Still down with the flu, but (knock wood) I’m improving somewhat. For today’s self defense tips, I’m going to post two clips. The first is the “hooking” version of American catch wrestling’s top wrist lock (often mistakenly called a “key lock”, and similar in appearance to the Americana or paint brush used in BJJ). The key here is mastering the entry and the frame; once you do that, you’ll find

Since I’m down with the flu, I figured I’d post one of the more popular pieces from pw’s past (originally posted Oct 2004). This is the kind of post that gets me better mentally prepared for resuming full-time blogging duty come March — the kind of post I’d like to do more of upon my return. _____________ De Somnis Vestimenta Horroris      From the greatest horrors irony is seldom entirely absent,

Greg Lukianoff, writing in Reason: In 2007 a student working his way through college was found guilty of racial harassment for reading a book in public. Some of his co-workers had been offended by the book’s cover, which included pictures of men in white robes and peaked hoods along with the tome’s title, Notre Dame vs. the Klan. The student desperately explained that it was an ordinary history book, not

GOP contingent: “Before we get started, allow us to note that –” Obama: ” — oldhonkeyssaywhat?” GOP contingent: “Begging your pardon, Mr. President, but what exactly –” Democratic contingent: — [erupts into clapping and those noises trained harbor seals make when they’re begging for some hake] ~ finis ~*

…and I’m near bust. Donate what you can if you feel so inclined. The pay model is nowhere near ready. Not that it would make a difference — it’s only a matter of time now before I’m completely under water. Maybe if I got into hypnotism… **** note: newer posts appear below; this post will remain sticky for today and tomorrow only. Thanks to those of you who contributed. If

[November 26 update: Mr Shannon has now taken to paying freelance SEO reps to try to bury posts such as this, or sites such as this one that exposes Scientific Wrestling — and Shannon, in particular — for the kind of organization it is.] [note: this post has to do with a battle within the submission grappling community. If you have no interest in the subject, just skip the post.

[editor’s note: this post is a follow-up to other posts that hope to teach people just who exactly Jake Shannon is, and to what dubious or downright fraudulent lengths he’s gone to set himself up as an ‘expert’ in catch wrestling and other fields. For a lengthy, sourced account of his attempts to take down his competition — including Shannon’s most recent ploy to hire web experts to bury search

As many of you know, I’ve been caught up of late in a bit of a internecine war waging in a specialized discipline of submission grappling — a war that I’ve now learned is beginning to dovetail with my “career” as a blogger. To wit: Jake Shannon, the head of Scientific Wrestling (and self-proclaimed “renowned polymath,” “Human Rights investigator,” “hypnotist,” and so on) has added a bit about me to

Just a reminder.

In my opinion, Meghan McCain would do well to buy herself a fancy vibrator and spend some quality time with herself. That way, she wouldn’t feel the need to prattle on so much in public. I mean, honestly: we’d be far better served if the McCains began fucking themselves for a change, rather than bending the whole of conservatism over a desk in exchange for a few minutes of air