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The Complete Syllabus for Black Box 4.

To keep the material in the paying hands of the pony-up cadre, as this research ain’t cheap, no freebie video, but…

I do offer a sneak peek at the entire 4-page syllabus below.


BTW-Trust me, do not assume that a familiar term or tactic listed is the same-o, same-o. Indeed, it is not.


ESP RAW 217
The Black Box Project 4: True Crosses & Double-Crosses, Smoke-Kicking 101, How to View the Real Groundfight with a Smidge of Anti-JJ, and Tomahawk Hooking
Mark Hatmaker



 
Street Dentistry: The One True Cross & “The Two Double-Crosses”
·       The True Cross & It’s Mislabled Counterfeits
·       The True Cross Trigger [The true cross responds to one and only one trigger.]
·       A True Cross is a “Simple” not a riposte—Definitions and Differences

Executing The True Cross
·       Reading the Trigger
·       The Step & The “Simple” Guard-Assist
·       The Punch Trajectory
·       Elbow Position in Impact
·       The Importance of the Straight Lead Leg
Double Crosses
·       Definition
·       Why they were used.
Double Cross #1: The No-Step
·       Hip Position & The “Simple” Guard-Assist
·       The Punch Trajectory
·       Elbow Position in Impact
Double Cross #2: The No-Cross
·       Hip Position & The “Simple” Guard-Assist
·       The Punch Trajectory
·       Elbow Position in Impact
·       Drilling the Timing so we have a “simple” and not a riposte.

Rough ‘n’ Tumble Kicking: Caulk & Crowd Kicking
·       Definitions
·       “Low Dog” or “Dirty Dog” Kicking for Rough ‘n’ Tumble “Dogfights”
·       “Kwip’u su’anir’u” which loosely translates as “smoke-kicking”
The Short Caulk Kick AKA The “Shin-derizer.”
·       Use by old-school strikers and grapplers.
·       The Short Caulk is a Clinch Weapon
·       Execution
·       Power Throttling vs Balance
·       Cadence [More on this in a mo’.]
Three Drills for Shin-derizing
·       Drop Bag [Solo but less realistic for mimicking the clinch.]
·       Partner + Gear [Realistic but wear and tear leads to “hedging” on both sides.]
·       Partner & “Sack” [An old-school drill that allows us to clinch realistically and deliver with full speed and appropriate power.
·       Kick Cadence: 80 Per Minute [Yeah, you read that right.]
Three Clinch & Kicking Combos to Fuel Fires
·       The Caulking Throw-By or Go-Behind
·       Caulking Knees
·       Caulking & “Crowd” Kicking [“Crowd” Kicks are ideal clinch separators for when the fire is too hot.]

WRESTLING/ANTI-JJ: The Survival/Offensive Continuum
·       You are an All-In Wrestler until…
·       The Two “Until” Positions
Until Strategy
·       Fat Out of Fire Tactics
·       Go On the Offensive [Striking, Ripping, Snapping]
·       Passing is Waaaaaaaay Down the Line
Throwing Shade Against Counter Grappling Options offered By Non-Grapplers
·       Views on Criminally Offensive advice [And I mean that literally, offering “life-preserving” options that will not work is criminal; a gun without a firing pin let alone bullets.]
·       Intellectually Offensive or Tactically Naïve?
·       The “Yeah, well, me, too” Test. [No one has EVER enjoyed this demo.]
Countering Knee/Base Control
·       Pre-Sweep Safety #1
·       + Inertial Strike
·       Pre-Sweep Safety #2
·       + Knee-Pin & Strike
Countering the Deep-Overhook
·       You must follow the order, or you will be choked. Period.
Countering the Body-Pin Deep-Overhook
Countering the JJ Guillotine: The Contrary Crush
Countering the JJ Guillotine: The Wedge

Tomahawk Hooking
·       Hooking, Heeling, Bearding, & Pulling Through defined
·       There is one way to hook
·       The Hazards of Outside hooking
·       The Hazards of Over-Hooking
·       The Lumberjack Objection to Over-Hooking.
·       Warding to assist or bail in failed hooks
·       Bone-Kindling addition to hooking

Old School PT: Wall Walks, The Old School Way
We will provide a single Historical PT Challenge per volume that you can use to spice up training or benchmark yourself to. They all emphasize minimum equipment in these “different” times.
The Iron-Clad Case For Wall-Walks for Combination Fighters
·       Improved Spine Flexibility
·       Core Strengthening [Anterior & Posterior]
·       Shoulder Flexibility
·       Shoulder Strengthener
·       Two-Way Leg Strengthener
·       Performed Correctly, this exercise is cardio.
·       Attributes for grapplers, strikers, and non-firing weapons wielders.
Breaking Down the Old School Wall-Walk
·       Determining Wall-Distance
·       The Stance
·       Sweep NOT Reach
·       The Heel Press [Stability & Strength]
·       Core Control vs. “Fake Wall Walking”
·       Butterfly Fingers
Cadence, Repetitions, & Sets
·       Cadence Demo
·       Suggested Repetitions for Pros, Intermediate Athletes, & and Rookies new to true wall-walking.
·       Aids for athletes new to this part of the game.
·       Suggested Reps/Training Days

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The Suakhet’u Program: Opening the Sensorium
Mark Hatmaker



My twin studies of the archeology of frontier rough ‘n’ tumble combat and “primitive” indigenous abilities have [and continue to] unearth tasty morsels of violent mayhem that we deliver in our revised RAW/Black Box curriculum.

Thus far this material has been manifested as physical expression [the tactics and how-to] and the cognitive side of the game [the strategy, history, mind-setting.]

Along the way though, there have been many illuminating ideas in the areas of a more esoteric nature, that we may loosely judge akin to meditation, environmental immersion, awakening practices.

These terms “meditation” and the like are academic constructs and do little to convey what these practices are truly like.

[Full Disclosure: I practice the Suakhet’u myself, 365 days of the year, rain or shine and have found the benefits and revelations of paramount use to my life. Take that for a statement of crass salesmanship, or if you know me, you may take it for how I mean it—a frank statement of subjective truth.]

So, what exactly is The Suaket’u Program?

First, what The Suakhet’u is not…

·       It is non martial arts or combat sports related.
·       With that said, the practices are all indigenous warrior based and were used to temper the spirit, open the heart, expand the senses, thusly in a quite tangible sense increasing everyday situational awareness which is most definitely a warrior attribute to strive for.


·       The Suakhet’u is not a strenuous physical endeavor.
·       Yes, there are phases of it that call for physical motion, but some of it is “performed” stock-still, but it is all accessible to all skill/fitness levels from musclebound to chairbound.
·       Again, this is more about what goes on in the interplay between mind, body, and spirt in the Jamesian sense than any Spartan body-grind.
·       We provide real Old School resurrected PT on the RAW/Black box Project. Again, no hyperbole, if you minus out my years of injuries this old school wisdom has whipped my mid-50’s physical vehicle into the best shape of its life and not a weight is lifted, not one mile is run, and not one slice of pie is tearfully ignored. These old-timers knew of what they spoke. More info on this topic here.

What is The Suakhet’u?
·       It is an audio-visual course-package [DVD & book.]
·       It details and leads you through a morning enlivening/awakening practice culled from various American Indigenous traditions.
·       My adopted tribe and frame of reference for these exercises and practices is Comanche, so I use the Comanche terminology throughout, all though these practices pop up in many a tradition under many names.
·       Demonstrated is “Na’anit’u” or “Rolling” a head-to-toe lubricating of the joints to get the body awake alive and loose.
·       Next is the root of the morning routine—Hagwoit’u.
·       Although there is some “sitting” involved, it is not meditation.
·       Although there are specific breathing methods involved, they are not “exercises.”
·       The Suakhet’u is not about withdrawal to inward realms.
·       It is not about “forgetting” the self.
·       Suaket’u is diametrically opposed to navel-gazing and inward journeys.
·       The Suakhet’u is an expansion of the world via simple yet tangible sensory awareness practices.
·       It is an expansion of awareness that is conducive to both the wise alert warrior and the wise and appreciative human being.
·       It is a grounding in “being in the center” by awakening to the center.
·       The Suakhet’u takes no more than 10-12 minutes out of one’s morning but the results are tangible and measurable. [The Program will show you how to measure and chart such results if the empirical hack is required to fully appreciate.]

Yes, it sounds esoteric but a mere week with the practice reveals the concreteness of its method. The Suakhet’u will be/is the foundation to further Programs: Stalking, Stealth-Withdrawal, Skulking, Scoutcraft/Watermanship etc.

Also included are…
·       Exercises for Opening the Sensorium. The Sensorium being the Victorian ideal of using not a mere one or two senses, but engagement practices to unify the senses.
·       Some of these ideas include…
·       Focus points for various fields of vision.
·       Scanning and Eye-Hopping.
·       Night Vison Enhancement
·       “Poisa Pui” or “Crazy Eyes” exercises used by indigenous still-hunters.
·       Sonic Location drills
·       “Follow the Molecule” drills.
·       Accessing the remnant Jacobson’s Organ.
·       Bare Skin/Tactile drills.
·       Unification Drills
·       The Connection Between Bridging and Hearing
·       20+ Drills for Testing and Improving each of the 5 Senses.
·       “Noket’anokat” or “The Sly Man” 50+ Practices for making simple walks around your yard into sensorium safaris for awareness.

·       FYI-I use the daily Suaket’u each morning followed by 1 “Noket’anokat” practice that can last for as little as 5 minutes. I focus on the single drill for a week as I find that over the week, that mere 5-minutes a day begins to be brought online automatically during standard tasks rendering even aspects of daily life as opportunities for “training” or “awakening.”

This unusual program is still in the works as it is a bit unlike anything we’ve offered before. It will be available to RAW Subscribers/Black Box Projecteers for a deep discount, and newsletter subscribers for 10% off.

When it is available, we will beta it to subscribers first.
Those interested in the RAW Program/Black Box Project or the free newsletter may delve further here: