Links
Yeah that's me.
This is the links page. Here I will post links to site, forums and articles I find interesting or informative. I will also, occasionally, post links to sites of people I don't always agree with but who present positive and thought out information. Any one who wishes to trade reciprocal links or contact me, email me at tmancombatives@yahoo.com
I am located in Victoria, BC Canada, so you locals feel free to contact me as well.
Forums:
A warning: Read the posts at every forum you visit for awhile before posting anything yourself . If you do not agree with the common thoughts on the board, don't post. You will save everyone, including yourself a lot of aggravation.
Martialtalk.com A huge Martial Arts forum which has boards for almost any martial arts topic.
E-Budo.com A forum dedicated to the Japanese Martial arts.
Self Defense Forums A forum dedicated to personal security, self defense and other related topics.
The Battlefield Forum A forum dedicated to discussion on WW2 combatives and reality based self defence
Senshido Forum A forum dedicated to Reality Based Self Defence and Rich Dimitri's Senshido
Pax Baculum The official forum of the Martialist. quickly becoming one of the best forums on the Net to discuss Self Defense.
Total Protection Interactive After a meltdown at Self defense forums, most of the moderators and a good number of the members left. TPI is their new home. Home of SouthNarc's PSPs.
WarriorTalk Home of top self defense trainer, Gabe Suarez. This a great forum with a ton of information coming from its members.
Sites
Stickgrapplers Martial Arts archive This site is basically an archive of posts collected by this guy Stickgrappler.
Comabative Links This site has a bunch of links to various site as well as some downloadable books in pdf format. Good info here
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com This is Marc "Animal" MacYoung's page. This site is a huge site with articles on everything from the criminal mindset to self preservation techniques.
PhilElmore.com Phil's site contains columns on a variety of subjects. Basically whatever strikes his fancy. Of specific note is his martial arts section. Phil routinely reviews Martial Arts Videos, Books and Equipment. I don't always agree with Phil; in fact, sometimes I totally disagree with him. However, his reviews are always fair and witty.
DonRearic.com A wonderful site with some great articles on self defense, improvised weapons and armed defense.
Gutterfighting .org At the top of the page I said that I would occasionally post links to people I don't agree with that present good and relevant information. This is one such link. The creator, James Sass, and I have disagreed from time to time. He even banned me from a Internet forum he moderated. However, this site is an invaluable resource and should be exploited. This page is now run and maintained by Carl Cestari's Ny/NJ crew.
www.americancombat.com A Reality based self defense school founded by Tim Birmingham and based in Tennessee
www.get-tough.net Great resource for WW2 combatives
www.personalprotectionsystems.ca Darren Laur's personal site. Darren is a great guy and a hell of an instructor.
Shivworks Quality knife designs for extreme close quarters. A joint venture between SouthNarc and Trace Rinaldi. Also the place to find information on SouthNarc's training schedule.
Personal Protection Systems Home of Darren Laur, police officer, self defense trainer and researcher, writer and all around nice guy. One of the most underrated minds in self defense training.
E-zines
The Martialist The Magazine for those who fight unfairly. This is were 99% percent of my articles go first.
Real Fighting An excellent online magazine which features articles on both armed and unarmed self defence by some of the biggest names in SD.