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PHYSICAL COMPETANCE

Have you ever seen raw violence or someone getting 'owned'?
Just search google for "martial street fights" - "martial
owned" Watch those movies and cringe!!!

Kung Fu, Boxing, dancing, balley, incompetance? What will
you display to your attacker if that day comes?

Can you throw a punch or even stand steady on one leg? can
you do a round-house or even give a kick to the knee? Ever
heard of a combination, technique or form?

Today we are lazy, probably fat too.. Go look in the mirror
and skip for ten minutes, then check your image again and
what do you see?

I can judge I am probably half the strength and endurance
form 10 years ago, how about you?

MARTIAL KNOWLEDGE

a martial art is defined as - 1 : of, relating to, or suited
for war or a warrior 2 : relating to an army or to military
life 3 : experienced in or inclined to war : WARLIKE

a martial art is defined as: various styles of self-defense,
usually weaponless, based on techniques developed in ancient
China, India, and Tibet.

The term 'Kung Fu' does not relate to any specific form of
martial art, but rather translates as 'talent' or
'aptitude'.

Wu Shu is traditionally the term popularly used to describe
the traditional Chinese martial arts, though other
descriptions akin to Kuo-shu, Kuo-chi, Chien-shu and Tao-fa
have also been used occasionally. (Wu Shu is the term of
late used for Chinese martial arts by the People's Republic
of China).

If you?ve never studied a martial art, your awareness of
them most likely starts at Bruce Lee movies and ends with
the stylized theatrics of The Matrix. If that?s the case,
you may not realize from what you?ve gleaned onscreen that
there are an estimated 200 unique kinds of martial arts, and
within these, thousands of different styles. Karate, judo,
kung fu, and tae kwon do are among the most popular and
well-known of the martial arts in the U.S., but there are
numerous others.

Despite the array of martial arts and styles, most of them
share common techniques, and so they can be organized into
broad categories that facilitate understanding. The primary
way of classifying martial arts is by the basic physical
technique they use: striking or grappling.

Because karate, judo, kung fu, and tae kwon do have been
more prominent than other forms in popular culture, from
film to sporting events, many people mistakenly believe that
all martial arts are Asian in origin. In fact, diverse
cultures throughout history from Europe, Africa, the
Americas, and the Middle East have also given birth to their
own martial art forms.

Or a combination of triangles with small circles as can be
seen in chinese trapping, wrist locks or Aikido entry and
endings.

Do you even know the diffference between kung fu and karate?
Do you think wing chun is a chinese dish?

The different styles can even be related to shapes or
geometry - squares, triangles and circles.

MARTIAL TRAINING TO LIVE

Training is hard..really hard. The most hard is to get
started and its down-hill easy from there. What you need is
a martial arts machine - something new and exciting to get
you off your fat ass.

Everyone knows someone who knows how to fight - with fists,
knives, weapons, guns, tactical, sensless, whatever but
START!

Or find a martial arts school in your area.

GO to the local phone book and look up kung fu or karate.
Then give them a call, go along or take your kid.

Whats important now is to do something, start with brief
excercise, get into stretching, shadow box, then step up and
train hard.

ITS DANGEROUS OUT THERE

Its dangerous out there and especially for you..

The enemy may be next door and you dont know it but you got
to have the guts too look. What can you really do once you
see some violence or get scared or worse because you receive
a bashing or king hit - do you hide in your house?

TV today scares the shiit out of many people as it promotes
violence and turns the meek yellow and nervous.

The danger today is maybe not too obvious to you but you
better hone your sensors or youll get hit without seeing it
coming.

You know that given a situation to be a hero and stop a
crime, terrorism or violence you'll be able to step up or
chase after them etc - or maybe you'll cower or be the
victim.

Were are you on the scared meter of life? Are you out there
amongst it or a bit of a shy body or house mummys boy?

CONCLUSION IS ACTION

Life is not scarey but maybe your lack of skill, self
confidence and personal competance is making you petrified.

Be pro-active and look, then choose and participate in
action whether alone with a martial arts training machine or
go to a dojo.

Life is not scarey but maybe your lack of skill, self
confidence and personal competance is making you afraid.

If you are not liking what you see in the mirror, afraid to
go down a dark street, scared of a potential confrontation
then train now.

Be pro-active and look, then choose and participate in
action whether alone with a martial arts training machine or
go to a dojo.

We cant all be Bruce Lee but you also dont want to be an
emotional and physical punching bag do you?

THE TRAINING ANSWER

The Martialarm is the only martial arts training dummy that
bequeaths you consummate realism in all your martial arts
training in kung fu, karate, krav maga, jeet kune do, tae
kwon do, kempo and more.

The martialarm is unlike similar training dummies: The
wooden dummy has been used for centuries as a solo training
machine. In contemporary years, they've been provided
accessible in different materials as well as synthetic. But
still they all have one item in general:

They dont swing and they're all static.

The wooden dummy frequently costs hundreds of dollars but is
still only produced to absorb your blows and step up your
precision moves. It doesn't react to your attacks akin to a
factual partner can. So although you get apt repetition
training, which is acceptable for accomplishing the basics
down, it may well be difficult to use and will get dreary so
quickly.

Why A little Martial Artists Improve Faster Than Others

As martial artists, we all recognize this. Your martial arts
instructor probably hammers the point home in practice every
day. Alas, there are only so so many classes in a week and
this can stunt your learning and headway.

You want to improve - swift. And you're keen put in your
time with home training. But solo training can only take you
so far due to the fact it lacks the interaction that only a
assistant can award.

Until Now!

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Part 2

Swiss Knives Express offers a free knife if you send in a
Swiss Army knife story that gets published or used on their
website. Here are some of the interesting stories and uses
that people have for Swiss Army knives. See Part 1 for
previous stories.

Story 4 ? M. Bourgeois from Idaho Falls, ID

One Christmas I gave each of my two girls a ?Miss A? knife.
You?ve probably seen these things ? pink and purple, with
lots of girl ?tools?. I was hoping the girlies, ages 13 and
11, would think the knives were fun and maybe somewhat
useful. As any dad could have told you, I was destined to be
wrong. My girls are never ungrateful, but the ?Miss A?
knives were greeted in a most unenthusiastic way. It turns
out the girls thought they were ready for a ?real? Swiss
Army knife. These little cutsie knives just did not cut it.
Indeed, they felt a little insulted! So, we discussed what
they liked and wanted in a knife and decided on a couple of
Victorinox Hunstman Pluses. They?ve been happy ever since ?
cleaning fish, sawing branches for walking sticks, and using
their real knives for whatever else comes up. I was happy
the Swiss Army knives got me out of that jam!

Story 5 ? P. Haynes, Ozark, MO

I?ve been carrying a Victorinox Tinker for almost 15 years.
I can?t say it has saved my life (yet) but it has definitely
made things a lot easier. Like the time a friend and I were
driving a rust bucket 1980 Chevy truck through rural Kansas.
It was 3:00 AM and we were probably 20 miles from ANYTHING
and the truck quits running. My friend was a mechanic but
the only tool in the truck was a rusty pair of pliers.
Thankfully I had my Tinker in my pocket. He messed around
with the carburetor and we were back on the road in about 10
minutes.

Story 6 ? P. Laurence from Toledo, OH

I got my first Swiss Army knife a month ago because I heard
they were invaluable for use in everyday life. I chose a
Victorinox Huntsman. My friends were right. They are useful
tools. I use the scissors to open boxes and the screwdriver
to drive screws. I?ll definitely order some more Swiss Army
knives, maybe even some for the family.

Story 7 ? J. Schmidt from Blair, NE

I have carried a Classic Swiss Army knife for about 25
years. The first one I had was the original red. After about
15 years the inset metal emblem fell out, but I still
carried it because it was still good for a lot of things
from opening cardboard boxes to fixing my watch. I currently
have about 20 various models and I have never been
disappointed in the quality or versatility.

Story 8 ? F. Porzelt from Glen Ellyn, IL

I have carried Swiss Army knives daily for over 20 years. I
have a small one on my keychain and carry a larger one in my
pocket. I have used them at work for everything from opening
packages to repairing printers to cutting up pizza for
lunch. They are used regularly at home for applications
ranging from tightening kitchen cabinet hinges to opening
cans and bottles. The most fun, however, is outdoors use
such as whittling, making kindling for fires and trimming
small branches with the saw. The knives are so solidly built
that they work as well now as when I first got them. There
are so many uses I can?t see how I could ever get along
without a Swiss Army knife!

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Jim Bowie was inducted into the Blade Magazine in the 1988
Blade show in Atlanta Georgia for his huge impact on the
knife making industry. Now the Bowie knife is illegal in
many states. Even in the state where Jim Bowie died (Texas)
Where Jim Bowie and his knife fought and died in the Alamo
to help make Texas apart of the United States. It is also
illegal in many other states.

The first Bowie knives where at least 6 inches long and
normally about two and a half inches in width. There is
really know set size that these knives have to be but that
is what they are all about. there are some that are smaller,
and there are some that are bigger. Now the actual design of
the bowie knife is very sound design the curved top part of
the edge is for skinning a carcass. While the strait part of
the edge is for straight cutting. It is said that the bowie
knife is long enough to use as a sword, sharp enough to use
as a razor, and heavy enough to use as a hatchet. Later the
United States Air Force put saw teeth on the back side of
the knife. The reason for this is to saw thought acrylic
glass canopy of a crashed aircraft. The United States Army
also gave this variation of the bowie knife to its
helicopter crews for the same reason, and the Bowie knife
just keeps on getting better.

There are many variations of the bowie knife. Some use this
name to describe any large sheath knife. Confederate
soldiers in the Cilil War had huge knives that they called
D-Guard Bowie knives. Even thought they where more like
short swords. Very popular with collectors Bowie knife has
many spin offs like the Ka-Bar. It is a knife that is based
off the Bowie design. The Bowie knife was used as a logo on
Ernest Emerson's first knives.

Jim Bowie was inducted into the Blade Magazine in the 1988
Blade show in Atlanta Georgia for his huge impact on the
knife making industry. Now the Bowie knife is illegal in
many states. Even in the state where Jim Bowie died (Texas)
Where Jim Bowie and his knife fought and died in the Alamo
to help make Texas apart of the United States. It is also
illegal in many other states.

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So I am getting out of the Army. Technically my contract
doesn't end until the end of September. But with all of the
leave I have saved up I am leaving and will spend my last
days on what they now call transition leave, formerly known
as terminal leave. This sounds good right? Well it is good,
the only problem is the actual getting out part.

I've been in the Army for 6 years now and know some things
about how to get stuff done in the Army. I even know some
things about getting out from seeing other soldiers get out.
And let me tell you, it's a good thing I know a little bit
about it because it is not exactly the easiest task in the
Army. Those that are familiar with the military may also be
familiar with the term "break it down barney style" meaning
to make it stupid simple or go step by step. Most things in
the Army have a "barney style" option where a subject matter
expert can tell you exactly what to do if ever there is a
question. Now that is awesome, if you ever have a question
in the Army there is always someone with an answer. Well
when you're getting out there is no one with the answer,
because everyone who is a subject matter expert is only and
expert because they have left the service meaning there is
no one left with the RIGHT answers.

So, since I am becoming a subject matter expert, I can pass
on some of the things that I have learned during my process.
Now it's not like it's impossible to get out if you haven't
a clue. I have seen many people who are within days of
getting out, and only then are they pushed through the
system. These people end up getting out, but the process is
not a smooth transition for them because they are rushing to
accomplish tasks that can be done months in advance. So here
are my lessons learned.

1. The first thing that should be done is your leave form or
DA 31. This should be done at least 4 months before you are
planning to start your transition leave.

2. After you have your leave form approved you can turn it
in to the transition office who will then cut your orders
which you can pick up a few days later. You need your orders
before you can do very much else.

3. I would recommend to start your phase 1 and 2 physicals
as part of your medical out processing as soon as you get
your orders.

4. You can get your commander to sign a memorandum allowing
you to turn in your CIF gear up to 2 months before your last
day in the unit. Clearing CIF is not the most desirable
thing to do because they often kick back items for being
dirty or tell you that you are either missing something or
that it is not the color or type that they want you to turn
in. Not to mention that when you clear CIF you need to go in
person to make the appointment to turn in your gear, and
they might not have an open appointment for 15 - 30 days or
more. Since clearing CIF has the potential to me a nightmare
it is advisable to have your commander sign this memorandum
as soon as possible and make the appointment as soon as you
have the memorandum in hand. Also, make sure that you clear
CIF before you have your household items shipped back home,
just in case.

5. You will need to go to transportation and sit through a
briefing, which is sometimes done on a walk in basis but
usually not, in order to set up the shipment of your
household items and get the paperwork for your vehicle to be
shipped. Be sure to schedule the pickup of your household
goods after you turn in your CIF and Company gear. Make sure
that you keep your "I love me book" with you so that you
will have the documents you need to clear. And yes, I mean
the whole book, because when you final out and it comes time
to write your DD 214 (The form that tells the world you are
a veteran who was honorably discharged) you can prove the
things that you have done that may not be accurately written
on your ERB or enlisted records brief. This is very
important because this is the document that will provide you
the benefits afforded a veteran as well as being required
for government jobs in the future. You will need at least 6
copies of your orders here.

6. Once you are within 30 days from your last working day
you can attend the briefing to get your clearing papers.
Your clearing papers are to clear the installation. At the
end of the brief they will schedule a day that you can come
back and pick up the clearing papers. This is usually within
10 days of you leaving. You will need at least 3 copies of
your orders here.

I would recommend that everyone making the transition sit
through most if not all of the briefings that ACAP (Army
Career Alumni Program) has to offer. When you are done here
you will have completed a resume that will help you out in
the real world. And once you have your orders, you will need
them everywhere that you try and clear. Also, make sure that
you have canceled all of your utilities before you actually
leave. You may also want to switch your direct deposit into
a local account to the place that you are going. The last
thing to make sure is that you have your NCOER/ OER in hand
before you leave your post.

Now, I may have missed a few things and if I have feel free
to remind me of those things and I will add them to this
post.

Thanks for tuning in,

Chase

Visit http://ChaseWilhelm.com to track all of my adventures
and life experiences which I will gladly post my advice on
anything that I can help out with.

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