Hello viewers!

No pictures today (Saturday), just my ramblings. Today was Combatives, which is hand-to-hand combat. Not like the good old days with rubber knives and pugil sticks. Today's combatives focuses on submissive positions and choke holds. Cool stuff, but exhausting. The class lasted about three hours and everybody was gassed when it was over. As usual with the training here, lots of good info. The down sde to today's training is that it requires a lot of mat time to get the moves down right. We practiced for a while then "battled" each other for a while. We traded off opponents after each round to get a fee for different body types and weights. All the work was on our knees or lower. Once on the ground, with the proper leverage, it really doesn't matter how large/small the opponent is. Everyone got bruised - egos included - but all agreed it was the best class to date.

That's it today from Wisconsin. Stay tuned for more excitement!

-Dave