“Women Don’t Care If You’re Masculine!”
I have a bit of a confession to make to you all: I’m taken. Yes, I have a girlfriend. I’m sure that’s very disappointing to the 1,000 or so people […]
December 2015
How to: Do a Superman Punch
The Superman Punch is a technique that has seen a rise in its popularity in the last decade, as illustrated by the fact that it has a Wikipedia article. It is […]
How to: Do a Spinning Backfist
The spinning backfist is something of a “high risk, high reward” move, in that it is very powerful if connected, but if it is missed, it will likely result in […]
Bullying Is Good Part 2: So You Want to be Resilient
In my last article, “Bullying Is Good For You”, I discussed the need of men to occasionally be humbled, and conversely, the need for men to be resilient in defeat […]
Bullying Is Good For You or: Katabasis
Before I start talking about bullying, and explain what the title means, I must admit something about myself: I am named after a fictional character. My first name, Larsen, comes […]
How to: Hook and Uppercut.
https://youtu.be/DuGuJlTFcoo Completing the set of basic punches, the hook and uppercut are short-range punches that are thrown with hip and shoulder whirl. Hook: Stand in the standard stance, whirl the […]
A general warmup for exercise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkMmlQb6FRg A short video on a simple topic: a warmup exercise used for “warming up” the upper and lower body for more intense exercises. Not much of a point in […]
Book Review: “The Way of Men”
Debatably, our burgeoning little counter-culture can be said to have a canon of literature…there’s certainly a lot of material, and, like most genres of books, 90% of it is absolute garbage. […]
New ROK article: It’s not That Hard To Eat Well in America”
My new article deals with the simplicity of eating and proper dieting, and how even in a nation of fatties like America, you can eat healthy. Yes, America is a […]
Shadow of the Colossus
I consider myself to be a fan of video games. I freely admit that as a hobby, it is not in the least constructive, and correspondingly, as I’ve gotten more […]