Fightin' Words: The Psychology and Physicality of Fighting

“Fightin’” Words is a collection of essays and articles by W. Hock Hochheim about his life-long, worldwide quest to uncover the best fighting tactics and strategies. Here Hock reveals what he’s learned as he trained and then became an acclaimed fighting instructor. These stories are based on his travel, study and research of the psychology and physicality required to successfully fight criminals and enemy soldiers. The book is about fighting, or “fightin’” since Hock is a Texan. Hock also dissects elements of survival, self-defense, war, crime, martial arts and combat sports. He explores the changing terrain of these systems and how they evolved. And, he reveals a little gossip here too! About the Author W. Hock Hochheim is a former military police patrolman and investigator, a former Texas patrol officer and detective, and former private investigator. During his career he investigated more than 1,000 crimes and arrested nearly as many suspects. He also organized protection and security for famous authors, politicians, musicians, TV and movie stars. Over the last 40 years Hock has studied martial arts and hand, stick, knife and gun combatives, earning numerous black belts in multiple systems. Hock founded Force Necessary, a training company that teaches situational, scenario based fighting tactics to military, police and citizens. Hock has written prolifically about martial arts, psychology, sports and history in countless magazines and books. He is quoted frequently. He currently teaches some 30 seminars a year in 13 allied countries. For more than 15 years, Hock has also authored a very popular blog read by tens of thousands. He is known as an educator, entertaining skeptic, and myth buster by citizens, military, police, and martial arts experts worldwide. Read more