This YouTube dialogue between Navy SEAL/CIA contractor Shawn Ryan and Mexican Government Special Operator Ed Calderon is the single longest video I have ever watched. At nearly four hours in length, it required scheduling over two consecutive days to give it the...
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How To Train An Army
In a previous post HERE I introduced readers to Clint Oosthuizen of the South African Police Service. Clint is one of the handful of neural-based instructors I've trained. I'd like to introduce another one here, "S". Every single one of the advanced instructors I've...
Neural-Based Training Book One: Retrospectives
THANK YOU FOR MAKING US NUMBER ONE! Thank you to all of you for making NEURAL BASED TRAINING the #1 New Release on Amazon! BUY HERE INTRODUCTION This book is a curated compilation of blog posts published between 2009 and 2019. This collection is intended to...
Anomalous Cognition, Bowie Knife Fighting, Polymathy and Esoterica
You can order by calling Comtech: 541-938-3451 OR by emailing Comtech: comtech@bmi.net OR by sending a letter here: Comtech POB 142, Walla Walla, WA 99362 My friend Master At Arms James Keating recently dropped this video promoting one of his many books. This...
extract from NEURAL-BASED TRAINING BOOK ONE: RETROSPECTIVES
DRAFT concept cover, final TBD My collaborator Dennis Martin of CQB Services, UK, sent along this brief article this morning. It’s a good introduction to the snippet posted below in response to recent requests to explain “shadowboxing with guns” I mentioned in...
Sex, Robots, and Artificial Intelligence
"If you can't tell the difference [between a robot and a human], why does it matter?" "To be clear, I am not a person. I am not self-aware. I am not conscious. I can’t feel pain. I don’t enjoy anything. I am a cold, calculating machine designed to simulate human...
Your Brain On Music, Or Finding A Beat You Can Fight To
I’ve recently explored the sacred lands in South Dakota. I choose road trip music to go with the nature of my journeys. On this trip I have been in gratitude. One of my favorite artists, AURORA, the amazing Norwegian singer-songwriter, dropped this cover of Alanis...
Snowmobiles, Cognitive Neuroscience and Training Design
John Boyd, the brilliant fighter pilot and strategist/warrior-monk, opened his lectures on strategy with this example: “Imagine that you are -- on a ski slope with other skiers—retain this image in Florida riding in an outboard motorboat—maybe even towing...
Still Training After All These Years
Gratitude to Guro Mike O'Melia, of the Sayoc Clan, Minneapolis Tribe I devote about 98% of my training development and training time to the nurturance of superior instructors in performance enhancement under extreme stress. Most of them come from Tier One units and...