In attendance: Joe, David, Mosi, Brian, Frank, Martin and Asim? Joe C. ran class.
Month: June 2010
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Union Mills stabbing
Phillip Ray Muller was stabbed in the chest on Sunday during an argument. Muller was able to identify his attacker as 28-year-old Corey Lewis Weems who is being held without bail. Muller remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
Class Notes – June 22, 2010
In attendance: Bob, Joe, David, Mosi, Frank, Brian, Ryan and prospective student Lauris.The class continued to work on stop-locks for Transition Drill 1 for the first half of class. The second half of class was spent on training modifiers, including training while dizzy, upside-down or physically exhausted (from wall sits, 4-man pushups, hand grips and pull-ups).
Class Notes – June 15, 2010
One of my kids was knocked down at school and suffered a concussion. He was rushed to the emergency room but was released after a normal CT scan. I missed class, but Joe did his usual great job filling in …
Attendance: Joe, Mosi, Dave, Brian, Ryan, Asim, Lauris (first class).Asim and Loris covered the 3 of 9 template and the first 6 moves of tapping. Also covered blade passing protocols. The rest learned TD1 stop locks through 6.Ended class with review of the one-for-one principle and the live blade mentality as they apply to the drills.
Elkton man fatally stabs wife
24-year-old Jason Costello was arrested after police were called to his home by a neighbor who reported hearing a woman screaming. Responding officers saw blood on a window and entered the house, finding 24-year-old Ashley Costello on the floor. Jason Costello was found holding a knife, bleeding from the wrists.
“Samurai Porn Murderer” was former U Maryland student
Former U Maryland econ major turned porn actor, Stephen Clancy Hill, attacked three co-workers with a katana, killing one and wounding the other two. Hill ran from the studio with the sword and held off L.A. SWAT for hours before either leaping or falling off of a cliff to his death (possibly after being tasered).
While a senior at University of Maryland, Hill was convicted of threatening a teaching assistant with a handgun (demanding an “A”) and served two years in prison.