What do you think?

[ps1]

Hey, check out this website and let me know what you think.

http://combatexpert.com/

Be sure to check out the entire site and all the videos.

[Zanshin]

Erm... I am lost for words really!!!

I feel as though I’ve just been robbed of the last 3 minutes of my life by looking at that.

[ps1]

I must admit. I'm really disappointed as well. If you sort through the technique videos and found some....unique ideas. For example: they block baseball bats with their hands.

Another claim is that over 80% of their content is not found in any other martial art. However, I can see similarities to several others.

The school is only about an hour away. The instructor claims he can't be hit. I'm honestly considering calling him up to offer a challenge match. The videos of him defending punches are supposed to be spontaneous. However, there are clearly times when they just stop trying and he applies his technique.

[username8517]

There was a nice "write-up" about Commander Coal that I ran across a while ago on another site. His challenge (which he offered money if he could be hit) was taken up on and ducked by Coal a couple of times. His military experience and credibility has also been called into question.

Edit--just went hunting for the article and realized I was a tad off. What I remembered was a thread from 2005 on another website in which Commander Coal himself popped in and then danced about the issues. Also his challenge wasn't actually ducked from what I saw skimming back through the forum, rather it had the stipulation that only his students could take him up on the $50,000 challenge.

Edited December 10, 2007 by username8517

[Zorbasan]

the page is also very poorly made

if i just saw the link i would think they are having a laugh.

[NightOwl]

he spelled 'Combative Skills' wrong. It's 'Skillz'

[bushido_man96]

Hmm, I am always doubtful when I see claims of this type.

I didn't look through the whole site, but I may with time.

As for the challenge match, I don't think I would offer one. What do you have to gain by it? Not much, I would offer. Unless you win and gain all of his students, which would be a bonus.

[ps1]

Hmm, I am always doubtful when I see claims of this type.

I didn't look through the whole site, but I may with time.

As for the challenge match, I don't think I would offer one. What do you have to gain by it? Not much, I would offer. Unless you win and gain all of his students, which would be a bonus.

I was being a little sarcastic about the challenge. Several of his videos have him claiming he can't be hit.

[bushido_man96]

Oh, my bad.

I would wonder about that as well. I'll bet he can't avoid it after a nice takedown.

[Dazed and Confused]

Has anyone else noticed self defence schools are developing their own version of "business speak"- phrases that sound dynamic and exciting but are used by absolutely everyone and could mean anything- "advanced training system" for example.

I think some of the ideas look pretty good- I don't know what the execution is like because I can't access any of the vids for some reason, but the stuff about facing the fear of being punched in the head etc. sounds like something that is missing from a lot of MA schools. On the other hand the photos of him teaching people to disarm gunmen look a bit irresponsible, and naming your "art" after a cheesy horror film is not the way to get credibility.

I like the T shirts though.