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Why martial arts for seniors?

Ted Truscott — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:33:35 -0500

Why martial arts for seniors? Or, to pay lip service to being pc, why should boomers and old folks be interested in a martial art? Simple answer: reversing or slowing the effects of age. Sorry, I can’t help with the grumpiness! Actually, exercise is a great stress reliever and mood elevator so, maybe I can…<grin>.

Yama Neko on TV

Ted Truscott — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:14:17 -0400

ShawTV came out and shot 1.5 hours of video and cut it down to this.

I’ll let it speak for itself though some parts I like and some I don’t.

I wish I could have been involved in the editing… :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttji_047nPg

Naked senior foils B.C. home invasion

Ted Truscott — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:27:31 -0400

Naked senior foils B.C. home invasion
Canwest News Service
Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2008

http://tinyurl.com/5flh8k

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. :

A Port Alberni, B.C., senior aborted a home invasion on Sunday by wrestling a 12-gauge shotgun away from a female suspect and fending off her male accomplice, police say.
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Fit, Not Frail: Exercise as a Tonic for Aging

Ted Truscott — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:53:54 -0400

A friend, Dianna Gordon of No Nonsense Self Defense, culled this article from the New York Times.

I don’t know how long the link will be active but hey, so far so good.

New York Times
http://tinyurl.com/449qnq

Personal Health

Fit, Not Frail: Exercise as a Tonic for Aging
by Jane E. Brody, published: June 24, 2008

Fact: Every hour of every day, 330 Americans turn
60.

Fact: By 2030, one in five Americans will be older
than 65.

Fact: The number of people over 100 doubles every
decade.

Fact: As they age, people lose muscle mass and
strength, flexibility and bone.

Fact: The resulting frailty leads to a loss of
mobility and independence.

Six-and-a-half minutes:

Ted Truscott — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:04:34 -0400

"I know how they were feeling," he said. "It’s like you wish you could have done more."

Six Minutes of horror as Turlock father beats, kills his son; by Julia Prodis Sulek and Ken McLaughlin Mercury News

Canadians, Firearms and Self Defence

Ted Truscott — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:17:15 -0400

Why are we being treated as irresponsible children who can’t be trusted not to burn the house down if the parents leave for a minute?

I just found the CanadaCarry Forum.

Rex Murphy on the gun registry...

Ted Truscott — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:08:35 -0400

I liked this commentary.

It speaks for itself.

Great-Grandma, 83, Fights off Purse Snatcher

Ted Truscott — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:25:56 -0400

March 15, 2008 4:12 AM EDT

Santa Fe N.M. (AP)
(Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican,
http://www.sfnewmexican.com)

Great-grandmother 1, would-be robber 0.

Bernie Garcia at first thought the young man who approached her asking for money while she gassed up her car seemed like a sweet guy.

One of the Seven Survival Signals that can predict violent behaviour as discussed by Gavin De Becker in The Gift of Fear, is charm or niceness

Woman fights off knife attack

Ted Truscott — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:45:44 -0400

This is a violence success story. I have posted most of the story in italics and interspersed it with my comments. I chose this story to highlight the fact that you need not just give up and die when faced with overwhelming violence and your favourite talisman of self protection is suddenly not available.

Woman fights off knife attack in Deer Park
http://tinyurl.com/3lxfp8
BY EMERSON CLARRIDGE

Awareness and Avoidance

Ted Truscott — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:02:50 -0400

This is a guest article by my good buddy Alain Burrese. You will find a link to his site over to the right but this link will go to his blog, which is informative and interesting.

More Misconceptions about Canadian Law and Self Defence

Ted Truscott — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:54:39 -0500

Recently I came across an article by Gary Mauser of SFU, called Armed Self Defense: The Canadian Case. I perused the article and browsed his web site exposing the fallacies of (Canadian) gun control rhetoric and supposed success. I even got 8 out of 10 correct on his Gun Quiz - missing a date and a total number.

Escapes from Wrist Grabs...

Ted Truscott — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:34:37 -0500

Like the rest of the clips on my site, this clip is a mere introduction to the topic of escaping from a strong wrist grab.

Why kids fight when they can't win...

Ted Truscott — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:24:05 -0500

aka: What Teens know about Bullies that Parents have Forgotten.

ALL responses to a bully are painful.

The best you can do is to choose the type of pain that you hate the least…you can’t avoid pain completely. The pain is either physical or emotional and bullies are practiced masters of causing this pain to others…

The Seven Categories, Four Ranges, and Five uses of Found Weapons

Ted Truscott — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:17:45 -0500

Guest essay by ‘Grand Mama Duck,’ aka: Michael Johnson, our very own Silhouette! (with editing helps from Toma).

"I want to thank the members of the Animal List for helping me devise these categories and ranges. A special thanks to the moderators of the list, Marc "Animal" MacYoung and Diana Gordon." ~ GMD

Wanted: Hero

Ted Truscott — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:40:33 -0500

by Jaime Buckley.

Although we have never met, Jaime, creator of the Wanted: Hero stories, has immortalised some of my friends and I in his graphic novel.

It is just too cool!

What if you sent out your man, errr, dwarf, (Or is he a cigar smoking elf?), to get the prophesied Hero to save the world from total destruction at the hands of evil and he brought back THE WRONG MAN!?
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Cane Fighting Practise

Ted Truscott — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:58:54 -0500

This little effort demos some of the Raising Canes exercises that you can do to warm-up before practising your cane fighting self defense. It contains:

        • Wim Demeer’s stick exercises for the                             shoulders, back and arms
        • some simple cane fighting footwork drills called zoning
        • some cane fighting shadow boxing,

then it ends with me being viciously attacked by Joe so that I have to defend myself with my cane very rigorously. At 5:45 I do some cane twirling dexterity exercises you should check out. :)

Elbow Strikes:

Ted Truscott — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:12:45 -0500

Elbow strikes are very useful for in close fighting.

The concept of “shearing” I got from Bob Orlando, a fine gentleman and martial arts instructor in Denver CO.

Practise hitting things with your elbow from as many directions as you can think of and from any position. Without actually hitting stuff, you will not get a useful feel for this very strong technique.

How to Survive Random Gang Violence

Ted Truscott — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:12:18 -0500

Random Violence Survival Skills covers:
    •    Survival doesn’t mean Fighting!
    •    Awareness Skills
    •    People Skills
    •    Physical Skills for Evasion
    •    Physical Skills for Fighting
    •    Fighting when Surrounded
    •    Fighting on the Ground

A family member was mugged the other day...

Ted Truscott — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:09:35 -0500

A family member was mugged the other day and lost a considerable wad of cash.

He was in a new city, sharing an apartment with a stranger and had his first pay check. He decided to go out but didn’t want to leave his money in his unsecured room, (some of his roomie’s friends were unsavoury to say the least), so he took it with him.

Six Martial Arts Myths about Defending Against a Knife Attack

Ted Truscott — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:41:49 -0500

How to use this info: If you are interested in aquiring training in how to defeat a knife attack, take a look at the system you find and judge how it deals with these problems. There is a lot of stuff out there, some good, some bad. Don’t forget, you are betting your life on your choice…