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Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E Frankl (Photo credit: Pickersgill Reef ) Man's Search for Meaning describes Viktor Frankl 's...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20153 min read
"There Has Never Been a Better Time to be Alive" - Review of Dan Gardner's "Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear"
Cover of Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear According to Dan Gardner, bad news easily outsells good news. He should know, having...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20154 min read
Efficient habits for better parenting and a happier childhood
It must have been sheer luck that "Superpowers for Parents" ended up on my recommended list. Of all the books on psychology and parenting...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20153 min read
Mordred's Victory and Other Martial Mutterings
"Jamie Clubb is a polymathic writer with enthusiasm, insight and great talent- read his book!" - Robert Twigger , author of the...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20153 min read
Times of Change and a Time to Change - Review of "Extra Chilli Sauce"
Overview: “Extra Chilli Sauce” is the autobiography of Loughborough’s most famous doorman, John Skillen. Today Skillen is best known as...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20153 min read
Steve Timperley and the KEWAP Instructor Course
Steve Timperley first came to my attention in around 2009. He contacted me via that social networking phenomenon we know as " Facebook...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20156 min read
Jamie Clubb Interview
Image via Wikipedia Jamie Clubb Interview by Michael R osenbaum Jamie Clubb’s study of the fighting arts is broad, varied and...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 201537 min read
Review of "Becoming the Natural: My Life in and out of the Cage"
Cover via Amazon Chapter One of Randy Couture 's autobiography sets the mood in the classic action mould. Just as " I am Jackie Chan "...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20154 min read
The Final Word on Columbine? (a review of Dave Cullen's "Columbine")
Cover of Columbine On 20th April 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 13 people at their high school, injured a further 24,...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20158 min read
"Simply Awesome!": John Anderson Part 2 (Geoff's Heirs series)
(First published in Martial Arts Illustrated 2006) Jamie Clubb begins his private training session and continues his exclusive...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20156 min read
Bruce Lee: Human (a review of "The Tao of Bruce Lee")
Cover via Amazon Davis Miller argues that, of all the living icons that have emerged in the 20 th century, Bruce Lee is perhaps the...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20157 min read
The Denshow #8 featuring CCMA founder Jamie Clubb
Jamie Clubb's third piece for the Den Show Podcast. This time discussing the standard OODA Looper and Jeff Cooper's Colour Code.
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20151 min read
"Simply Awesome": John Anderson Part 1 (Geoff's Heirs series)
(First published in Martial Arts Illustrated 2006) Jamie Clubb exclusively trains with and interviews the legendary man who taught...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20157 min read
A Philosophy of the Fist: The Making of Cross Training in the Martial Arts 2
A Philosophy of the Fist The Making of " Cross Training in the Martial Arts 2: The Anatomy of Hand Strikes" By Jamie Clubb Smashed...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 201515 min read
Muhammad Ali: Human - A Review of "The Tao of Muhammad Ali"
Cover of The Tao of Muhammad Ali The Tao of Muhammad Ali It’s hard not to start this review with some trite clichéd truism like “...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20156 min read
Martial Arts Illustrated Interview for CCMA's First DVD
“Cross-Training in the Martial Arts: The Anatomy of Combat” Bob Sykes of “Martial Arts Illustrated” Interviews Jamie Clubb about his...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 201520 min read
Holiday Reading
If I don’t write again for this website before 2010 I would like to take the opportunity of wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20153 min read
"Simply Awesome!": John Anderson Part 3 (Geoff's Heirs series)
(First published in Martial Arts Illustrated 2006) Jamie Clubb continues his exclusive interview and training experience with John...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20158 min read
The Return of the “Alive” Blade! – Karl Tanswell’s S.T.A.B. Seminar
I look back on 5th November 2006 and find myself fighting a very “Alive” internal battle to preserve my journalistic integrity and not to...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20156 min read
The Survivor's Club - A Book Review
Despite our disproportionate fear of improbable disasters and the awe we hold those who survive them there is relatively little research ...
jamie03066
Jun 15, 20154 min read
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