Thanks to Sean and Son from Tennessee, James Anderson from Norfolk, VA, Portland Joe from Oklahoma, Keith, Nate & Erique from Pennsylvania, Scott & Son, The Brickmouse and Charles from Baltimore for joining this old crumb in helping keep Jimmy's legacy alive. We sparred from 11 to 3 with gloves, sticks, machetes, wasters. Only James and Sean really grappled. We then had a good half hour survival circle and then fought with knives. James, Sean, Charles and Portland Joe owned that round. James and i did an LPR machete duel, with the old crumb gaining 2 of the 3 cuts, and earning the one actual blood cut to the right shoulder. We then went 5 rounds, i think, with bastard sword wasters and the Danes went 5 and 0 over the Irish thrall uprising—Clontarf it was not! I think my mouth piece and saber mask will file class action lawsuit against me for neglect. All the boxing we did and the only black eye was courtesy of a sword thrust to my saber mask.

Thank you all.

The Fall Man Weekend has been canceled due to work commitments and logistical predicaments. We knuckleheads, will, however, be meeting up in Towson, Maryland.

Sensei Morgan, my late good friend Jim Frederick’s assistant, has kept Jim’s school open and added numerous punching bags. For a drop-in or “mat” fee per man of $20, Morgan is opening his school to a training activity designed by Sean to help inexperienced men learn how to fight, alongside of veteran knuckleheads learning how to fight better. This is based on our old Agonistics format.

Gear — Bring a cup [if you care] and a mouthpiece. Other equipment you want to bring is welcome.

9:30 AM — Cleaning detail. That’s me, the janitorial maestro.

10:30 AM — Arrival Sign In

Let Sean and I know what you want to work on: stick, knife, machete [1], boxing, bare-knuckle, wrestling, kickboxing, MMA, self-defense applications? The first half of the day will be used to address your skill and function in the areas you want to work.

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM — Boxing Sparring

Two Sparring Rings will be supervised with an eye on light contact. Timed, round robin format.

12:00 – 1:00 — Mixed Sparring and Bag Work

While Sean coaches a sparring ring for kickboxing and MMA, James will help those who wish to continue with a boxing focus, in the bag area, in developing solo drills and on bare-knuckle applications.

1:00 - 2:00 — Stick Sparring

The senior stick fighters will gear up and stay in the ring while the less experienced men rotate in. [2]

2:00 – 3:00 — Wrestling Round Robin

While the gorillas grapple, I’ll be available to help with your stick work on the bags in the back of the school.

3:00 – 3:30 — Break & Survival Combat Q&A

How to apply what we trained above against various threats.

3:30 – 4:00 — Hard Set

Those who want to try a hard stick fight, a steel blade duel, umbrellas against machete, want to box against a wrestler, etc., the hard set is intended to test us and our tools at full speed. Volunteers only.

4:00 to 5:00 — Knife Fighting Round Robin.

Full speed kill bouts with training knives. If you take a stroke without striking your foe within 1 beat, you step down and the next meat stick steps up. Part of this is the ability to know when you have been touched with a light weapon. If you both cut or stab each other, redo the duel.

5:00 to 5:30 — Pack up and leave the place how we found it.

If you are old, or injured, or just curious, bring some snacks and give Morgan $20 so you can watch knuckleheads knock each other around.

-1. If you want machete or steel knife work, bring a pair of blunt blades. We will have masks and gloves if you do not have your own.

-2. Sean, Charles, James Anderson and the crackpot, will hopefully all be there. This would permit a coach as a sparring partner and another as a corner man. If we only have two experienced sticks then the rest of the men will gear and encourage their fellow fighters.