In Memory of Jim Cirillo

Last Friday I learned that Jim Cirillo was killed in an auto accident on Thursday, July 12th. I was saddened by this news for we have lost another of the good guys who was sharing his knowledge by teaching others. Jim was the author of Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights: Lessons and Tales from a Modern-Day Gunfighter and the instructional videos Jim Cirillo: Modern-Day Gunfighter, Everything You Ever Wanted t Know About Gunfighting by a Guy Who Put His Life on the Line to Find Out and Secrets Of A Master Gunfighter, Jim Cirillo’s Advanced Guide to Combat Shooting and Gunfight Survival.

I remember a couple of years ago when Jim and Mas Ayoob were up here in Montana teaching a class. I was visiting with the two and I commented to Jim how he reminded me of my father. I had witnessed him helping a young boy who’s father was a police officer that took the course. Jim was instructing the boy to keep both eyes open as he sighted his handgun. I told Jim I remembered my father telling me the same thing when I was young. Jim replied, "That's because he was a shooter."

Jim shared his knowledge with many people and he was a fun and cheerful person to be around. It is unfortunate that we lost him. He was one of the good guys. He will be missed. May he rest in peace.

Alain

Jim's Book and videos are available at www.burrese.com May his teachings live on.

Hapkido Cane dvd now on sale

Hapkido Cane Big Stick Fighting from the Dojo to the Street is now for sale at www.burrese.com

Check out the website to see why this 2 dvd set for $59.95 is the best cane resource available. As reviews come in, I'll be posting them here and on the website.

In these two dvds you will learn:

1. Explanation of the cane and various grips: Learn about the cane and ways to hold it.

2. Blocks: Over a dozen variations of blocks including one hand swinging blocks, outer forearm blocks with the cane, inner forearm blocks with the cane, raising cane blocks, reverse hands swinging blocks, pugil stick blocks, cover blocks, sweeping blocks, and defensive pokes.

3. Strikes: Over a dozen striking techniques including classical strikes, whipping strikes, one hand strikes, thrusts, wrist flicks, pugil stick strikes, sword strikes, baseball bat strikes, and more.

4. Hooking Techniques: Learn to use the Hapkido Cane's hook with techniques for hooking the neck, shoulder, legs, and groin.

5. Combing Blocks, Strikes and Hooks: Learn to combine the basic blocks, strikes and hooks to defend yourself from various attacks. You will be able to expand on this instruction to develop your own combinations to defend yourself with the hapkido cane in numerous situations.

6. Defenses Against Grabs: Learn to defend against a variety of grabbing attacks. After learning the techniques on this dvd, you will be able to defend yourself against cane grabs, wrist grabs, one hand lapel grabs, two hand lapel grabs, two hand chokes, front and rear bear hugs, two hand wrist grab from behind, rear chokes, head locks, around the head takedowns, and when you are on the ground with an attacker on top of you. Alain teaches multiple defenses for many of these attacks!

7. Punch Defenses: There are twenty punch defenses taught in these dvds, and some of these defenses have variations, so in fact you will learn more than 30 techniques to defend yourself from punches or someone reaching for you. Alain's hapkido cane curriculum teaches more hapkido cane techniques than any other hapkido resource out there!

8. Kick Defenses: Learn to defend yourself against front kicks, roundhouse kicks, and side kicks. Multiple defenses against each.

9. Chokes: Learn to use the hapkido cane to choke your opponent. Choke takedowns and modified techniques to be less than lethal also included.

10. Defenses Against Someone Grabbing the Cane: What do you do when your opponent grabs your cane? Alain teaches you a several techniques for the various ways an opponent may try to take your cane from you. These include one hand grab defenses, two hand grab defenses, pugil stick grab defenses and what to do if he grabs the hook.

11. Conclusion: Alain concludes by showing how you can take the knowledge gained in these dvds and apply it to other weapons as well. Weapons such as short sticks and umbrellas. He also discusses ways to use weaker canes and umbrellas in case you don't have an oak or hickory cane and an Unbreakable Umbrella.

Go to www.burrese.com to order on-line and be sure to check out the other great resources available too. All orders over $50.00 recieve free shipping to the US and Canada and all order over $75.00 recieve a 10% discount.

Stay Safe,

Alain