OK, I've been promising details for some time, so here you go.　 This year's boot camp will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 15th & 16th at Bill Whitworth's beautiful octagon-equipped facility in Morristown, Tennessee.  Here's the skinny:

We'll be in Radford, VA on June 25 & 26 2010 for the Annual Karate College.  We'll be presenting 3 different class sessions (all Down & Out format) as well as 2 Certification Courses.  To sign up go to Karate College.  To pre-register for one or both Certification Courses contact us here at mark@extremeselfprotection.com

You can listen to a podcast with Mark; click here.

Price:$32

NEW! THE BOOK OF ESSENTIAL SUBMISSIONS

(176 pages) The 10th in our continuing series and the subject this time is less "how to" and more "what not to do." Less a "Hey, do this" guide and more a "why-or why not- do this." In short THE ESSENTIALS is a strategy guide that introduces fight metrics to the sport of MMA to allow us to make educated choices in offensive and defensive tools unclouded by assumption or style. We use a careful analysis of 640 elite level MMA matches (both cage & ring) to fuel the material within. Once we get the expository fight metrics under our belts, it's time to move on to the inescapable "how to" portion of the book where we present offense/defense in a strictly analyzed Hierarchy of Utility so that you know each and every technique introduced has proven itself in top-level competition and by what margin. It is just this sort of quantifiable approach that can lead to great qualitative strides.  Read an excerpt from THE ESSENTIALS.  Autographed copy -$14 (International orders must add $10 shipping via the Shipping Button on the Products page.)

NEW! NO SECOND CHANCE: A Reality Based Guide To Self-Defense

(192 pages) Our ground floor plunge into unarmed survival skills.  Chapters include: Duds & Thugs: Street Fight Vs. Street Survival, It's Not a Fire Drill If the House Is On Fire, The Truth As Blunt Object, You'll Never Be Ready, Animal Planet, 'Cause They Wanna, Predator-Prey Is Not An Analogy, You Are the Offspring of Survivors, There's No Middle Ground In Fight or Flight, Survive Now, Resistance Is Never Futile, Crime Is a Product of Opportunity, Know the Lay of the Land, Life Over Property, You Can't Run From a Gun, Back To School, Save Others By Showing Them How To Save Themselves, Crime Scene #2, Daydream Your Nightmares, Opposable Thumbs, The Neo-Cortex, and Padded Rooms, The Myths of Patterned Responses, Women's Self-Defense & Martial Arts, Survival of the Fittest, No Weapons, Natural Weapons, Palm Strikes, Fist Strikes, Lower Body Weapons, The Tasmanian Devil & Sam Spayed, On Pressure Points & Death Touches, Targets, Grappling, Static Vs. Fluid Assaults, Standing Static Assaults From the Front, Standing Static Assaults From Behind, Standing Static Assaults From the Side, Standing Static Assaults Against a Horizontal Barrier, Seated Static Assaults, Ground Static Assaults, Standing Postures To Fluid Readiness, Seated Postures To Fluid Readiness, Ground Postures To Fluid Readiness, Drills For Readiness Simulation.  And much more.   Autographed copy -$14 (International orders must add $10 shipping via the Shipping Button on the Products page.)

NEW!  NO SECOND CHANCE (NSC): THE BOOK OF HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS-(Free to Lifetime Members and RAW Subscribers)

Many of you are familiar with our no-nonsense approach to self-defense; actual street defense as opposed to transferring MMA skills to an arena they have no business in. We delved into the topic in great detail in our book No Second Chance. Since the publication of that book we have expanded upon the principles within it greatly and have taken steps to quantify and codify the information found within that manual. We have expanded that information so far beyond the covers of that book that that expansion is reflected in our NSC Certification Program the details follow:

NO SECOND CHANCE PROTOCOL-The Program has Six Tiers

1. MINDSETTING/PERSPECTIVE—The NSC Manual and NSC Book of Homework Assignments.
2. THE VOCABULARY—NSC unarmed vocabulary & drills vs. unarmed attacks (static & fluid).
3. “X” WEAPON SYSTEM—Environment as weapon and defense against weapons—the X is both an unknown variable and a movement pattern.
4. THE OUTER LIMITS—Chaos and entropy drills.
5. FLIGHT—Focusing on the 2^nd word in the Fight or Flight dictum. We strive to supply a pragmatic vocabulary of movement/evasion skills to this ignored area.
6. FIRE DRILLS—Environment specific plans—car jacking scenarios and the like.

Tier One requirements are satisfied with the completion of a phone interview and a passing grade on our book of “NSC Homework Assignments.”

Tier Two is satisfied with either video evaluations of the material in the MMA Program’s 1-2-3 protocol or, completion of an NSC Boot Camp.

Tier Three—(Same requirements as Tier Two).

Tier Four is where the rubber meets the road. This certification is only issued after completion of a full 2-day NSC Boot Camp.

Tier Five follows the protocol of Tiers Two & Three.

Tier Six is completed with a passing grade on the final book of Homework Assignments.

I will admit, I am proud of the completed work as it addresses many ignored (or misrepresented) facets of the challenges facing we prey animals. I regret that production time(s) do delay the release of some of the support materials. In an effort to speed the process along in an area of utmost priority (the personal protection of ourselves and our loved ones) we will make the first volume of NSC Homework Assignments available for free to Lifetime Members. Here’s how this offer works.

1. Read the root text No Second Chance. If you haven’t already you can purchase it by clicking here.
2. If you are a Lifetime Member simply request the first chapter of NSC Homework Assignments. If you are not a member and would like to participate in the NSC Program you can acquire your Lifetime Membership by clicking here.
3. This free offer also is extended to members of our RAW Subscription Service. If you are not a subscriber but would like to be click here for details on additional Subscription Service benefits.

4. Once you have made the request the book will arrive in a chapter-by-chapter manner. Upon the completion and evaluation of each assignment you will receive the next chapter for study.

To give you a better idea of what you’re in for by making the request, the NSC Book of Homework Assignments is a self-paced home-study guide that (I won’t lie to you) requires some thought, some research on your part, a little of your time, and the completion of a few drills. Again, the material is self-paced so you can move through the material as quickly or as leisurely as you choose. Completion of the NSC Homework Assignments is required for those seeking to instruct the NSC material but for all others it is simply meant to be a way to actively reinforce the principles found in the root manual.

The NSC Book of Homework Assignments will not see publication for a few years but this method will allow me to get it into interested, committed hands sooner and (hopefully) insure that you will never (never) need any of the material that you have studied so hard to master.

To begin the self-study program just drop us a line mark@extremeselfprotection.com

NEW! BELOW THE BELT: A Complete Arsenal of Low Kicks for MMA and the Street

(205 minutes) Contents include: The Low Kick Stance, Kicking Footwork, 33 Outside Range Low Kicks, 16 Clinch Kick Options, + 14 Unusual Circumstance Kicking Weapons. We follow this up with 47 Kicking Defense tools (including defenses against high kicks). We then present 62 drills to put kicks into multiple kick contexts, kicks + upper body tools, and kicking counter-chain drills. We the close with 6 drills to build kicking power, speed, and pain tolerance. All in all an encyclopedic 3+ hours of low-kicking instruction. -$69.95  (International orders must add $10 shipping via the Shipping Button on the Products page.)

 OR you can purchase the companion training manual THE KICKING BIBLE & BELOW THE BELT as a dual training package for only $81.95.   (International orders must add $10 shipping via the Shipping Button on the Products page.)

NEW! ESP T-Shirt (Black) -$21 (International orders must add $10 shipping via the Shipping Button on the Products page.)

Click here to subscribe to the monthly ESP RAW DVD Service for only a fraction of the retail price.

Lifetime members may subscribe at the Gold option and pay only $26.50 per month.  Lifetime members may click here to subscribe.

“In my line of work I have had the opportunity to train with some of the best CQC and DT guys out there.  Mark and the members of ESP are by far in that league.  The level of knowledge, skill, and enthusiasm for what they teach is by far unsurpassed by anyone.  You could not ask for better instruction.”

--J. Mayer, Special Agent; U.S. Government

THE GREAT ESCAPES-The completely revised, updated DVD encyclopedia of submission and ground position escapes.  Over 5+ hours of ground defensive counters (escapes to neutral position), offensive counters (subs vs. subs or escapes to advantage position), and worst-case scenario-counters (sub stalemates).

MMA Mastery: Flow Chain Drilling and Integrated O/D Training-The 11th in our book series. This manual emphasizes the "mix" in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Intelligent fighters the world over are wisely choosing the best aspects of formidable combat arts (boxing, Muay Thai, BJJ, wrestling, et cetera) but can encounter problems when it's time to blend these disparate tools. This manual introduces a unique drilling matrix that allows the fighter to dissolve the distinctions between separate arts and to effortlessly blend the different disciplines into one seamless whole.

MMA Mastery: Ground and Pound-The 12th book  in our long-running series. Fight metrics shows us that just as many Mixed Martial Arts fights are won on the ground via strikes as there are by submissions. This approach to ground victory is known as ground 'n' pound but until now ground 'n' pound has been a loose collection of strategies and/or wild striking tactics. This manual examines
in depth both words in this successful strategy "ground" and "pound." Without proper grounding (riding, pinning, transitioning skills) there is no intelligent pounding. Once proper grounding is under the belt, an exhaustive pounding vocabulary and drill set is introduced to make stand-up strikers all the more formidable on the ground and this same strategy can make even the best submission players tighter via better defense and/or more percussive in their set-ups.

Also scheduled for release in 2010...

NO SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM:  SIX TIERS

1. MINDSETTING/PERSPECTIVE—NSC book.
2. THE VOCABULARY—NSC unarmed vocabulary and drills vs. unarmed attacks (Static & Fluid).
3. “X” WEAPON SYSTEM (Environment as weapon and defense against weapons—the X is both an unknown variable and a movement pattern).
4. THE OUTER LIMITS (Chaos and entropy drills).
5. FLIGHT-Focusing on the 2^nd word in the “fight or flight” dictum. We strive to supply a pragmatic vocabulary of evasion/movement skills to this ignored area.
6. FIRE DRILLS—Environment specific plans—car jacking scenarios and the like.

COMING SOON

We have many products, in addition to the ESP Raws and products listed above, coming up in the years ahead; including:

THE JUNGLE GYMNASIUM-These are the wildest sets of eccentric exercises you've ever seen.  These challenges will build agility, balance, strength, muscular endurance, blow the lungs apart, as well as make a spectacle of yourself as you bounce around the gym in a manner befitting our primate cousins.

GROUNDED: EXPANDED EDITION-Covers the situation where you are caught on the ground but your opponent is on his feet. We run through the three ranges of defense, strikes from the ground, and submissions from the ground, then we flip the equation and cover how to enter on the grounded opponent.

 STREET BOXING & SURVIVAL WRESTLING-Our zero-sport version of Western martial arts applied to numerous standard static and fluid street offensives. This is all tendon ripping, bone-snapping material.

WARDROBE WORK-Chokes, cranks, and snaps using your opponent’s street clothes as handles.

GLADIATOR: FULLY LOADED--Here we demonstrate the sport specific weight lifting exercises to push your combat power through the roof. Trust me, these are not your standard lifts. The only items of equipment needed are weight plates, a barbell, and two dumbbells. No bench, no nothing.

GLADIATOR LEGION: COMBAT PARTNER CONDITIONING EXERCISES-Just like it sounds. We take the specificity and synergy principles and provide dozens and dozens of combat specific strength and endurance exercises in which the only equipment needed is yourself and a training partner.

TO THE WALL-Street and cage matches both provide a unique factor; the use of the vertical surface in the combat environment. Most combat arts focus only on standing or the ground. Here, we run the complete offensive and defensive arsenals for finishing the man once he’s on the wall and perhaps more importantly what to do when your back is to the wall.

THE SUBMISSION ENCYCLOPEDIA: VOLUME 2-We pitch more of our trademark submission chains featuring dozens of new hooks for salivating mat fans.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TAKEDOWNS-Everything you need to know about dropping your man to the mat.

ESP MIND SETTING/PREDATOR PROFILES-This unique audio/workbook package will provide all the information on real world violent assault survival, crime prevention, the predator/prey relationship, mind setting, and scenario specific strategies for numerous violent encounters.  Also, included, more that 75 Predator Profiles to provide you with a better understanding of the nature of the beasts we may face.

ESP ROUGH RIDER/LEG RIDES A-Z- In this instructional video we will show you the how's, when's, and why's in great detail of this little understood aspect of wrestling.  Leg rides covered include: Hooks In, Cockle-Burr, Saturday Night Ride, Highball Ride, Splitters, Groin Rides, Navy Rides, Hook Rides, Figure-Four Rides, Scissors Rides, Cross Scissors Rides, Banana Splits, Low Cal Banana Splits, and more.  You will learn the rides as well as drills for placing them and natural follow-up submissions.

THE ESP KNIFE FIGHTING ENCYCLOPEDIA- This 4 Volume video set will provide you with ALL aspects of Western Pragmatic blade work.  Among the subjects covered are: grips, movement, covers, slices, thrusts, attack patterns, defense patterns, unarmed VS. armed, forced scenarios, static defense, fluid defense, grounded blade work, ground zero blade work, and more.

STREET GRAPPLING- Real world grappling (stand-up/ground/and wall-work) in detail.  There is no sport work  to be found here.  Just pure OD survival tricks from the world of All-In wrestling and Boom-battle.

“This was my second time in training with the ESP instructors, and it’s getting better each time. Unlike many other training courses, you can walk out of one of these seminars and put the techniques to work right away. I feel that if you ever get a chance to attend one of the seminars, you owe it to yourself and loved ones to attend, and, with the reasonable fee, there is no excuse not to attend.”

--William T. Jeffers, Policeman

A sincere congratulations to the following individuals:

Head Coaches

Kory Hays, Jesse Marez, Dan Marx, Jim Marx, Jim McCann, and Mitch Thomas

Assistant Coaches

 Mike Flowers, Adam Hook, Rob Petry, Anthony Tamburrino, and Cardo Urso

Associate Coaches

Joe Burtner, Doug Cota, Chad Dailey, Adam Freedman, Greg Hall, Matthew Harper, Dennis Hill, John Miller, Paul Molnar, Justin Mount, Rikk Perez, and David Webster         

Apprentice Coaches

Matt Aldiss, Tahir Aslam, Rogelino Avelino, Tony Barlow, Peter Bobo, Dennis Bozeman, Scott Buendia, Matthew Campbell, Charles Chi, Lloyd Clark, Isaiah Combs, Andrew Conner,  Ryan Crispell, Ryan DeLaet, William Duggin, Harry "Roadhouse" Duhon, Marc Fesler, James Flanery, Rene Garza, James "Lyon" George, Keith Gilliland, Jamiah Griggs, Erwin Guadiz, Steven Haag, Christopher Hall, Randy Hares,  Barry Hill, Joey Hixon, Patrick Hughes, Chris Imamura, Peter Jensen, Eric Kohtz, Pekka Luodeslampi, Miklos Major II,  Michael Malpass, Aaron Mangin, Colin Mellor, Steven Mosley, Nathan Mount, Shawn Naito, Joao Nascimento, Mike Odell, Chris "Headhunter" Osborne, Fred O'Keefe, Jay Pages, Don Partch, Kelvin Pyke, Jamie Rees, Kenny Reid, Rob Renfro, Jason Richards, Leo Richards, Jesse Robinson, Ted Robinson, Bryan Roig, Seth Rolfe, Kody Rountree, Robert Royal, Leon Samadi, Jonathan Santiago, Lyle Scheer, Misty Shearer, Paul Siemon, Sean Simon, Daniel Sommers, Scott Steckler, James Stilson, Robert Suarez, Rich Swete,    Brad Thomas, Randall Toth, Paul Trembath, Shane Tucker, Jeremy Vance, Dennis VanWagner, Darren Wagner, Damion Waltermeyer, Todd Weber, Brian West, Bill Whitworth, and Chris Williams

“The seminar that the ESP staff presented to us was one of the best I’ve ever attended. Our security crew immediately was able to apply the knowledge we attained from the ESP system. The techniques were simple, but extremely effective and have been used over and over again to ensure the safety of our crew and other patrons of our nightclub. I would highly recommend any security personnel take the time to work with the ESP staff. This is an investment that will prove its worth many times over in real-life situations.”

--Erik Bryant, Bouncer