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We have SO MANY cool links to Filipino Martial Arts at Alliance that they get their OWN PAGE!!!

Medieval and Renaissance Combat Arts LINK PAGE!
We have SO MANY cool links to Medieval and Renaissance Combat at Alliance that they get their OWN PAGE!!!

Military Combatives LINK PAGE!
We have SO MANY cool links to Military Combatives at Alliance that they get their OWN PAGE!!!

Point Shooting LINK PAGE!
We have SO MANY cool links to Point Shooting at Alliance that they get their OWN PAGE!!!

Russian Martial Arts LINK PAGE!
We have SO MANY cool links to Russian martial arts at Alliance that they get their OWN PAGE!!!

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American Heritage Fighting Arts Association

The American Heritage Fighting Arts Association was formed in to promote the 19th century American martial arts, and grew out of the original American Heritage Fighting Arts program started in 1997 at Alliance.

American Sambo Association
Dr. Brett Jacques web site where you can find more information on Combat Sambo.

The Bullwhip Hompage
Lots of info and all the basic to get you started - now go get crackin'!

Cold Steel Knives
Cold Steel knives are legendary when it comes to strength and cutting power! Cold Steel now manufactures a whole range of other items like combat shovels, axes, spears, warhammers, maces, swords, and so on that meet these same high standards and are still easily affordable. They also offer a video series on basics of the knife, and several seminars a year in their "Cut and Don't be Cut" method.

Comtech
Jim Keating's Combat Technologies has been a leader in the knife arts.  Here you can find his new catalog of videos and self defense products as well as the ever-changing, always interesting MAAJAK World e-zine! You have to read it to believe it.



Edges 2
Edges Squared (E2) is Ed Burges shop where he turns out super high quality training knives made from aircraft aluminum and finished as beautifully as any hand made knife would be.  The blades are wide and well rounded, and he can make literally any knife you want.  He has many "stock" knives also available (tantos, bowies, daggers, etc.) in a variety of finishes, from low end "first trainers" to sweet high end pieces, sure to make people ask to borrow your knife during class!

Gatka - Dance of the Sword
Technically, Gatka is the name of a stick used to practice sword fighting, but the name Gatka also refers to the martial art used by the Sikhs of northern India.  These are fierce warriors, and all Sikhs regardless of whether they practice the fighting arts or not carry a knife for religious reasons.  The style uses weaving footwork and a variety of sword applications, as well as spiritual development.

Historical Manuals By Patri Jones Pugliese
Patri is the oldest and largest source for photocopied combat manuals from the Middle ages to the 1800's.  Many of the oldest manuals are not available here, but the selection is still quite impressive.  Hunting down the old manuals is half the challenge, but here are some places to start.

Icon Bazaar
The graphics of flags on the site were found at Icon Bazaar. They offer a variety of nice, simple graphics.

Irish Stick Fighting
History and photos of Irish shilalie fighting, as well as links to some other Celtic martial arts sights.  No one will try to get your lucky charms if you know how to kick their butt!

Kelly Worden
Kelly Worden runs Natural Spirit International (NSI) out in Tacoma, Washington and was the first American to ever receive the title of Datu (Chieftain) from Professor Remy Presas.  Kelly is a dynamic instructor with a number of videos to his credit, as well as the host of the popular "On The Edge" radio program.  Visit his site to download past radio interviews with top martial arts instructors or to listen in live on Saturdays.

Knife Directory

General Knife Information, from history and collecting to tactical training, all areas of knife interest are here!

Lua - The Ancient Hawaiian Martial Art
A fierce and secretive art now being taught openly by a true Master.  This is one of those arts that we've heard of since the 70's, where you'd spot the Lua people in photos with other, more well known, Masters out of Hawaii.  Now they are opening it up to the world.  An amazing arsenal of archaic weapons and very different animal forms - shark bite style anyone?

Mark Hatmaker
Check out Mark Hatmaker's web site Extreme Self Protection for literally scores of training DVDs on all aspects of Western boxing, wrestling, submission fighting and conditioning.  Top notch instruction you can really learn from!

Matt Fury
American collegiate wrestling champion, International Shuai-Jiao (Chinese wrestling) champion, and student of the great Karl Gotch in Catch wrestling.  Matt is an incredible grappler and a dedicated author and researcher.  People either love him or they hate him, but Matt is a guy who marches to his own beat and could care less either way.


Quarterly DVD series with Pete Kautz, James Keating and Special Guests like James Loriega, Kelly Worden, Dale Seago, Bob Charron, Dwight McLemore, Bill Bagwell, Mike Sastre, Dr. Remy Presas, "Big" Ken Smith and more!

Paladin Press
Perhaps the most famous small press dedicated to action and military works, who with their latest shift away from books on bombs and poisons to more martial arts books and videos has become an excellent source for information.  Many of the people and groups mentioned on this links page have works available through Paladin Press.

Patton Knives
Top quality custom knives and swords by Rob and Dick Patton. Rob is a Comtech trained Bowie knife fighter as well as an active saber fencer and hunter / outdoorsman. His experience with using blades shows in the way his knives handle. Great looks and great performance with Patton Knives! Read our interview with Rob Patton HERE!

Purpleheart Armories
Top quality hand made purpleheart wood training weapons.  These swords and daggers are solid, balanced, and with some regular maintenance will last a lifetime.  From Great Swords to Rondel daggers, they have all manner of European practice weapons.


The premier reality-based fighting site on the Internet, no art, no philosophy, just real fighting.

Sevillian Steel
James Loriega's web site for Spanish Navaja and related Spanish and French fighting arts.  James is the author of "Sevillian Steel" and the English translation of "Manual Del Baraterro" and has a wealth of experience in many martial disciplines.

Scientific Fighting Congress
W. Hock Hochheim is a 23 year military and police veteran with a lifetime of martial arts experience who leads the Scientific Fighting Congress and its divisions - the American Knife Congress, Combat Arnis, Unarmed Hand-to-Hand, etc.  This group teaches a unified system that is flexible and easy to learn yet absolutely deadly in close combat.  Recently the Congress has branched out into firearms instruction as well.  You will find a large number of books and videos here that support this effort, as well as some articles that give a sense of the Congress mission.

Silambam
This is a great site for information on the art of staff play from India, known as Silambam.

Spike's Place
Spike's Place has equipment reviews, articles and rants of a modern / tactical nature from a gentleman who has seen the elephant. Grab a cup of joe and head over to Spike's Place for some common sense talk, without all the rhetoric.

Sunshine Knife Outlet
Great source for bullwhips, knife throwing videos and large, quality, hand-made throwing knives! Check out their article on target construction as well! It is one of the best ideas I have seen for a durable, easy to build, move, and repair target.

Western Arts Digest
Hosted by Ken Pfrenger (of the Irish stick fighting sight) the Western Arts Digest is read by an international group of active Western stylists.  The discussion is intelligent and good natured, with many "name" WMA practitioners to be found here

Wild West Arts Club
Wild West Arts Club (WWAC) is a group dedicated to the Western Arena Arts, which include: Trick and Fancy Roping, Gun-Spinning, Knife-Throwing, Whip-Cracking, Tomahawk Throwing, Trick Riding, and Trick Horses.