Open Letter to Barron Shepherd, the whole world knows your a Punk...

I am not, nor have I ever been a large imposing person. Most people think I am crazy because I don't back down from much. As I have gotten older, I have learned that some people try to start stuff just to get you in trouble... Crying to the cops for protection, I've also learned that sometimes cops look the other way when someone starts fights and runs behind the cops for protection.

Well low and behold, this BS with Barron Shepherd kind of reminds me of being a kid (its that childish) in grade school. The thing is Barron is too scared to just step up and wants to "jump the fence" between socially acceptable behavior and trying to act like an online bully. Like most bullies he is a coward... Evident in his lack of fighting me in Charleston when he said he would and lying about it online. He has even gone so far as to put me in contact with Edson Berto of Reality Fighting Championship.

Once you stand up to a bully, they run away... Barron Shepherd of Winter Haven must do his students proud. He is an instructor in kenpo and judo but carries himself like some wannabe punk tough guy who tries to bully others online like a coward.

Barron has now backed down twice from me, the first time was a anything goes street fight back in 2009 and the second was a sanctioned MMA event this year. He has even admitted to conspiring with others to set me up to get arrested. I bet he was one of those tough talking kids who wanted to ne a bully until someone punched him in the mouth... Just saying.

And when called out on this, all he can do is spread his lies about me even as they are proven lies. Barron Shepherd is an example of not just what is wrong with martial arts but what is wrong with America. He works tirelessly to attack competing businesses and by example is teaching children to act like cowardly bullies talking tough behind computer screens.

Much of this pattern of behavior was covered in the previous blog As Kentucky Draws Near and the comments below;

Now for those who don't know... Uptown Single Layer is Barron Shepherd's troll account. Its also reeks of being a gay prostitute... Uptown = High Class, Single = Marital status & Layer = as in Lays With anyone with the Money. Again just saying...

Here Barron comes out to "defend himself" and the whole time Uptown Single Layer never makes an appearance again... Strange right? This comes after I pointed out that as "Uptown" claims Mike Raymond is in a picture with Phil and so connects "Mike Raymond" to Phil Elmore and Barron Shepherd in what I already confirmed was an attempt to set up a "Secret Kumite Death Match" rather then a real licensed fight...

 Here is Barron's immediate response born out of anger... Calling me names when I point out all he had to do was step up... And I proved him a liar even posted a link to the news that said I was charged with stalking and assault and that my alleged victim was claiming I was trying to rape her but the stalking and assault allegations were proven not proven and I was found not guilty. Barron doesn't care about the truth he only cares about slandering my name and that doesn't even matter if he has to lie to do so... That was a small lie by-the-way...

And here Barron's story takes on a new level of insanity by adding more details to the lie... Details which are false and well easily proven as here is Ashley Redden's own statement, from the criminal complaint written by Trooper Greg Duckworth & signed by her under duress, something she even mentioned on appeal which is why it was appealed in court...

Ashley Redden's criminal complaint very different then the story Barron Shepherd is claiming...

 A close up of the charges, those appealed and the verdict changed and those the verdict was not changed on...

The full Verdict sheet from the Appeals trial. So here is the big lie by Barron Shepherd.

 Here is me clearing the air and posting links were the information is publicly available... Barron posts some trollish non-sense as if he is laughing but he knows he was caught in a lie. The information above proves Barron Shepherd has lied to defame and slander my good name. So pretending like it is pointless is his only hope. I don't want to convince Barron Shepherd he is a liar, he already knows this... No I want show case him as a liar and a fraud. I wonder how his students and associates The International Kenpo Karate Academies feel about this?

Now here is where Barron being proven a liar and fraud gets good because despite his "keyboard laughing" at pointing out he is a liar and that I had screen shots proven him to be a liar, I also reference something in regards to Barron using his other blog, a vent of his psychosis featuring his delusional mind fantasizing about Frank Dux and Ashida Kim the "Ninjerkiller" blog. Here Barron does himself in because he didn't even have the balls to post this on the same blog... In stead he jumps posts (a common troll tactic to appear more authoritive or less bias). So in response to using Barron's own remarks as evidence of his pathology of lying and slandering myself & others, he jumps blogs and posts in The Trolls Took the Bait blog.

Here is Barry posting the link somewhere else to try to upset with a revenge review of a book he never read... Proved his is only slandering my name for his own personal gain...

Here is my full argument proving Barron is cry baby bitch acting tough online... He is trying to confuse people between the Gen 1 & Gen 2 Modern Army Combative Course because the same adjustments I made to Sport Jujitsu & Traditional Jujutsu, combined with elements of Karate & Muay Thai in addition to the Gracie Combatives base of Gen 1 MACP in 2003 are similar to same adjustments made in Gen 2 by SFC Matt Larsen (to which I no hand in his alterations, I only taught at the company & brigade levels in HHC (Head quarters company) & Charlie Company 1/503 Air Assault out of Camp Casey South Korea before it was designated as an Airborne Unit and moved to Italy). So not only did Barron try to slander my name with lies but he has tried to confuse facts and lie about my background to conceal one of my well documented accomplishments (having taught my own system of Hand-to-Hand Combat in the US Army as an addition to the MAC Gen 1 Program. The MAC Gen 2 program didn't become official until 2009, I left service in April of 2005 and it was common practice for martial artists in an platoon or company to supplement Combatives training with additional martial arts training as a kind of "quick class."

And here is where the real childishness begins Barron brings my mom into this & I question his sexuality... I honestly thought he'd have nothing left after posting the "revenge blog" on his Fantasy Combatives blog, Barron his never served in the Army to my knowledge or any branch of the military but well... After I point out I proved him a liar he  demands I prove my black belts are real... That is funny because as I have proven many times, I was awarded for teaching Combatives in the Army...

Visible Above... My Awards Paperwork from the Army... And visible below is me pointing out Barron simply does care about facts... But, no matter I proved Barron is a liar, on multiple levels. I even challenged him to establish a sanctioned event. But well... Nothing is set yet, Flordia has a great deal of legal red tape to wade through including physicals, eye examinations & EKGs & MRIs for Barry...

At this point is all that matters is that I have proven Barron Shepherd a liar and a fraud of a fraud buster who works in collaboration with his other online supporters Don Roley & Phil Elmore. Admitted by Barron's own troll account. Now the real question is how does Barron Shepherd's students at Winter Haven Karate feel about their instructor behaving in this way? How do parents feel that their instructor is a liar, slandering other peoples names to make himself look "big?" If this is what is being taught or worse set as the example for Martial Arts in Winter Haven perhaps something should be done?

As Kentucky draws near...

As the Black Dragon Fighting Society event in Lexington Kentucky draws near... The fools come out to play. I have been holding onto this little gem until the time was right. I wrote a series of blogs addressing the attempts by Phil Elmore, Barron Shepherd and Don Roley (all slanderous little online punks) to cover for Barron claiming to accept a challenge from me and then backing out... (because a secret Blood Sport style Kumite death match is so much more realistic then a sanctioned MMA event) all to try to have me arrested in Florida with Barry claiming I threatened him.

Here is the Previous Blogs for historical information;
What got it all started, I proved Barron Shepherd was a liar who is trying to disparage my character and defame me because of some words we had over the internet back in 2009. In addressing those lies I posted this blog: Barron Shepard: Proven a Liar & Slander...
And trying to hide behind his fellow liar and fraud Don Roley, I addressed how Don Roley was just as guilty of making fraudulent statements and slandering a person's name when I posted When YOU ARE Proven a Liar... (get your friends to lye for you). This resulted into me demonstrating how weak Barron Shepherd is that his mind seeks out ways to entrap you rather then confront you, unless he is behind a computer... This is also were I openly challenged Barron Shepherd to set a MMA event on mutually neutral territory and fight me like a man on Scared Little Internet Trolls & Way Martial Arts Suck. There was some more crying the bitching out by Barry so I posted Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons: Barron's Bitching Out from Stepping into a Cage with me on February 3rd 2016. What followed was Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 2: The Return of the Internet Bitches' Spin. Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 2 is very important because I posted copies of a conversation with Phil Elmore using the troll account Mraymond Locktools trying to set up a "secret unsanctioned competition" in Florida... images are available at the link provided. Keep that in mind because, I have proof Phil Elmore was pretending to be Mraymond Locktools to try to have me arrested for fighting Barron or some other BS charge in Florida, where Barron Shepherd claims to be a reserve police officer. Regardless May 11th Phil Elmore responded as Mraymond Locktools and admitted to being Phil Elmore... Apparently his fear is that I might have an "inside man" in his online circle jerk of friends.

Regardless this is 3 months after the Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons chain of events. Following calling out Phil Elmore's conspiring with Barron Shepherd to set me up I decided to draw them out online and get Barron to admit to signing up for the event he only had to options; say he signed up or not. If he said he signed up he'd either be lying or not... If he was lying (he was) I would be able to prove it and if not cool we'd fight like men in a cage, this lead to Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 3: Still Playing Games but No One is Stepping up. And it did... but what is even more important is how Don Roley, Barron and Phil claimed I never contacted Chris Smith of Ruckus in the Cage to set up my own event for me and Barron since Phil and Barry wanted to get me to fight an unsanctioned street brawl in Florida.
Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 4: The Trap is Sprung & I Lied, is were I revealed a small falsehood told to Barron that is a reflection of Florida state law and how it differs from West Virginia State Law. In Florida fighters must pay for a physical, in West Virginia fighters only get a physical before the event and the same physician who clears them is responsible for their safety and care during and after the fight. My little lie, proved Barron Shepherd lied and ducked out of fighting, tried to set me up for legal issues with the aid of Phil Elmore & Don Roley. So I lied to prove Barron Shepherd lied about fighting me... Yes, yes, that does make him look like scared lil bitch & the A-cups don't help either.

So in proving that Barron Shepherd was a liar and a coward too scared to fight me, multiple times not only lying about signing up to fight but my own history and criminal record... Well Much like with When YOU Get Proven a Liar, Barron turns to Don Roley for justification of his lies... This prompted Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 5: Don Roley... Trying to Change the Narrative. Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 5 is where Don Roley tried to "attack my lineage" by adding me to a group without my permission and claiming I had to answer his questions. Since Melvin Williams acted with respect I was more then willing to share information with him but he never followed up on my offer...
Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 6: Internet Trolls & BSMA is where I addressed how Hatsumi inspires his Bujinkan members to attack other arts and how Soke is not martial arts title but an older term associated with iemoto systems family trades within certain areas and how Hatsumi is seeking to claim to the sole source of "ninjutsu" by claiming this title. Thus the reason Hatsumi and the Bujin-cult support cowards like Don Roley and Barron Shepherd.

So after hitting the nail on the head, Don Roley offers for me to come to Kentucky in October via Facebook to fight Barron Shepherd at a Tantojutsu Seminar he is teaching. In Lexington Kentucky (where the BDFS event is being held) and on the same dates... How suspicious... So lets be clear, go to a Bujinkan event were all the witnesses are associated with Barron Shepherd & Don Roley just to get attacked or accused for some crime (these pussies have got involved in my court cases before and tried to 'help' get me convicted) or go to a BDFS event were I am a member and the other people attending are associated with me (yeah that's what I am going to do). So Barry & Donny are going to have to initiate a conflict somewhere other then their own little event. This was covered in Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 7: Ruckus in the Cage Tomorrow Will Barron Show or No? but "7" was posted on 3/3/16 and this was covered on the updates from the day of the Ruckus in the Cage event 3/4/16.

On April 10th 2016 I posted Paper Tigers & Ducking Dragons 8: When You Bitch Out & Everyone Knows It...  Demonstrating the use of troll accounts and trash talking to spread lies and slander. What gets even better is that 7 days after the Ruckus in the Cage that never happened, "Mraymond" Elmore admits to being Locktools and in so doing proves all my accusations about fat Phil, Barry "bitch tits" and Roley-Poley conspiring to slander my name and even entrap me in legal troubles to silence me when I point out they are liars, slanderers and frauds in their own right...

So here we are 10/3/2016 with the BDFS event coming up... And Don Roley's Tantojutsu event in Lexington Kentucky. Which will I attend the one with my own Fraternal Order & what about Barron Shepherd or Don Roley. They are of no consequence to me, I wanted to fight Barron Shepherd in a sanctioned event in a Cage. I didn't get what I wanted...

However, in playing the online mind games I posted this picture for my Facebook profile; well the meme I made with the image.

And as I explained to Phil Elmore's troll account on this very blog in And the Trolls took the Bait. It would be illegal for me to even hold this weapon is I were a prohibited person as they claim, another lie. So why now to pose with a gun on the internet? Well, part of it is proving that they were lying (again) but another part of it is quite simply this, posing with the gun is a violation of the law if I were a prohibited person this proves enough in that either a) I am in jail or b) I am not... It is on them to prove their claims, and they have been proven liars already.

So lets see who is going to do what in Lexington, I am going to enjoy the company of my BDFS family and if anyone wants to fight they know where to find me. Course coming to fight me "in my own yard" is a "legal no, no..." What to be a bad ass and prove yourself in the street do with the risk of facing jail time yourselves not hiding behind legalities like scared little children behind their parents.

The Assassin Trilogy: Three Books You Don't Want to Read...

Shadow Warrior Press covers many titles, ranging from books on martial arts, survivalism & paramilitary skills & tactics. Originally written for my old Publishing House now defunct Witch-Hunter Publishing comes three books of unique subject matter Assassin: The Art & Science of Killing is an Assassination theme book dealing with combat tactics for the individual. This book was written not as a training manual for assassins but as tool for teaching Law Enforcement & Security Personnel. The Book poses as an instruction manual covering topics like camouflage, disguise, rifle & pistol marksmanship, hand to hand combat, knife fighting, poisons, booby traps and explosives... As well as philosophy and training for an individual.

If a police officer, soldier or security specialist where to use this book as intended it would allow them to get a generalized idea of the mind set & skills used by mafia hitmen, terrorists & similar. For the individual "lone wolf" survivalist it is a documentary of individual combat tactics for the common civilian it is example of why they need to be trained in first-aid, firearms & self-defense techniques to protect themselves from the threat of harm by elite criminals and terrorists.

The second book in the series is In the Shadows: The Art of Espionage, uses Assassin to explain the basic combat tactics and addresses the tactics and methods of the spy,  including how to improvise equipment in the field ranging from "radio bugs," to improvised firearms & "night vision glasses", develop cryptography methods and keys, plus covert hand and arm signals as well as pass along secret information in public.

Finally, these books come together to address the threat of terrorism with Cloak & Dagger: A Study of Modern Terrorism this book explains many of the improvised weapons used by terrorists such as a breakdown of the rockets used by Hezbollah to attack Israel, designs for common Improvised Explosive Devises, Demolition methods used by Terrorists, False Flag Operations & the differences between Terrorists and Guerrillas, as well as discussing the limitations of civilian and law enforcement training compared to that of the guerrilla insurgent or terrorist, and compared to the training of professional soldiers.

These three books offer an inside look into Guerrilla, Terrorist & Insurgent methodologies that serve to help anyone civilian, law enforcement or military to have an in side look into the world of Counter-Terrorism like no other books may provide, because these books reveal the skills and methodologies from an inside looking out view. Many of these same skills can be acquire from other more legitimate sources such as tactical schools, survival schools and so on. Rather then preach an SOP to the reader they allow the reader an inside view to guide them to understanding the reasoning behind much of the SOPs used by police, military and security personnel.

And the Trolls took the bait...

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Black Dragon Ninjitsu Competition Rules for Sparring & Jujitsu Matches

This will be the last blog for the month of September, so I wanted to address something which has been asked of me and I figure this will head off some questions. The question asked over and over again since I offered the idea of a Ninjutsu Competition has been "What are the rules of sparring or jujitsu competition in Black Dragon Ninjitsu? "

So allow me to provide some answers...

Competition Matches will be divided into 3 rounds each round lasting only 2 minutes for those of 10th Kyu grade. These sparring matches will be "punching only" (essentially boxing matches). Points are awarded as follows;

• A knock out wins the match... A knock is judged by the fighter losing consciousness for 10 seconds or be struck in such a way as to unable to intelligently defend themselves due to a strike.
• 5 points for a knock down, 3 knock downs in a single round is a Technical Knock Out.
• 1 point is awarded for a clean strike to the chin, jaw or solar plexus.
• 1 point is awarded for a clean block against a punch.

 

For 9th & 8th Kyu grades, it becomes more of a Kickboxing style event allowing knees and elbows similar to Muay Thai. Rounds are increased in number to 5 rounds at 3 minutes per round.

• A knock out wins the match... A knock is judged by the fighter losing consciousness for 10 seconds or be struck in such a way as to unable to intelligently defend themselves due to a strike.
• 5 points for a knock down, 3 knock downs in a single round is a Technical Knock Out.
• 1 point is awarded for a clean strike to the chin, ribs, kidneys, temple, jaw or solar plexus.
• 1 point is awarded for a clean block against a strike, to include kicks, knees and elbows.
• 2 points are awarded for initiating a clinch/head control. Fighters are not stopped due to tying up in a clinch for 5 seconds or less.
• 1 point awarded for showing controlled aggression & dominating the fight.
• -1 point for first act of "un-sportsman like conduct." (first offense)
• -5 points  for second act of "un-sportsman like conduct." (second offense)
•  Disqualification for third act of "un-sportsman like conduct." (third & final offense)
• Un-Sportsman Like Conduct is defined as, striking to intentionally injure one's opponent, cursing at, spitting or biting one's opponent, fish-hooking (pulling on an opponent's mouth with the fingers), eye gouges, groin strikes or throat strikes or grabs, elbows strikes to the nose, temple, base of skull or sternum & head butts to the nose.
• Head butts to the Chin are Permitted, but not points are awarded for effective strike with the head.

7th Kyu Grades & up...
At 7th Kyu and up Competition takes on a variety of forms adding grappling & weapons sparring to the sparring allowing for jujitsu competition to become a basis for other competitions (meaning a Black Dragon Ninjitsuka would be able to use Jujitsu techniques in competition with Kendo Shinai as part of learning to use the sword as well). Such a jujitsu/taijutsu competition would also be comprised of 5 rounds at 5 minutes each, at 5th Kyu this becomes 8 rounds at 5 minutes each & 10 rounds at 5 minutes each at 2nd Kyu;

 

A knock or wins the match... A knock is judged by the fighter losing consciousness for 10 seconds or be struck in such a way as to unable to intelligently defend themselves due to a strike.

A Choke out wins the match, choking an opponent unconscious wins the match.

Submission is signaled by tapping the mat or opponent repeatedly or saying "Matte" when a fighter forfeits the match and surrenders.

Matches can also be stopped when the referee or majority of 2 of 3 judges during a competition decide the fighters are not of the same ability levels.

5 points for a knock down, 3 knock downs in a single round is a Technical Knock Out.

1 point is awarded for a clean strike to the chin, ribs, kidneys, temple, jaw or solar plexus.

1 point is awarded for a clean block against a strike, to include kicks, knees and elbows.

2 points are awarded for initiating a clinch/head control. Fighters are not stopped due to tying up in a clinch for 5 seconds or less.

2 points for a standing choke.

2 points for a standing arm-lock.

2 points for taking the fight to the ground

5 points for a throw or takedown knocking an opponent to the ground.

-3 points for being taken to the ground.

1 point for gaining dominant position on the ground.

2 points for reversals and taking the dominant position on the ground.

1 point for arm or legs locks on the ground.

2 points for chokeholds on the ground.

1 point awarded for showing controlled aggression & dominating the fight.

-1 point for not showing aggression during a fight.

-1 point for first act of "un-sportsman like conduct." (first offense)

-5 points  for second act of "un-sportsman like conduct." (second offense)

 Disqualification for third act of "un-sportsman like conduct." (third & final offense)

Un-Sportsman Like Conduct is defined as, striking to intentionally injure one's opponent, cursing at, spitting or biting one's opponent, fish-hooking (pulling on an opponent's mouth with the fingers), eye gouges, groin strikes or throat strikes or grabs, elbows strikes to the nose, temple, base of skull or sternum & head butts to the nose. Any strikes on the ground. "Tapping out" and initiating physical contact afterward, between rounds or when told to stop.

Headbutts to the Chin are Permitted while in the clinch, but not points are awarded.

Techniques which are not permitted in Competition; Finger or Wrist-locks, Neck Locks (not chokes), Spinal Locks or throws which "spike the other fighter on the head."

On the Ground No Striking is Permitted, a Fighter has 30 seconds to achieve a submission or chokehold on the ground to achieve a "Choke Out" or Submission.

 

Belts & Colors:
Mukyu (no rank) No Belt, Student has to earn their White Belt usually takes about 15 to 30 days.

10th Kyu White Belt

9th Kyu Yellow Belt

8th Kyu Yellow Belt

7th Kyu Orange Belt

6th Kyu Orange Belt

5th Kyu Green Belt

4th Kyu Green Belt

3rd Kyu Green Belt

2nd Kyu Brown Belt

1st Kyu Brown Belt

1st Dan Black Belt

 

 This format would allow the Black Dragon Ninjitsu student to practice striking a moving target, at each point closing the gap to allow for infighting and then focus on grappling methods. After 7th Kyu grappling methods would dominate one's unarmed combat training. And as the student adapts to a particular area of focus adds to the foundation by "adding tools to the tool box" crafting their own style of fighting designed to fit their personality.

More so, and more importantly, this allows an instructor to train with their students to limit themselves to spar and train with their students. Not simply walking around commanding the students through drills but, training with them demonstrating the character traits of mental toughness and showing that the instructor is still seeking to build themselves up. In Black Dragon Ninjitsu instructors do not say "go forth before and do as I say..." in Black Dragon Ninjitsu instructors say "Follow me..." we seek to build leaders and leaders don't seek to command others, they go forth sometimes alone and inspire others to follow them.

The Collapse of America: What do if Civil Unrest and Civil War Breaks out...

This is a touchy subject and a sensitive matter I am going to discuss politics, race relations and police killings. Yeah, I can already see my haters lining up to try to start trouble but fuck'em... If my cursing offends you or seems unprofessional welcome to America and my right to say fuck'em, now grow up and quit being a pussy... Yes I called you a fucking pussy, if being offended hurts your feelings then lets get right to it.

This is America and it is an issue not of political parties, races, cultures or income levels, it is a matter of ideas and expectations. What is coming to America is a financial collapse, race wars, civil unrest, terrorism and martial law. What is coming is a matter of personal survival and how well we as a nation survive this together. We are not a unified nation, we don't have a common history like the other nations and our nation was built on conquest of the native population simply because they were technologically under developed compared to most of our European Ancestors.

America has had some laws and policies which discriminated against, abused and degraded people in this nation simply because of the color of their skin and the home of their ancestors. I won't apologize for it, I didn't have a say in it and it happened before I was even born. Should we forget it? Hell No! That is a part of American History, a dark part of our history but a part none-the-less. However, many of those crimes against our citizens have been resolved and people like Colin Kaepernick who address those crimes of the past are in my eyes diminishing the sacrifices and fight of those who came before to remedy the situation. Imagine an act where some protested Blacks being forced to sit on the back of the bus... They aren't forced to do so now because Rosa Parks already fought that battle. It is not saying we should forget the past but, that fighting for the wrongs someone else has already fought to right is a bit unrealistic. Think about Colin Kaepernick's whole claim about the National Anthem being racist because American Slaves took up arms for the British in Canada to win their freedom. Yes, that is a historical fact and one in which Kaepernick was right about, however it says nothing of British slaves who were still slaves, long after the US ended slavery by-the-way... So what is my point? That Slaves fighting against slave owners for their freedom in support of another nation which was slave owners and kept their slaves in chains is a bit, repetitive... Ever hear the saying "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Well this is Kaepernick's argument especially since it makes zero sense to protest something that is a) a historical event which we can't change (unless Marty or Dr. Brown will let borrow their car) and b) why protest something so pointless... if you want to gain attention to an historical event then god their are other and better ways to do so (at least in many people's eyes, I don't care it nothing I can change but thanks for the history lesson).

Now Colin Kaepernick's newest protest which makes more sense has to do with Police Abuses of Power and American Civil Rights, but only if you are black or a minority. This offends me... So much on so many different levels first that such protests only go to provide for the Race War Narrative. This is just bad because Black cops kill more blacks then white cops, regardless such a narrative only pushes racial targeting of whites by black criminals who feel they are justified in doing so. This prevents Americans who ahppen to be black from seeing the real amd greater problem that this is an issue of those with political power and those without political power being victimized by those with political power.

I cannot in good continence simply obey orders that violate the rights of others. Having gone through my own trials of being falsely arrested and having my name slandered. My life virtually destroyed by lies and false evidence. I won a huge portion of my fight by openly challenging said corruption using a rather graphic hypothetical legal argument. Hell i even proved the Prosecutor of Raleigh County falsified evidence in my case. But... I DID ALL THIS USING THE SYSTEM AND MY RIGHTS. Calls to violence in self-defense are fine but, they must be balanced with work within the system to change it.

Look this is America and the issue of civil rights is an American issue. I agree we still have issues of racism in this country but you cannot solve them by acting like a bunch of thuggish criminals. Doing so only divides people when we will need each other the most.

Add to this the approaching financial collapse of the many bubbles propping up the economy. Once this happens then many programs will cease to exist, including Social Security which has less people paying into it as jobs move overseas. I truly do think Trump will be a Savior in this area but, i am afraid of abuses of power under his watch from the police. Which gets up back to the American issue of Civil Rights violations and murders carried out by police officers.

The depreciation of our dollar backed by the rising cost of fuel will bring us into a world of rising crime. People often talk about the rising cost of living, the rising rates of substance abuse and fail to see why people turn to drugs... Becoming a scenic is popular and being mean to others is considered cool. Adults act like children and depending on the police is a joke... So people feel alone and hopeless.

Surviving all I went through with constant harassment by the police did involve some drug use on my part (I won't lie about it, psychiatrists call this "self-medicating" basically the only way to take my mind off threats to my family and myself was to lose touch with reality & I needed some chemical aid with that) but so did my faith in God. In fact, God played a very important role in my life during the Darkest of times for me.  No... I am not going to convince you of my religious beliefs and I am not talking about religion. I am talking about faith, to steal a line from the movie Serenity "I don't care what you believe in just believe." I would like to think God was preparing me for the Darker Times I know are coming and the Bible even warns Christians (originally called Nazarine Jews, the term "Christian" was invented by the Romans) to prepare, if you read all of Mathew chapters 24 and 25 completely. I even covered this in Living Without Rapture. Am I trying to convince you of my religion now... No, I am saying Scripture Teaches "X" and if you are taught it is something else you might want to do some research because faith isn't something that is established with religions, it is simply what you choose to believe. So if you are "Christian" I suggest you read the Bible and follow the instructions of Jesus Christ, forget what your preacher, pastor or priest tells you if it is different from what Jesus taught.

We know what is coming but none of us can stop it and there is nothing you can do to stop it... Not petition, no protest and no amount of bitch and crying will stop this. The economy will collapse, civil unrest with break out and their will be different little factions trying to kill each other, as well as different little groups of people who aren't in a "faction."

Look at the Chaos in Charlotte, North Carolina... Did you know 70% of the people rioting and looting aren't even from the state? And that George Soros who used to work with the Nazis, even says it was the happiest time of his life. Now Soros is Billionaire puppet master who uses none profit groups to control politics and funds revolutions around the world, Soros even has a hand in the ACLU which explains why they only file suits for minority claims to abuse by the legal system (when in reality everyone benefits from removing problem cops, prosecutors and judges). All this adds up to a very powerful man who learned from working with the Nazis to divide people, everywhere he has used is influence has lead to war, strife and chaos which uses to influence policy (and there are hacked memos to prove it). So what am I telling you, I am telling no matter who wins the election there going to chaos, civil breakdown due to political/ideological views and many of the groups involved are be a threat to anyone.

So now that we know the problems... What are the answers?
First off there are hundreds of forums, facebook groups and web sites giving away free information and there are many books on survival at my own publishing company Shadow Warrior Publishing, as well as able to be bought at book stores and publishing houses.

1. Living Without Rapture: A Christians Guide to Doomsday Preparedness.
2. Poorman's Guide to Prepping: Economical Doomsday Survival.
3. TM 725-15 The American Homeguard Anti-Terrorist Handbook.
4. With Poorman's Guide to Prepping 2 being an in the works project...

There is a simple plan that comes into action here...

1. Be prepared, develop a Strategy to Bug-In (hold down the house, apartment or whatever) AND Bug-Out (evacuate your home). That means yes getting gear, food and water stocked up. What gear do you need?
1. Lets keep it simple start with a bug-out bag, a good gun has to double for hunting and defense (AR15, AR10 or any AKM style weapon should be the primary tool here) & a handgun (doesn't matter because its a back up weapon, so if you need it you are in a very bad place to start with)...
2. Develop a Re-Supply Plan: You can't store enough food or water, so develop a plan to collect and filter water, grow food and raise small tasty animals (I suggest squirrels and chickens, maybe a goat) and yes this can be done in an apartment if you know how...
3. Develop a Survival Data Base or Virtual Library (Yes I have an old SHTF-Laptop just for this) & a Physical Library as well, the Physical Library needs to be small & potent (You might to bug-out with it)...
4. Develop multiple Bug-Out Plans, by vehicle, by water, by bike and on feet. You need a place to retreat to (family or friends) in all four cardinal directions...
5. Practice your plans at least once a year (though I am thinking it will start to break apart in far less time, like after the elections at this point), all of them...

I can't tell you how to save your own butt... I can warn you & suggest you get ready for what we all know is coming. After that is all on you. Just realize we do have an issue with police in this country and the outcry as well as the abuses of power didn't start when Obama took office. That we have issues of racism in this country, it didn't just go away because we repealed unjust and racist laws. We have issues with radical and racist influences in the police departments (the FBI even warn of the KKK infiltrating the police departments) and gangs in the military (many just as racist as the KKK). I am not saying to or not "trust cops" or "the military." I am saying "Do what you need to do to keep yourself alive and family safe." But don't pretend there isn't a problem with the police and with ourselves as a nation, like they say in rehab... Knowing you have a problem & admitting is the first step on the road to recovery.

Money might still be of value, the lights might be on & water might still come out the sink with your toilets still flushing but, you could just as easily face an increase in crime, rapes, murders, muggings and home invasions. Because if our nation's streets turn into a war zone, we might have no choice but to fight pitched battles to make it out alive... As for police protection? Well they will protect their families and the government, we the citizens don't mean much in that regard. Cops have no duty to protect the general public, so we to do whatever we need to do to get by.

Street Vs the Ring 2: Get Out the Dojo, Dojang & Kwoon to see where your art really works...

While I had posted and discussed how the Street is so much different then the Ring and how it allows for a wider array of options that limited training in a specific form or application of martial arts just can't cover. I decided to do a little piece on guess what? How training in self-defense without competitive application is a possible form of self-harm to developing one's own training.

Traditional Martial Arts, no not the Neo-Traditional Watered Down schools teaching "karate" in a Gi but ignoring classic training methods like exercise, weight lifting/strength training and combat applications, have always placed a heavy focus on philosophy and even in some regard religious aspects of the culture in which said martial art was developed. This was because all conflicts are human conflicts and dealing with people (social self-defense or de-escalation principles as known to us Modern Budoka) was a critical part of dealing conflicts. The highest form skill was not in fighting your opponent but in simply redirecting his intentions away from harming you.

Things that were regarded as "correct actions" such as showing humility were not just to be a "good person" or "good citizen" but a form of social self-defense. Many people want to be known as a "bad ass" or "tough guy" but do so because deep down they are weak and want to have the safety of being intimidating to others. They mistake fear for respect, because the "bad ass" demands your respect. However, if you beat your chest and declare yourself a "tough guy" someone who wants that same reputation will challenge, even if they lose the fight they gain the "respect" of stepping up. The problem is when you get known for being a violent thug, most people will avoid you and sure they will demonstrate some common curtesy or look the other way when you break a social standard. This isn't because of how "threatening" you are it is a matter of seeking to avoid trouble and this means avoiding you, the trouble maker with the reputation as a "bad ass tough guy."
So personality traits like humility, showing respect and acting with compassion were all intended to make one seem very un-bad ass like... This allowed one to 1. Conceal their skills and ability until needed, making it many more times effective and 2. Allowed one to avoid situations and places which would make one's need to fight even more required then normal life. There is also the third point, that these traits don't attract those who makes such situations a social issue. The only people who flock to the be in the crowds around "tough guys" are either a) other tough guys or b) wannabe tough guys. So if you act like a loud mouthed trying to prove how tough you are, you will either attract others wanting to prove how tough you are or you will prove how tough you are in some way.

So keep in mind there are some aspects of martial arts philosophy that aren't Asian mysticism or fanciful ideas or even New Aged Thinking. They are practical methods of social-self-defense meant to prevent a fight, prevent conflict by abiding my social norms and action with respect to other. True respect isn't about how intimidating someone is but treating others as you would have them treat you. Sure there are people who like to cross the line of what is acceptable by social codes (not merely laws).
This also becomes an issue of ideologies and cultures. In my Culture of an American from the South standing up and fighting someone who threatens or challenges you is illegal, called Assault & Battery but it is Social Acceptable as standing up for yourself. Because in my Culture in the South of the United States of America standing up for yourself is a sign of your willingness to stand up for other things like family, your children and even your country. Fighting isn't a right of passage it is a fact of life, we all have to fight for something, even if only ourselves but, fighting should not be entered into lightly. Fighting is about survival and sometimes survival means avoiding a fight. The core idea of martial arts philosophy is avoiding needless fighting, de-escalating situations and avoiding trouble. When trouble cannot be avoid we must respond with a force needed to end the threat. Needless fighting only attracts the reputation and attention of those seeking a reputation for violence.

Our problem, however, is both philosophical and legal... How much force is enough, how much mercy is too much? Legally, you can use excessive force in Self-Defense and then what started as Self-Defense becomes Assault, Battery or Malicious Wounding perhaps even Murder. Philosophically speaking, who are? what are you? and how do you justify harming another human being?

Many times it seems that traditional martial artists are so focused on History or identifying themselves as "warriors" they don't even realize the practical applications of what they are taught. Far too much have traditional systems been watered down to a fun but unrealistic sport or even a form of "day care" or personal development where the practical application of the philosophical and ethic conditions is seen as a way to improve the self and never viewed as a practical survival/self-defense method for social self-defense. In the same way, many Self-Defense experts like Dr. George J. Thompson the Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute (the only tactical communication course in the world) applied the basic principles of judo in redirecting physical force to sociology and psychological principles to de-escalate and control a situation by reducing conflicts. While this is a "tactical course" it is based on the same ideology as traditional martial arts of judo and jujitsu.

Traditional Martial Arts are not just about adopting martial traditions, wearing a gi or learning Japanese, Korean or Chinese terms. They were first and foremost combat techniques for the battlefield, they were adapted with philosophical ideas that are a foundation for the sciences of psychology and sociology. And, it is the lack of this understanding by traditionalists that creates the most fundamental obstacle to Traditional Martial Arts, a lack of "real world" application. That real world application isn't just a matter of fighting styles but of philosophies...