Are firearms a part of your martial arts training? Should they be?
Most people don't know that many traditional martial arts have employed firearms training as part of their curriculum. I had firearms training as part of my traditional Ninpo Taijutsu and Filipino Martial Arts training... good stuff that still applies today.
If you are not conversant with firearms you should be. If you are then you should be training with them more often and working on fine-tuning your drawing and recovery skills.
Joe Rogan is known for his commentary during the UFC and for his television appearances as host of "Fear Factor". What a lot of people don't know is that he is also an accomplished martial artist (BJJ and MMA) and trains on a regular basis. In the following video clip he demonstrates how to set up and execute the Side Kick.
If you haven't read the book written by Marcus Luttrell about Operation Redwing then get the short version on Wikipedia. Then check out the following video for the movie "Lone Survivor" coming out later this year.
