The Martial Brain

The Martial Brain


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215 The Forgotten War Part 4
April 06, 2020

In order to get to Santiago, his troops would need to get past the fortified San Juan Heights on its outskirts, which loomed across their path like a fortified roadblock.

214 The Forgotten War Part 3
March 24, 2020

The history of the world in the upcoming decade would have played out quite differently if Teddy Roosevelt had perished on that hot June day in the Cuban jungle!

Calm Down, People!
March 19, 2020

If theres one thing that can be learned from human history, its that there is no crisis so bad that it cannot be made worse by our tendency to engage in over-emotional, monkeys in shoes behavior!

213 The Forgotten War Part 2
March 03, 2020

When you picture a scene from the old west in which the cavalry comes charging to the rescue, in reality at least ten percent of the time those boys in blue...were black!

212 The Forgotten War Part 1
February 16, 2020

The epic story of the relationship between the USA and the Philippines started in war a little over a century ago.

211 Syncope, Hypnagogia, Barnyard Animal Behavior, and Sex Demons Part 2
February 08, 2020

Despite the fact that ethical jiujitsu players shouldnt SEEK to render their opponent unconscious, its not at all uncommon for unintended choke-outs to occur.

210 Syncope, Hypnagogia, Barnyard Animal Behavior, and Sex Demons Part 1
January 26, 2020

Its almost like taking out an opponent with Mr. Spocks Vulcan nerve pinch!

209 Inter-species Combat Part 2
January 21, 2020

The myth that chimpanzees are 3 to 5 times stronger than humans stems from a poorly done study that was done nearly a century ago.

208 Inter-species Combat Part 1
January 14, 2020

The Roman practice of pitting humans against animals in the arena not only slaked the blood-lust of cheering crowds, it also appealed to the human obsession with hierarchical organization; in particular seeking evidence to help answer who and what would

207 Tis the Season…to Rage Against the Dying of the Light
December 24, 2019

How deeply frightening must if have been to people who had no idea that they lived on a giant sphere spinning in space as it also orbits around the sun, spinning on an axis that is tilted relative to the plane of its orbit in such a way that in the tempe