The Martialist: A Publication of PhilElmore.com

“Stay ‘unreasonable.’  If you
don’t like the solutions [available to you], come up with your
own.” 
Dan Webre

The Martialist does not
constitute legal advice.  It is for ENTERTAINMENT
PURPOSES ONLY.

Copyright © 2003 Phil Elmore, all rights
reserved.

Thank you for reading our eighth issue!

My,
how time flies.  We’ve passed the half-year mark here at The
Martialist and each issue continues to get better.  Special
thanks are due this issue to Danny Rowell, who signed on as this
publication’s official proofreader in addition to his new staff writing
duties.  Don’t fault Danny for any typographical errors that slip
through, however, as I do all the final editing and only I can take the
blame.  It’s notoriously hard to proof your own work, so Danny’s help
is invaluable in what will always be a comedy of errors.

Once again I thank the contributors who consistently
make The Martialist worth reading.  We’ll seriously consider
anything that is sent here, so if you’re throwing around an article idea,
please do feel free to send it along.  If we can’t use it, we won’t,
but we like to look at everything.

Don’t forget that half of the magazine
is available for free, right here, every month.  Just so you can
catch up, if you haven’t read the free content for our issues so far this
year, here are links to them:

December 2003  ♠ 
November 2003
October 2003  ♠ 
September
2003  ♠ 
August
2003
July
2003  ♠ 
June
2003  ♠ 
May
2003

In the column to the right you’ll see a link to this
month’s free content repeated.  Below that is the listing of this
issue’s subscriber content.  Each issue contains such a list –
so you can see what you’re missing.  We hope that if you like what
you see for free online, you’ll be intrigued by the topics covered in our
subscriber mailing.  To subscribe and receive these articles each
month via e-mail, click here.

This month’s subscriber content includes Lawrence
Keeney’s somewhat unconventional testing of his SureFire G2Z combatlight,
a few “street smart” tips and editorials, Brandon Bennett’s thoughts on
realistic training, and a couple of Lawrence’s excellent knife reviews. 
There’s also a comprehensive article on which Tony Manifold and your
publisher collaborated, detailing “the least you need to know” about
unarmed combatives.  Oh, and what subscriber content issue would be
complete without Harvey Moul’s wry input?  Finally, we’re proud to
feature the first in a series from Tim Wieneke, a knifemaker who explains
how you, too, can create your own defensive cutlery using common tools in
a small space.

The free content this month includes
Morgan Atwood’s report on James Keating’s Riddle of Steel 2003, a report
of an event we are pleased to be able to present.  The other articles
include what we hope is a wealth of great information, so please enjoy
each one.

Our goal at The Martialist is to
provide you with quality information, education, and entertainment – material that will help you make choices about realistic self-defense.   
You may not like everything you see, but that’s okay – because I don’t agree with everything I publish from others, either. 
(We encourage you to submit your own articles from different perspectives,
too.)  As you will read many times in perusing our articles, the choice is yours. 

Make it wisely.

Click here For the free content

This issue’s subscriber content:

SureFire G2z
By Lawrence Keeney

Road Trip = Armed for Trouble
By Harvey Moul

Public Bathroom Safety
By Phil Elmore

The Blur
By Lawrence Keeney

Do You Have What It Takes To Survive?
By Emanuel Roth

The Least You Need to Know
By Tony Manifold and Phil Elmore

Moving Towards Realistic Simulation
By Brandon Bennett

Flash of Lightning: SOG Flash II
By Lawrence Keeney

Knifemaking for the Apartment/ Condo Dweller, Part
One
By Tim Wieneke