Blog
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Extension Fighting’s Venus Fly Trap
Yesterday, Jim and I briefly met at a Delaware rest stop. Smokey had offered to lend me a heavy bag, with the dual purpose of augmenting my stay-at-home training and alleviating...
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Old Man Strength
My son Richard always tells me I have Old Man Strength — what is that exactly? More than anything, it is experience over many years, many street fights , lots of...
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Awareness and Self Defense
With all of the “knock out games” being played out on the nightly news, I have been asked to write about street and surrounding awareness and self-defense. Every day I travel...
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Round table discussion with Ian Scotto, Jack Murphy, Jim West: MMA and Special Ops with call-ins
Click here to listen to this episode featuring James “Smokey” West! “Back on the show is a guy who’s known as a SOFREP favorite. We call him “The Legend,” others call him...
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Creating Critical Distance
Wikipedia, the critical distance for an animal is the distance a human or an aggressor animal has to approach in order to trigger a defensive attack of the first animal. The...
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James “Smokey” West Signature Knife
James “Smokey” West former U.S. Special Forces former “Black Ops” combat veteran’s signature knife was designed exclusively for FightFast. Your Black Ops blade can be carried inverted around the neck as...
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Conditioning the Battlefield: The terror on the Train to France
Written by John Vinuela; Contributing Author A few months ago I wrote an article dealing with the possible overuse of, “political correctness” in our society and how it can contribute to...
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The Fleeting American Dream, We The People, Our Constitution, or Are We?
Recently I was having a conversation about the recent political debates with a younger person, when I realized why it is so difficult to get them to see the same visions...
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Deceptive Punching Power
View image | gettyimages.com Why am I writing about deceptive punching power? This is difficult to describe or explain or really even understand, unless you are naturally gifted and have intuitive...
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Thoughts During My Workout Last Night – Part 7
Jack had a simple request for me in order to write my story. He wanted me to train him. Once again this took me back to my roots once I started...
