* Interest in learning the use of hidden weapons
– Walking down the street carrying a sword is legal now.  No need for a CCW.  Carrying machetes and 2-foot pieces of rattan is OK too.

* Interest in learning kill and restraint techniques with no occupational need
– If your “occupation” has nothing to do with protecting yourself or others then there is no need to train in martial arts or self defense.  Fortunately, your life will never be threatened because that is not your occupation.

* Individuals who together are interested in learning group tactics
– Understanding things like multi-man attacks, stacking and team control & restraint techniques are a thing of the past.  Take that stuff out of your programs or the ter’rists win!

* Incorporating close combat or hand-to-hand fighting into training
– Start all training by backing up outside of kicking range or simply turn your back on the threat and run away.  There will probably be space and time to do this, as mentioned previously.

* Creating scenarios that incorporate law enforcement
– To be safe, LEOs should no longer be welcome in martial arts schools or Defensive Tactics classes.  Of course, since it is their “occupation” (see above) we sort of have a Catch-22 if LEOs *want* to train.
If you DO allow LEOs in your classes then under no circumstances should you consider their specific needs and perils when they train.  If the implication here is that the student wants to learn how do harm to or otherwise neutralize LEOs in the line of duty then simply beat the stuffing out of them and call the local PD or FBI.   Duh.

* Operating a private facility that’s not available or advertised to the public
– Immediately stop teaching in places like parks, garages, basements, beaches or anywhere that does not have a store front and a listing in the yellow pages.

In CQB Kajukenbo, I explain Mind > Body > Spirit, and we develop CBM – “Coordinated Body Motion”.   Coincidence?

— Brother Steve Todd sent me this a while back.

Original BBC article here: Fighting may have shaped evolution of human hand

{20 December 2012 Last updated at 02:45 ET}

Fighting may have shaped the evolution of the human hand, according to a new study by a US team.The University of Utah researchers used instruments to measure the forces and acceleration when martial artists hit a punch bag.  They found that the structure of the fist provides support that increases the ability of the knuckles to transmit “punching” force.  Details have been published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.  “We asked the question: ‘can you strike harder with a fist than with an open palm?’,” co-author David Carrier told BBC News.

“We were surprised because the fist strikes were not more forceful than the strikes with the palm. In terms of the work on the bag there is really no difference.”

Of course, the surface that strikes the target with a fist is smaller, so there is more stress from a fist strike.

“The force per area is higher in a fist strike and that is what causes localised tissue damage,” said Prof Carrier.

“There is a performance advantage in that regard. But the real focus of the study was whether the proportions of the human hand allow buttressing (support).”

The team found that making a clenched fist did indeed provide protective buttressing for the delicate bones of the hand. Making a fist increased the stiffness of the second meta-carpo-phalangeal, or MCP, joint (these joints are the knuckles visible when the hand is clenched as a fist) by a factor of four.

It also doubled the ability of the proximal phalanges (the bones of the fingers that articulate with the MCP joints) to transmit a punching force.

Dual useIn their paper, Prof Carrier and Michael H Morgan from the University of Utah’s school of medicine, point out that the human hand has also been shaped by the need for manual dexterity. But they say that a number of different hand proportions are compatible with an enhanced ability to manipulate objects.

“There may, however, be only one set of skeletal proportions that allows the hand to function both as a mechanism for precise manipulation and as a club for striking,” the researchers write.

“Ultimately, the evolutionary significance of the human hand may lie in its remarkable ability to serve two seemingly incompatible, but intrinsically human, functions.”

Our closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos do not generally form fists, and the researchers think they are unable to: when a chimp curls up its fingers it forms a doughnut shape.

Prof Carrier commented: “The question for me is ‘why wasn’t this discussed 30, 40 years ago.’ As far as I know it isn’t in the literature.”

Asked whether the idea that aggression may have played a key role in shaping the human body might previously have been unpalatable to researchers, Prof Carrier explained: “I think we’re more in that situation now than we were in the past.

“I think there is a lot of resistance, maybe more so among academics than people in general – resistance to the idea that, at some level humans are by nature aggressive animals. I actually think that attitude, and the people who have tried to make the case that we don’t have a nature – those people have not served us well.

“I think we would be better off if we faced the reality that we have these strong emotions and sometimes they prime us to behave in violent ways. I think if we acknowledged that we’d be better able to prevent violence in future.”

 

On Thursday July 11th 2013, Nick Smith & Derrick Tarrant were both awarded promotions to Level 1.

Congratulations guys!