Category: Info Dump
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BladeBowl: A Combat Sport Framework for Blade Concious Grappling
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Written by: Syriennion BladeBowl is a modern combat sport developed to integrate positional grappling, strategic striking, and simulated edged weapon scenarios under a live, competitive format. This rule-bound system emphasizes positional control, weapon retention, and pressure-based decision-making, offering practitioners a unique proving ground for skill development within high-stress, blade-aware contexts. Contemporary grappling sports, particularly Brazilian…
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A Dirty Trick Dressed Like a Slap In the world of Vulgate Pugilism, where pragmatism beats pageantry and results matter more than rituals, few techniques embody the ethos better than The Stossel. This isn’t your daddy’s slap. The Stossel is a concussive, air-trapping blow delivered with a slightly cupped palm, targeting critical zones like the…
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Let’s get one thing straight: this isn’t about sex work, unless you count the blood, sweat, and tooth fragments exchanged on dirty mats and in piss-reeking locker rooms as transactional. This is about catch wrestling. The unglamorous, bone-deep legacy of the hookers, the real ones. The ones who didn’t work for crowds but for dominance.…
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Some men are born to lead. Others are born to watch the wolves at the edge of the campfire and mutter warnings no one wants to hear until it’s too late. Don Rearic is the latter. He didn’t build a brand or chase notoriety. He built a body of work. Quietly, forcefully, and honestly, that…
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It’s easy to call yourself a martial artist these days. It’s easier still to call yourself an instructor. With the right lighting, a few well-placed quotes, and some borrowed flair from books or YouTube, anyone can cosplay as a killer. But once the real work starts, once someone asks for a hands-on demonstration or a…
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There’s this idea in martial arts that lineage is everything. That if you learned from someone who learned from someone who learned from the Big Man himself, you’re somehow legit by default. But let me be clear: lineage doesn’t mean shit if you can’t perform. Yes, lineage can shape you. It can expose you to…
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My apologies for the 2 month break in posting. There has been a considerable amount on my plate between shoulder surgery and other headaches. During this time, Syriennion and I decided that it may be in our best interest to fold in the Vulgate Pugilism and Carnie curriculums with our Styersian Fencing curriculum under the…
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After much back and forth, Syriennion and I have decided to launch an Instagram account for the Shanktelli label. SHANKTELLI This venture is an attempt on my part at least to get away from the bullshit self-protection/combatives realm where far too may folks think they’re tougher than a 2 dollar steak and they are about…
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May 26th, 2021, I had the opportunity to bestow my style of unarmed combat upon someone new, author, and researcher Bob Sabet. There were a few other folk present, but they don’t carry any weight in this tale. Bob and I immediately hit it off. I had just read his book on Allan Corstorphin Smith…
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Fuck you, that’s why. I began my previous blog in a different headspace I wasn’t exactly sure where I was headed or who my allies truly were. I have learned and grown a lot since I’d made my final submission. I wasn’t intending to walk away from it but I had to, it was no…
Hooks, Jabs, and Sarcastic Stabs 