At one level of thinking and reacting, people wish beyond all reason to give labels and motivations to the actions of others. Obviously, part of the reason our species survived at all can be attributed to our ability to look at situations, and using our experiences, make predictions about what is likely to happen next….
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The Terrorist Threat
With the recent terrorist activity in western nations, there have been a lot of questions coming in about how to stay safe in the event one were to find themselves in the location of such an attack. I will leave out such sections as what happens if they bomb your flight while you are at…
Texas Hold’em Self-Defense
That’s right, Texas Hold’em Self-Defense. From the description: Every single day across this country people are taught ways to save their life from the bad guy, only to end up in jail for assault if their training works as advertised. They are taught to gamble their life and freedom on what they are told is…
Musashi’s Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) A New Book From Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder
Over this past summer, right after I began working fervently on a new book which was to be titled Prelude to a Fight, and is currently undergoing a name change (it needs to be just right…), an opportunity to be a part of a very interesting project came up. Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder, two people…
Yet another book update!
So, I originally mentioned August as a time of release for the latest book. Obviously that didn’t happen. I have had a couple of updates and even an “it is essentially done” post. Well, things happen. I had a wonderful opportunity to have some people put eyes on my work before I released it. Please…
Prelude to a Fight Update
I just noticed how long it has been since my last update. Wow. So, in order to keep everyone in the loop, here is the update and status report. I am currently putting the finishing touches on Prelude to a Fight. This has taken longer than I thought for a couple of reasons, but I…
Prelude to a Fight
There is a title to the book I am working on now, Prelude to a Fight .subtitle Personal Safety Before the Physical Conflict Begins. The book is to be about the things that happen prior to a physical conflict that are under our control. This is a logical follow up to my two previous offerings, Slapping Dragons, and Ignorance, Myth, and…
New Book in the works!
After several months of research, fact checking, and getting ducks in a row. after a good dozen rewrites of the outline, I have started on a new book. My goal is to have it available by August of this year. If you have not already given a “Like” to the Facebook “Wallace Smedley’s Page”, please…
Fight Outcomes Revisited
In my previous video I had some people comment that maybe…just maybe I had pulled a fast one. Because it was too perfect that I just happened to pick the paper that said I died in the fight. So, I remade the video without letting the papers get out of sight of the camera. Hope this helps!
On the Random nature of Fighting
This is a quick video on the random nature of the outcome of fighting. I hope the point is made, and I hope you enjoy!